anyboady know of a way to add a video in to the gba?

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:47 pm

anyboady know of a way to add a video in to the gba?

so you can display images from outher things on the gba screen

sp or the first

Ive seen things like this http://www.hartsunlimited.com/gbaspavadapter.html

but I dont want to buy one ide rather make something myself

im not relly interested in a sound input although that would not be very hard so I might put that in

maybe if you dont know how but you got one of those things im my link maybe you could open it up and tell me what it has inside

Post by **Sparkfist** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:55 pm

I dont think there is a card reader that you can build, wouldnt even know how you'd get the cart adapter. Well look for the Compact Flash card adapter for the GBA (or SP), that should give you all you want.

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:03 am

I have a 1 gb flash cartridge I dont relly see how that would help add a video input to my gba

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:25 am

dude, it's $29. For what it does, I'd say it's pretty killer. I mean, buying a GBA cart to rip apart and do stuff to would probably cost like, well, not too much less, and it'd take much more work.
Play-Asia has it for $27 shipped, if that helps sweeten the deal.
linkie linkie
You might even find it cheaper. I don't think the GBA has a video in pin on the cart pinout, but I can't seem to find the cart pinout at the moment. Anyway, I'm fairly sure this thing would suit one's needs far better than something built, though I could be wrong.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:29 am

I have not given up yet although if I cannot figure something out I might get that

I will examine the innards of the gba and see if I can make since of some of it and
if I must I will also try to test the functions of the cart pins if I cannot find info on what each connects to over the internet

The Zydeco King · Post by **The Zydeco King** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:43 am

Is play-asia.com a safe site to order from ?

I want to oder one of those AV adaptors.

The Zydeco King · Post by **The Zydeco King** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:49 am

Anonymous wrote:I have not given up yet

You should at least contact someone here on this forum who has one and ask them if they can take some photos of what it looks like inside of the device.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:30 pm

I got one Ill take a pic in a bit.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:32 pm

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:16 am

Holy cow, I didn't even expect it to be that complex. Good luck making one of those! ^_^ BTW, HK-47, what's your opinion of it? Pretty good stuff? I'm kinda tempted to buy one.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:18 pm

Its ok. It dosnt play the sound through the gba or have a speaker itself so you have to have headphones, but overall its pretty good.

The Zydeco King · Post by **The Zydeco King** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:32 pm

Sorry for asking again but, I live in the U.S. and is play-asia.com a good place to order from?

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 12:59 am

Never done it myself, so I couldn't say (sorry if you thought I ignored you the last time, I just don't have an answer for you).

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:25 am

I got busy with Christmas stuff so this had to go on the back burner but I have an idea I think might work ill talk about it if it dose

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 5:45 pm

The Zydeco King wrote:Sorry for asking again but, I live in the U.S. and is play-asia.com a good place to order from?

I will tell you in 7-15 days

thats right I gave up