Gamecube Mobile Monitor - InterAct 5.4

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• teh lurv

  August 2018

  I had the exact same problem as you do. I came across that LCD screen at a thrift store in 2015 without the AC plug. I did some research and that LCD screen didn't come with an AC adapter per-se, but it instead used a custom pass-thru adapter to draw power from the Gamecube's external brick.
  
  
  
  I was able to get my LCD screen to work using a generic external AC adapter, though it required trial-and-error as there was no power spec info on the LCD screen itself. IIRC, that plug hole will accept the same plug as a model 1 Genesis AC adapter. I remember initially trying it out with a spare adapter and getting a partial screen, probably due to it being 9v. I eventually hunted down in a thrift store a random 12v 1amp DC adapter with the same type of plug and the screen ran without a problem, though it leaves the plug hole grounding metal exposed, which I assume is covered up with plastic by the original pass-thru cable. So I don't consider that workaround a good solution other than testing if your LCD screen works.
  
  
  
  At the time, I believe I priced that screen at about $20-40. The screen is pretty bad by modern standard: Visible ghosting and noticable input lag.
• Chevmatic

  August 2018

  Originally posted by: teh lurv
  
  
  
  I had the exact same problem as you do. I came across that LCD screen at a thrift store in 2015 without the AC plug. I did some research and that LCD screen didn't come with an AC adapter per-se, but it instead used a custom pass-thru adapter to draw power from the Gamecube's external brick.
  
  
  
  I was able to get my LCD screen to work using a generic external AC adapter, though it required trial-and-error as there was no power spec info on the LCD screen itself. IIRC, that plug hole will accept the same plug as a model 1 Genesis AC adapter. I remember initially trying it out with a spare adapter and getting a partial screen, probably due to it being 9v. I eventually hunted down in a thrift store a random 12v 1amp DC adapter with the same type of plug and the screen ran without a problem, though it leaves the plug hole grounding metal exposed, which I assume is covered up with plastic by the original pass-thru cable. So I don't consider that workaround a good solution other than testing if your LCD screen works.
  
  
  
  At the time, I believe I priced that screen at about $20-40. The screen is pretty bad by modern standard: Visible ghosting and noticable input lag.

  
  I can vouche for this as I acutally owned this exact model when the Gamecube was new. The intention of the interconnect cable was so that everything would power off of one power supply, whether that was your stock Gamecube power supply or the car adapter that came with the display.
  
  
  
   
• CZroe

  August 2018

  Around 2005 I bought the Intec brand with the Intec NiMH battery pack. IIRC, it included a car adapter. Even opted for the extended warranty with Toys R Us.  
  
  
  
  The LCD had a few cables dangling out of the back, one of which was Multi-Out, one was GC power in, and the other was GC power out. It was shaped to fit an original GC power plug directly and did not use an adapter cable of any kind, so there was no partial connector like that. People here are suggesting that it worked in a similar way but I can't see why they used a barrel connector that requires an adapter.
  
  
  
  Only time I ever used that battery pack was to try my GC component cables on a floor model Sony KV-34XBR970 at Circuit City.