turning a lcd pc moniter into a tv

julie03

we have an old pc with an lcd monitor, the pc no longer works and we would like to, if possible , turn the monitor into a tv, is this even possible, could someone point me in the right direction

thanks
julie

Toxteth_OGrady

Does the monitor have built-in speakers?

What input connectors does the monitor have?

Make/model of the monitor?

julie03

its a dell monitor with seperate speakers which normally plug into a pc, it has 2 usb connections a 3 pin power plug, i think it has a usb type connection that normally to the pc and the connection that is normally in there has 18 pins that is seperated into 2 squares of 9 pins

hope that all makes sense

Toxteth_OGrady

Does your 18 pin connector look like one of these? If so which one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DVI_Connector_Types.svg

julie03

its a DVI-D dual link
thanks

Toxteth_OGrady

You would get video from a Freeview (HD) set top box using an HDMI to DVI cable. Audio might be a bit trickier though. What is the model no. of your Dell monitor?

Toxteth_OGrady

julie03 wrote: »

its a DVI-D dual link
thanks

Your description in post #3 sounds more like single link. Are you sure?

julie03

the actual connection in the moniter is the dual its the actual plug that goes in the moniter that looks like a single

the model number is 1707fpc

thanks

Toxteth_OGrady

To get TV audio you would have to have additional hardware. Do you have an audio system near to where you want to use the monitor as a TV?

julie03

i have computer speakers but they connect to pc can you get usb speakers

Toxteth_OGrady

It's going to be quite complicated. You'd be looking at something along the lines of a Freeview box with stereo RCA phono out. You would connect the Freeview video to the TV using an HDMI/DVI cable. To get the audio you would connect the RCA phono stereo (red/white) to a set of powered speakers like these http://www.zoodex.co.uk/logitech_980-000355.html