Hantarex CT21EQ/2 monitor woes

[eretsua]

I've recently got a 2nd Hantarex CT21EQ/2 (though supposedly only very little use). Sadly I'm having lots of trouble with it.

When ever I feed a signal from my PAL Gamecube or modded PAL ps2 the bootscreen picture & PAL games are fine. However if I run a game in 60hz or play a NTSC-J game the picture messes up. It displays multiple layers of it self underneath each other and there is major flickering going on. See the first picture.

When I hook up my American DreamCast the same problem occurs just as with a DVD player set to put out NTSC. When it's PAL everything is just fine & happy but the moment it changes to NTSC it goes wrong. All connection are made using properly working scart-RGB-cables.

I also tried it with my Japanese Saturn through composite plugged in such AV-box in the shape of scart connector and same problem occurs, though the picture is quite dark then.

I've contacted Hantarex but they can't help me out unless they have the monitor in the workshop...sadly that's a bit difficult as I live in The Netherlands.

Anyone have suggestion on how to fix this or even what is causing this? The more evidence that I have this monitor is faulty the stronger my case against the seller will be.

Many thanks in advance!

eretsua



here's a picture of what happens when I hook up my NTSC-U Dreamcast: What you see is not a photographic illusion it's what's actually happening.





and this is my DreamCast hooked up to my Sharp LCD TV (properly working:

[ExpertKing]

I used to have 33" data monitor , one heavy mutha.Any I could adjust the sync at the back and a multitude of other features.One problem though was that the monitor would only support 1024x768 @48hz ,which was a really pain in the ass.Not many video cards would support that frequencey.

Anyway, I assume your monitor is a video display and I know Hantarex monitors are reknowned for their flexibilty but are you sure it supports a 60hz signal.I went to the hantarex site but could not be bother to download the pdf file.
Usually if a machine doesnt support NTSC you would get a b+w picture too , then again I could be wrong.

I'll do some searching for you once I grab a brew...~

[ExpertKing]

We'll it officially supports 60hz , so your back at square one i'm afraid. Sorry I couldnt be more help..

[eretsua]

according to the flyer it supposed to and the engineer I was in contact with also indicated that the monitor should be able to display it (60hz). I've messed about with the sinc-positive/negative button as well as the TLL/Analogue and 75ohm on/off buttons but I didn't notice any difference. :/

When displaying in 60hz I just get a messed up screen picture like in the photograph but the colours are normal.

thanks very much in advance for the effort.

eretsua.

[SharkSkin-Man]

On Hantarex's website the PDF for the CT15EQ/2 has adjustable horizontal and vertical frequency knobs at the rear. Does yours?

[eretsua]

On Hantarex's website the PDF for the CT15EQ/2 has adjustable horizontal and vertical frequency knobs at the rear. Does yours?

yes, it has that. I've messed about with that but that only adjusts the height & width of the picture on the screen. When I change those settings I adjust the aspect ratio. so that's not it either.
thanks for the suggestion though!