360: Signal out of Range (1280x1024LCD, 360 in 720p)

[Acert93]

Your mission if you so choose to accept it ... help me reset my 360's resolution so my LCD will accept the signal (Signal out of Range... 360 set to 720p... 1280x1024 native resolution LCD with no scaler...) So the rest ot the story:

I did a bad.

We recently moved cross country on short notice. During my unpacking this morning I realized I made a mistake:

* I left my 360 in 720p mode.

* My only display is an "older" 19" 1280x1024 PC LCD (no scaler).

* My LCD is giving me a, "Signal out of Range" error for obvious reasons.

Pretty bonehead of me as I had the 360 on a CRT (which I no longer have) and set to 720p output and used the CRTs vertical adjustments to squish the signal for a "correct" faux letterbox for the 16:9 aspect. This was a great solution ... until we moved and I departed with my CRT.

* I shake my fists at the MS folks who decided to support all forms of resolutions and aspects sans 16:9 on the ever popular 1280x1024 LCDs...

I have half a mind to walk ove to my neighbors in Redmond and tell them to fix it but I don't want to spend the holidays in a small 5x5 cell

I need some help resetting the resolution. I currently am leeching net access from a very poor hotspot so browsing is very limited (took a good 10 minutes to load a B3 page).

* I do NOT have the NXE installed.
* I am using a MS 360 VGA adapter.
* LCD is a Hyundai L90D+ 19" 1280x1024 LCD (Samsung 5ms Panel).
* The 360 was last used about 4 weeks ago.
* I do not have a CRT.

My next trip to the family could resolve this issue but I was hoping to have access to the 360 over the long weekend.

BONUS POINTS: The VGA cable has a RED MALE and WHITE MALE audio cable (RCA?). My PC speakers and PC headphones have a single MALE 3.5mm stereo cable. So am I looking either some sort of Y-cable that has 2 Female RCA stereo inputs and a single Female 3.5" on the other end or a Y adapter (RCA to 3.5mm) + a Female-Female 3.5mm adapter/cable?

I previously had an audio converter box... but that was scorched earth as well in the move. My LCD has an audio pass through and I have an RCA Y adapter but the 360 is offering no audio at this point (although my MP3 player with a 3.5mm cable works). It may just be that with the wrong signal it isn't offering any audio, it may not be the issue and the little Y adapter I have may not be right. :shurgs: I need more money to play around with A/V stuff more often

 

[BoardBonobo]

To reset the display settings of the Xbox 360 console to the default settings, follow these steps:

1. Remove any discs from the disc tray.
2. Turn the console off.
3. Turn the console on.
   
   Note If you are using an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, turn the console on by using the Xbox Guide button on the controller.
   
   Note Make sure that you use the player 1 controller when you do this. The player 1 controller is the controller where the upper-left quadrant light is on.
4. As the console starts, press and hold the Y button, and then pull the right trigger at the same time. This causes the Xbox Dashboard to reset the display settings to the default settings and then automatically restarts the console. So it's OK when the Xbox 360 console restarts.

Did it work?

Source

 

[Acert93]

You are the man!!

And audio works

Now if only you could get Halo 3 to work in 16:9 aspect in 1280x1024

Edit: The wireless controller wasn't quite doing the trick, but my wired controller did work. Probably a ID10T-USR error.

 

[Moloch]

I'm not sure 5:4 aspect lcds are a popular choice for 360s or ps3s, I fault microsoft not.

 

[infinity4]

If it is there you expect a support. Unfortunately it is the worst resolution to use simply because you get most distorted pictures.

 

[BoardBonobo]

You are the man!!

And audio works

Now if only you could get Halo 3 to work in 16:9 aspect in 1280x1024

Edit: The wireless controller wasn't quite doing the trick, but my wired controller did work. Probably a ID10T-USR error.

You're welcome.

It's possible but you'd have to fiddle with the inner gremlin in your monitor and that's just far too much hassle

 

[Turok]

You are the man!!

And audio works

Now if only you could get Halo 3 to work in 16:9 aspect in 1280x1024

Edit: The wireless controller wasn't quite doing the trick, but my wired controller did work. Probably a ID10T-USR error.

I did this with a 19" 4:3 CRT monitor a while ago, I used the screen resizer controls to squeeze the picture into being letterboxed and just played my 360 at 768p upscaled. Looked great. I don't know if LCD's have that function, but it might be worth a shot.

 

[orangpelupa]

I did this with a 19" 4:3 CRT monitor a while ago, I used the screen resizer controls to squeeze the picture into being letterboxed and just played my 360 at 768p upscaled. Looked great. I don't know if LCD's have that function, but it might be worth a shot.

on my LCD monitor there no vertical size
there only horizontal size

it maybe differ from brand to brand