The UK Home Automation Archive

Archive Home
Group Home
Search Archive


Advanced Search

The UKHA-ARCHIVE IS CEASING OPERATIONS 31 DEC 2024


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: TV Messenger





>The obvious monkey is that it fits "between a VCR and a telly" - ie it sits
half-way along a SCART lead.

>This means that it ONLY overlays text when you're watching TV through THAT
SCART lead.

>- it won't overlay over your TV's internal tuner (of course, with a TiVo,
you probably don't) :-)
>- if you have a SCART-connected DVD player, you need to run it through the
video (or vice versa, or get two of these boxes)
>- if you have an S-Video connected DVD player, then this won't overlay on
top of that


Not nessecerally

I have the BT easicom bt3  version (same thing basically)
When i get a phone call, black box sends a voltage to pin 8 or whichever it
is on the scart socket to switch the telly to eg: AV2
I still get the TV picture i was watching (picture darkens slightly), no
matter what input device im watching, but i also get white text on the
screen with caller ID info, a few seconds later the text goes off and im
left with the origional tv picture.


(I think) pretty sure thats how it works,   got me thinking now.....better
investigate further


Robert Crawshaw                 http://www.golcarbob.com

He who dies with the most toys wins

"If you haven't found a use for something yet, you haven't kept it long
enough".




---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.417 / Virus Database: 233 - Release Date: 08/11/2002


http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx
Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
List of UKHA Groups here - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKHA_Grouplists/


Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

Home | Main Index | Thread Index

Comments to the Webmaster are always welcomed, please use this contact form . Note that as this site is a mailing list archive, the Webmaster has no control over the contents of the messages. Comments about message content should be directed to the relevant mailing list.