[ICOM] Re: video output for the proIII

[w8okn at charter.net]

I hope they are reading this, becuz it would be a very cool feature.

W8OKN

---- Jerry Keller <k3bz at arrl.net> wrote: 
> 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
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <yash at aol.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:20 AM
> Subject: [ICOM] Re: video output for the proIII
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >   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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