Re: Re: [OT] - Scart + TosLink automatic / ir controlled switch ? - thanks

["Dave Marley" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Did anyone else buy one of these Joytech Scart/optical switchers? I'm
having
problems with mine. :-(

The first one worked OK for a week or so and then starting putting
everything
into widescreen mode, whether it was supposed to be or not. Cabling the
units
directly to the TV eliminated the problem so it was definitely the
switcher. It
then started flicking between widescreen and 4:3 several times a second!

So I sent it back to Play.com, (who were very good indeed at getting me a
replacement).

The new one arrived yesterday and seemed to be switching OK. I then started
watching the football on Sky+ last night and realised it was doing the same
thing, i.e. switching to widescreen when it shouldn't.

I presume the voltage on pin 8 is dropping far enough below 12v that it
passes
the threshold on the TV and the TV treats it as a 6v, i.e. a widescreen
signal.

Any thoughts? Anyone else got a similar problem?

Dave

I wrote to <ukha_d@xxxxxxx> on Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:40:08 -0000:

> Mine arrived yesterday too. My only real complaint is that the lights
on the
> front are much too bright, the blue one showing the current selected
input
> being particularly distracting!

> I've also found that if I have my Sky+, XBox and DVD player all
connected via
> optical, it all works fine and I can get RGB from all of them (only 1
RGB
> scart on the TV). I also connected my DBox (digital satellite
receiver)
> through it, but it has no optical out (soon to be remedied!) so I get
no sound
> unless I manually change the settings on the TV to disable optical
input for
> Ext1. Not a problem with the switcher, but more with the way my TV
deals with
> a lack of signal on the optical input really, but worth bearing in
mind.

> However, for £40 it seems like a bargain to me!

> I don't get a delay when switching from one input to another either -
it's
> seems very quick to me.

> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alanmiddleton74" <yahoo@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:07 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] - Scart + TosLink automatic / ir controlled
switch
> ? - thanks

> The unit arrived yesturday and they weren't joking when they said it
> was a well built case, the TV stands on it without any problems, I
> think I could if I wanted to.

> The switching doesn't seem to degrade quality (to my eyes) except for
> a 1 second scrambled screen when the av switches. Had some problems
> using a component lead output and scart input, but scart -> scart
> throughout seems fine. As per usual I'm short on leads but the
> toslink and scart switching for the two units I've wired up seems
> fine.

> The remote can be learnt by a pronto neo with the knack being to use
> a 1 second button push then 2 seconds etc as opposed to the usual
> hold down the key and move the remote backwards and forwards until it
> learns.

> So all in all a good buy from play that I'd recommend to anyone with
> similar requirements. Thanks to Dave for pointing me in the right
> direction.

> Kind Regards,

> Alan.

> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "alanmiddleton74" <yahoo@a...>
wrote:
>> And that is just to good a price and functionality to be ignored.
>> Especially as it will switch with a remote as opposed to
> autosensing
>> which seems to get confused with my setup.
>>
>> It's on order now. Thanks Rob and Dave for your comments on this.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Alan.
>>
>> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dave Marley" <dave@d...>
wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "alanmiddleton74" <yahoo@a...>
>>>
>>>> Has anyone seen a scart switch that will also switch an
> associated
>>>> _digital_ input (ie scart input 1, toslink input 1 ->
scart out,
>>>> toslink out)?
>>>>
>>>> If not, any suggestions as to how to switch / feed 3
digital
>> inputs
>>>> into a surround sound system with 1 toslink socket that
lives
> in a
>>>> cupboard?
>>>
>>> This looks like it'll do the trick at £44.99 -
>>> http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?
>> ProductCode=AC5510
>>>
>>> Play do them for £40, but they're out of stock at the moment.
>> There's also a
>>> silver version due for release soon, apparently.
>>>
>>> I can't tell you what the quality's like as I haven't bought
one
>> myself yet, but
>>> they've been discussed on AV Forums and I haven't seen anyone
>> giving a bad
>>> review - http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?
>> s=&threadid=109421.
>>>
>>> Dave

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