RE: scart b&w problems

["Steve Morgan" <wormpurple@xxxxxxx>]

I did wonder if the TV might be using the composite signal rather than
RGB, but figured that it'd work anyway. Hence the use of "does appear
to
support RGB" - I was hedging my bets ;-)

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:lists.diyha@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 11 May 2002 22:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] scart b&w problems
> 
> 
> I have spokent to Amar.
> 
> The reason his portable TV gave colour with the RGB signal is 
> that most devices actually output Composite Video as the sync 
> rather than pure CompositeSync.
> 
> He is using KAT5 for distribution as S-video and I am sending 
> him a couple of components to fit into  a SCART plug to 
> convert the S-Video to Composite for the TV. Mark McCall has 
> had this setup running for about a year.
> 
> Keith
> 
> www.diyha.co.uk
> www.kat5.tv
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Morgan [mailto:wormpurple@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 May 2002 21:23
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] scart b&w problems
> 
> 
> Amar,
> 
> Your portable TV doesn't support S-Video but does appear to 
> support RGB. To have both the TV and projector working 
> properly, you could try one of two options...
> 
> 1) (The cheap option) Use a S-Video<-->Composite adapter 
> available from Keene Electronics or Maplin to convert the 
> S-Video output from the DVD to composite video. Quality will 
> be far from optimal, but it's cheap and you might not notice 
> on the portable.
> 
> 2) (The better, more expensive option) Get and RGB-to-S-Video 
> convertor (from http://www.rgbtosvideo.com), set
the output 
> from your DVD to RGB and use the convertor to drive the 
> projector. A number of us use these to good result.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
>

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