[ICOM] Re: video output for the proIII

[Jerry Keller]

Dale... reading your post, I thought: "It's like I have a twin!"... I was 
thinking EXACTLY the same thing when I saw the 7800 and 7000 external video 
at Dayton last weekend, and I discussed it in great detail re: the ProIII (I 
bought one Sunday AM) with two of ICOM's tech people. Both insisted it would 
be extremely difficult to pull the video out without major surgery to the 
ProIII and major external circuitry to process the signal. In short, they 
said it's possible but would be very hard and very expensive. They seemed 
quite conversant on the subject because (they said) many have asked the same 
question after seeing what the 7800 and 7000 can do. And they said that they 
think most future rigs will include that capability.... the 7800 and 7000 
are just the first. My conclusion is that it's a shame, but .... for the 
ProIII, fageddaboutit...8^(

73, Jerry K3BZ

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Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:20 AM
Subject: [ICOM] Re: video output for the proIII


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>   I was looking thru the old posts on video output for the pro series. I 
> just bought a proIII in Dayton and while wandering around saw a few rigs 
> with external screens. Two of them being the 7000 and the 7800. I thought 
> ,wow, neat idea and at 65 would sure help the old eye site. I understand 
> that the video in the pro is controlled by the main processor some way? 
> Iam surely not a video engineer,so the total process is foreign to me. The 
> old posts also said the it would take a fantastic amount of hacking to 
> break out a signal.
>  The pro has a LCD screen ,much like my computer. I understand that in the 
> end all LCD monitors are pretty much driven the same way to produce a 
> picture. My question is this. If the video signal generated with in the 
> pro,no matter how or controlled by what ever,some where has to end up the 
> same type of feed to the LCD, as any other LCD panel? iF MY LOGIC HOLDS 
> WATER, it would seem to me at that point a break out should be possible? I 
> wanted to see how they did the video out on the 7000,but can't find any 
> detailed info yet.
>  I may be way off first base with my thinking,video circuit logic is not 
> one of my strong points. Maybe someone in the group could explain the 
> finer points of why or why not the video break out could be done.
>  Aside from the above, after 2 days with the proIII I understand now what 
> everybody has been raving about the III. Video or not the only way this 
> rig will leave the shack is if a 7800 kicks the thing out. fat chance of 
> that happening.
> thanks to all for reading my post.
> dale wt4t
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