Re: Scart Switching/KAT5's/S-Video

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc,

>From the description of S-video here
http://www.kat5.tv/videoformats.html,
it sounds like you are missing
the Chroma part of the signal and/or your switcher is not S-video
compatible and/or there's a cabling problem.

What if you plug the graphics card directly into the KAT5 sender? Do
you get a colour picture then? What cables are you using to carry the
signal from the graphics card to the switcher and then from there to
the transmitter module?

I thought Keene did a reasonable one, but looking there just now I
couldn't seem to see the one I remembered. I'll look in my catalogue
later & post the link/model #.

HTH,

Tim.

On 2/5/08, Marc Fuller <groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> Anyone know much about scart switchers ?
>
> I am trying to push an S-video signal through my current switcher, but
> the output always appears in black and white. Composite is very blury
> and I can't use RGB as the signal is going to be pushed through my
> KAT5AV's. Anyone know why S-Video would be black and white ? It's
> frustrating as the composite is in colour but blury as hell, and the
> S-Video is clear but black and white !! The S-Video signal is colour
> coming out of the source, but black and white when fed through a
switcher=
.
>
> Assuming it's a fault in my current unit, I am looking for a good
scart
> switcher that has a remote. I was looking at the BT945-Quintro+ which
> looks spot on, but it seems to be out of stock everywhere. It needs at
> least 3 inputs and two outputs (one scart and one phono). It also
needs
> a remote so it can be switched via IR in the node0.
>
> The inputs will by my Sky+, a CCTV Composite signal and an S-Video
feed
> from my Windows media server (it's the latter that I am having trouble
> pushing out). They will then be fed into a KAT5AV transmitter to a
> multidrop installation of TV's.
>
> Appreciate any recommendations for equipment below =A3100.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc