I recently bought the first version of xbox. Yes the big black box. Then i bought this cable which has a head for video input and convert to analog ( blue head ) so that i could fix it to my LG LCD monitor. I got the audio conversion and all right. When i on the xbox , there is sound but no picture , i tried to off and on the monitor again and even let it go on auto set but nothing seems to come out. So i plugged it into a Samsung monitor and this is what came out " Please Check Signal Cable " , then there is the Red Blue Green colors comes with it on a small window.

Is this something to do with my cable ? If it is then what cable or converter cable should i get ?

Is it possible for the older xbox to be plugged into the Lcd ?

Does a Vga box necessary?

Where can i get the specified component cable / vga cable / converter cable ?

Thank you so much for reading and thank you so much for your help. Sorry if there is already a topic posted on this matter , i somehow couldn't find the right answers to my questions.

Yes, a vga box is NECESSARY to play on your LCD monitor. And widescreen monitors will output really sucky graphics. For the normal 4:3 monitors, the output should be more or less ok, depending what type of vga box you use.

Hmm , i've just come across this VGA Cable. Cant i just make a direct connection from the Xbox to the lcd with that cable instead ? That cable can be bought from a Xbox Retail Outlet. Thanks again =)

that one is for xbox applications that support vga rgb output directly... one of the linux distros for the xbox if im not mistaken... games and other apps, need video output, hence u need vga box to convert the signal to vga

Oh my. Well ill get a vga box then. Hopefully it doesn't cost much , does it ? I saw a number of those in Sg Wang about rm 100 to rm 150. Guess by the time i buy the box and so fourth , i could have gotten a new Xbox which is around rm 700 haha.

Oh yea , does the quality of the game disturbed if i use a vga box ?

Whats a good brand for a vga box withint the budget of below rm 140 ?

=)

I dunno, maybe you can get yourself a Cosmo brand or something? That one is really cheap, but the same could be said for its quality.