Re: Tivo SCART control...

["Patrick Lidstone <patrick@xxxxxxx>" <patrick@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@h...>
wrote:
> Anyone got any thoughts on adjusting the behaviour of Tivo's SCART
control, 
> - it's a little bit too "aggressive" for my liking...
> 
> On my TV, with Tivo's SCART control turned on, It completely siezes
the TV 
> and absolutely refuses to give it up no matter what.... The effect
of this 
> is that I can never change the TV's selected input to another SCART
input, 
> or to it's internal tuner - I can't even bring up the TV's menu 
system. The 
> only way I can make the TV display *anything* other than what Tivo
is 
> putting out, is to put Tivo into standby, when it finally 
relinquishes 
> control.

Try chopping Pin 8 on the TiVo SCART lead - this controls auto-select 
of the SCART source by the TV.

See here: http://www.whatvideotv.com/articles/frame.html?
http://www.whatvideotv.com/articles/hardware/200102_scart.shtml

Patrick



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