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Gh2 with Waveshare 7 inch hdmi screen as monitor
  • Hello to everybody. I bought a dirt cheap Waveshare 7 inch lcd (c) screen with hdmi (screen solution for raspberry pi computers), as i ve seen it advertised as a "general hdmi" product.

    I assumed it will get along well with my gh2, used as a field monitor, but whatever i do, nothing seems to work. I ve tried it all (pal/ntsc, viera link off, extele off, etc) with no luck, screen isn t showing anything. However, i do get some sort of signal (white bars and fragments) when i put the camera in playback mode, so i think it could be done somehow.

    So i just wanted to ask - does anyone know how to set up things with this kind of screen? I ve emailed waveshare, but everybody says their customer service is rubbish, so i won t expect a reply (if any...) soon.

    Probably it s a waste of time, but i d like to know at least where is the problem. Thank you in advance.

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  • I had the same issue trying to use a cheap 5" HDMI screen as field monitor, Issue is with EDID data of the screen. The screen I have ia apparentely re-programmable, I soldered the pads for that but I did not manage to re-program mine.

    Good luck, let us know if you find a solution!

    http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/206965#Comment_206965 http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/207348#Comment_207348

  • GH2 is very picky to monitor.

    Firmware has some strange logic as if it does not see proper mode in EDID it does not output anything.

  • I have had good luck on my GH2 with this 7" hdmi monitor sold mostly for use with Raspberry Pi stuff: https://www.adafruit.com/products/1667

  • I think you could reset the monitor, and then change the mode to be in HDMI mode. It seems not the problem on the screen, but the compatibility between GH2 and your montor.