Re: NexTViewLink, Q-Link, EasyLink - data comms over SCART?

["dermot_bradley" <bradley@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@b...>
wrote:
> Pins 10 and 12 are allocated for Data Comms but there is very
little
> implementation of this so far.

NexTViewLink, Q-Link, EasyLink are various terms TV and VCR vendors
use to refer to this functionality. Its been around for several years
- my own Toshiba VCR has a NexTViewLink option.

Basically as the TV and VCR can communicate then the VCR can handle a
"record now" operation by asking the TV which channel is in
use.

Likewise the TV can (theoretically) download an EPG entry into the VCR
for later recording.

> Just found an interesting document
> http://www.dtg.org.uk/dtgactivities/published/connection_guidelines.pdf
> 
> will print it off and read through it.

This document refers to it as AV.Link - thought NexTViewLink was the
official name.

Always thought in a HA scenario it would be great to be able to
connect to both a VCR and TV and query them.

Unfortunately I don't see much info around on how to do this.

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