optiview ov580m help!
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Printed Date: August 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Topic: optiview ov580m help!
Posted By: Destroyer_69
Subject: optiview ov580m help!
Date Posted: June 15, 2003 at 7:52 AM
Hey all.. Bought two of these monitors, was initially very impressed. Video qualitiy was more than acceptable, until about ten minutes of use. After that, qualitiy started to degrade. It could be corrected marginally by tinkering with brightness, contrast and hue, but only for about 5 minutes and then qualitiy totally gone. After 20 minutes (approx.) the monitors would just shut down totally. If you let them sit for a while, you can start the whole game over again. (looks great! maybe I was just seeing things? no... wait... here we go again!) https://www.optiviewmobilevideo.com/productcatalog.cfm?class=329 I thought maybe voltage? Went to Radioshack and picked up a deal that allows selectable voltage between 6 and 24 volts. Ran as high as 15 volts and as low as 10. Seemed to have better results with 10 volts, but they would not function at 9. Anything higher than 10 volts gets you totally screwed picture again. Anyone have any thoughts at all? If I could keep the qualitiy I have for the first 10 mins I would be sailin!
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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: June 15, 2003 at 5:00 PM
Where did you grab the ground wire & power wire from ?
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: Destroyer_69
Date Posted: June 15, 2003 at 5:33 PM
At first I grabbed power and ground off of the inverter running the dvd and n64, then just ran them off of the cigarette lighter thing I bought at radioshack. Not good? I'm gonna try grounding direct to the battery tonight, let you know how it goes. Ya, my thought is poor ground....
Posted By: Destroyer_69
Date Posted: June 16, 2003 at 4:47 PM
ok, so grabbed power and ground direct from the battery. Ran the Dvd off an extention cord to the house. RCA input for sound and video direct to the DVD player, with no splicing or "y" adapters or anything. Same problem. BUT! as an experiment, held the monitor on the air conditioning vent with the air on full blast, and the picture straightened itself out. So, they're overheating for some reason. Any ideas?
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: June 16, 2003 at 7:46 PM
That's very strange. If both monitors are doing this, I would bring them back to the dealer and get warranty for them & see if the new ones do the same thing. ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: Destroyer_69
Date Posted: June 17, 2003 at 6:46 PM
Yep. Thats what I thought. I phoned the Dude in Los Angeles and he's sending me two tft ones... not a bad deal, but I had to pay shipping... will let you know how this turns out. Cross your fingers!!
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