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

[Marc Fuller <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Tim,

Thanks for the reply. I am guessing that there must be some sort of
problem inside the switcher. I have not tried connecting the S-video
directly to the KAT5's, but I have connected it directly to a TV and it
shows in colour. That's what led me to believe that the switcher was
faulty. The WMCE server has a S-Video output that is connected to the
switcher via a S-video cable to a scart adapter, which then plugs into
the switcher.

Another thing I tried was to plug the s-video output into a s-video to
phono converter, thus making the s-video signal into composite. I
thought this would then bypass the pins s-video uses on the switcher and
get around the problem. This did indeed make the picture colour, but
unlike when using a direct s-video connection, the screen was very
blurry ! So I have to have a clear black and white picture, or a blurry
colour one :D

The root of the problem seems to be the switcher. I think I'll need to
just buy a new one, but finding cheap ones with remotes is proving tricky
:\

Thanks
Marc


Tim Hawes wrote:
>
> Marc,
>
> From the description of S-video here
> http://www.kat5.tv/videoformats.html,
> <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
> <mailto:groups%40serenitymeadow.com>>
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 £100.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Marc
>
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