Re: Homevision Text over external video

["eamonnogorman" <eamonnogorman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We may be on to something. I emailed Craig Chadwick last night
asking if he had any ideas. He seemed to think that it was a
hardware prob with HV, and recalled a problem with some capacitors a
couple of yrs ago that were prone to blowing.

Bells have started ringing, cos when I got my unit first (about 3-
4 yrs ago), guess what, a capacitor blew after about 1 hr. i
contacted the supplier, who said this was a known problem, and just
to cut out the capacitor and all would be fine, which I did. HV has
been extremely reliable since then, with absolutely no problems, but
perhaps that capacitor has disabled the TEXT overlay function which
I cant get working.

I told Craig which capacitor it was (c12), so hopefully he will be
able to confirm if this is the prob.

Eamon

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@b...>
wrote:
> Hi Eamonn
>             Have you sent a "start external video mode
"command to
hv  in
> your macro,s....????
>
> Frank
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "eamonnogorman" <eamonnogorman@e...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:54 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Homevision Text over external video
>
>
> > No Simon,
> >
> > Its set to 4:3, should this make a difference ?
> >
> > I am now using a plain old VCR as my Video source, with the same
> > problem, so it does not seem to be anything related to SKY box,
more
> > likely HV.
> >
> > Eamon
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Simon Coates"
<ecolume@g...>
wrote:
> > > Is the Sky box outputting 16:9?
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: eamonnogorman <eamonnogorman@e...>
> > > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: 10 February 2004 21:31
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Homevision Text over external video
> > >
> > >
> > > > Okay, I tried another video source for my external
video, and
> > get
> > > > the same thing, so its unlikely to be as you say David.
> > > >
> > > > I just used my VCR Video output directly into HV, and
directly
> > back
> > > > out again and straight into my telly. Same thing.
> > > >
> > > > Am I doing something really stupid here ?
> > > >
> > > > I go into HV CONTROL MENU, SELECT VIDEO, and then just
select
> > > > "iNITILISE FOR EXTERNAL VIDEO OVERLAY"
followed by
> > > > "DISPLAY VIDEO SCREEN NUMBER 84"
> > > >
> > > > Thats right is#nt it ?
> > > >
> > > > Eamon
> > > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "David Buckley"
<db@e...>
wrote:
> > > > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "eamonnogorman"
> > > > <eamonnogorman@e...>:
> > > > >
> > > > > [snip]
> > > > >
> > > > > If everything is working Ok, then that suggests
that the
> > Skybox
> > > > > composite video output is a tad "odd"
and HV cant lock onto
> > it.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is not unprecedented in my experience; I had
an
unsolved
> > > > > problem using a JoyTV tuner box driving an LCD
monitor.  It
> > worked
> > > > > on all sources except DVD.  With DVD the picture
never
> > locked.
> > > > The
> > > > > same RF was displayed perfectly on the other
"normal"
tellys.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, have you an alternative CV source you can try?
Obviously
> > they
> > > > > were more tolerant of whatever was "odd"
about the DVD
CV.  I
> > > > > speculated that it might be macrovision, but in
the end
took
> > out
> > > > the
> > > > > JoyTV / LCD monitor, and bought a cheapo telly :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > And a wall mount...  Which I put far too high... 
WAF for
the
> > > > > kitchen telly was never good...
> > > >
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