Re: Unwanted SCART lead switching

["Matt Pavall" <matt@xxxxxxx>]

Having just spend the better part of the weekend (ok, slight
exaggeration but it felt like it) trying to hook up TV, VCR, DVD,
OnDodgy box and the PC/SnapStream in some sort of workable fashion it
occurred to me; why can't all these devices (all but one are digital
anyway) be interconnected with say Firewire interfaces in some sort
of bus system.

I must have well over a 150ft of cables behind the TV and stereo
cabinets and I still can't connect from anywhere to anywhere, i.e.
there aren't enough Scarts etc, so I can't watch OnDigital while
recording a DVD to tape (Ok, that's not likely to happen but you get
the point :-)

Is there anywhere we can lobby for standardised digital interconnects
for all home audio and video?  I'd be the first to sign up! :-)

<steps off soap box>

Cheers,
Matt



--- In ukha_d@y..., "Keith Doxey" <ukha@d...> wrote:
> It will stop the switching but if you DVD is outputting RGB that
may still
> get overlayed on whatever you are trying to view. You might also
need to
> remove Pin 16 but even this is only a switching pin.
>
> One Phillips TV I owned had the RGB input pins connected directly
to the
> guns of the tube, whenever any signal was on those pins it would
appear on
> screen regardless of any settings.
>
> If you are very carefull you can press the little "tag" on
the
SCART pin and
> push it out of the housing, then tape it up. That way you can
always restore
> the lead to norma usage.
>
> Keith
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Cooper [mailto:steve.cooper@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 24 September 2001 15:44
> > To: ukha_d@y...
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Unwanted SCART lead switching
> >
> >
> >
> > Wanted to confirm something with you all before I go snipping my
> > scart lead
> > up.
> >
> > Problem : When I switch my TV on it automatically switches over
to the DVD
> > input on AV1.  The DVD is connected into AV1 on the TV via a
SCART lead.
> > It does this even when the DVD is in standby mode.  Most
annoying !!!
> >
> > Solution : If I just snip the pin 8 (Function Switching) wire
will it stop
> > this happening ?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Steve