Bought this as a small easily portable screen for use with RPi. I used composite video lead from Pi into Yellow connector. 12V 1A mains charger into Red socket and my Nexus 7 charger for RPi power. The screen came on straight away with the boot up dialogue so I can confirm that this device will work OK with the RPi - however text will be way too small for most people -so next step is to reconfigure the config file in OS. Has potential to do what I want (test some Python programs) with a small footprint on my desk. I bought this for £17.95 ("on sale") - I would never have considered purchasing at the advertised full price of £56! (Reason for only 4 stars - overpriced if not on offer).
To reconfigure text to make readable enter the following command after login within the console: sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup Then, using arrow keys and enter key select (a)UTF-8 then (b)Guess optimal character set then (c) VGA then (d) 16x28 framebuffer only. Wait a while until you see a line of readable text. Logout and boot up again and text should be readable across whole screen.
Note: The display will not come alive (even when powered) until you power up the RPi
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