Macgyver’d

I brought Guitar Hero 3 into CapStrat today, along with my PS2 and one guitar controller. After hooking it up to one of the widescreen monitors, Carson warned me that the audio input/output didn’t work on the monitor. Essentially, we needed to get the audio signal directly to the speakers, from two male RCAs to a standard miniplug. We found an adapter which would turn the miniplug into another two male RCAs, but that didn’t get us anywhere… So I cooked this up.

Front view

Top view

Using nothing but a paper clamp and the clip from a Pilot Uniball, I was able to get one channel going for Guitar Hero. Needless to say, I’m pretty happy with the solution… Because it was free and it works.

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  1. matt hisamoto

    this is a great short term fix. excellent use of the materials at hand :D

    Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:03 pm


  2. Brian

    Thanks!

    As for short term… I’m guessing this is how they’re going to be playing Mario Kart for a while… For a dynamic media department, they sure are lacking on the connectors. But who uses RCA these days anyway… :\

    Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:04 pm


  3. Chris

    Wow, I was thinking Macgyver before I noticed the title. That’s some serious ingenuity. If I’m ever a spy, I hope you’re on my team.

    Dec 28, 2007 @ 12:11 am

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