I recently bought a dvd player so that I could start watching homemade vcd, dvds, etc on the tv and as my tv had a scart input I bought a scart cable as well. The tv was already connected to an ondigital nokia box via it's scart connector so I went out and bought a double scart adapter. After hooking it all up together I find that when both pieces of equipment are plugged in to the tv via the box, both of their pictures are outputted superimposed on each other. To get a picture on it's own, I have to unplug one of the scart cables which therefore defeat the purpose of the doubler scart box. The box has no buttons or switches so how can I resolve this problem(can it be resolved)?
Rob Beattie wrote: > I recently bought a dvd player so that I could start watching homemade > vcd, dvds, etc on the tv and as my tv had a scart input I bought a > scart cable as well. The tv was already connected to an ondigital > nokia box via it's scart connector so I went out and bought a double > scart adapter. After hooking it all up together I find that when both > pieces of equipment are plugged in to the tv via the box, both of > their pictures are outputted superimposed on each other. To get a > picture on it's own, I have to unplug one of the scart cables which > therefore defeat the purpose of the doubler scart box. The box has no > buttons or switches so how can I resolve this problem(can it be > resolved)?
If you want to use RGB for both sources, the only solution I've found is to get a scart switching box. The guy in the TV section of my local Dixons/Comet/Currys hadn't heard of them before (and was quite pleased when I explained, as he was suffering from the same problem at home) but the video console games section had a stock of them. It still means getting up out of your chair to flick a switch, but at least its easier then swapping cables every time.
>> The guy in the TV section of my local Dixons/Comet/Currys hadn't heard >> of them before.
> 1) Comet is the enemy of Dixons/Currys (Dixons Stores Group) - so that's > weird
I always call them Comet/Currys/Dixons because 2 minutes after leaving I haven't a clue which of them I've just been to. I was refering to a single one of them, I just don't know which.
> 2) Comet actually sell them (for a rip off price) - so that's weird.
Read further down my post - the video games section had them.
>>> The guy in the TV section of my local Dixons/Comet/Currys hadn't >>> heard of them before.
>> 1) Comet is the enemy of Dixons/Currys (Dixons Stores Group) - so >> that's weird
> I always call them Comet/Currys/Dixons because 2 minutes after leaving I > haven't a clue which of them I've just been to. I was refering to a > single one of them, I just don't know which.
Know what you mean!
>> 2) Comet actually sell them (for a rip off price) - so that's weird.
> Read further down my post - the video games section had them.
Yep, I noticed - I meant it's weird that the sales guy didn't know this - maybe he should have a walk round his own store!?
> I recently bought a dvd player so that I could start watching homemade > vcd, dvds, etc on the tv and as my tv had a scart input I bought a > scart cable as well. The tv was already connected to an ondigital > nokia box via it's scart connector so I went out and bought a double > scart adapter. After hooking it all up together I find that when both > pieces of equipment are plugged in to the tv via the box, both of > their pictures are outputted superimposed on each other. To get a > picture on it's own, I have to unplug one of the scart cables which > therefore defeat the purpose of the doubler scart box. The box has no > buttons or switches so how can I resolve this problem(can it be > resolved)?
You can get a switchable scart adaptor from Argos, it's the one that has push button switches and has no flying lead (this is the one that supports RGB), so you'll need an extra scart lead. It costs £9.99. Regards Mike.
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> >>> The guy in the TV section of my local Dixons/Comet/Currys hadn't > >>> heard of them before.
> >> 1) Comet is the enemy of Dixons/Currys (Dixons Stores Group) - so > >> that's weird
> > I always call them Comet/Currys/Dixons because 2 minutes after leaving I > > haven't a clue which of them I've just been to. I was refering to a > > single one of them, I just don't know which.
> Know what you mean!
> >> 2) Comet actually sell them (for a rip off price) - so that's weird.
> > Read further down my post - the video games section had them.
> Yep, I noticed - I meant it's weird that the sales guy didn't know this > - maybe he should have a walk round his own store!?
That's nothing, I went to Dixons for a printer cartridge for a printer I had bought from them - and they denied ever having sold the printer. No wonder so many branches of Dixons have closed, they're a bunch of w*nkers. Regards Mike.
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rob@/remove/ghosh.co.uk (Rob Beattie) wrote in message <news:40f2b238.12902890@news.cable.ntlworld.com>... > I recently bought a dvd player so that I could start watching homemade > vcd, dvds, etc on the tv and as my tv had a scart input I bought a > scart cable as well. The tv was already connected to an ondigital > nokia box via it's scart connector so I went out and bought a double > scart adapter. After hooking it all up together I find that when both > pieces of equipment are plugged in to the tv via the box, both of > their pictures are outputted superimposed on each other. To get a > picture on it's own, I have to unplug one of the scart cables which > therefore defeat the purpose of the doubler scart box. The box has no > buttons or switches so how can I resolve this problem(can it be > resolved)?
Does either the DVD player or the On Digital box have two SCART sockets? If so, you can probably put them in a chain. My bedroom DVD has only one SCART socket but my STB has two. So the DVD goes to one STB SCART socket and the other STB socket to the TV. Works fine with no adaptors or switches.
I did buy a SCART switch box from Maplins to try to solve a different problem. The video in this room only has one SCART so it cannot take part in the chain. Also the TV (Mitsubishi) has the annoying habit that if a signal comes in from the SCART, it insists on showing it. Attempting to change channel has no effect. The selected channel number is shown on the screen but the picture remains at the one coming in from the SCART. This does not usually matter for the DVD or STB since if I don't want to watch them then I don't turn them on. But of course, I may want the video on while I am recording something else. I was hoping that the SCART switch would solve this. It has 3 inputs. So I connected the video to one, the DVD / STB chain to another, and the left the third empty. I hoped that when I selected the empty input, the TV would show its own analogue channels. Oddly it still shows one of the SCART inputs. So the switch was a waste but found a use elsewhere to connect my son's XBox to one of the other TVs.
I have also seen a similar SCART switch box with remote control in Costco. I forget the price but it seemed a lot for so little function. It would be almost as cheap to buy a new DVD which did have two SCART sockets.
I think that the moral is, buy a TV with multiple SCART sockets or ensure that everything else has two. You may pay a bit more but you won't have to waste money on switch and adaptors.
O'Leathlobhair) wrote: >rob@/remove/ghosh.co.uk (Rob Beattie) wrote in message <news:40f2b238.12902890@news.cable.ntlworld.com>... >> I recently bought a dvd player so that I could start watching homemade >> vcd, dvds, etc on the tv and as my tv had a scart input I bought a >> scart cable as well. The tv was already connected to an ondigital >> nokia box via it's scart connector so I went out and bought a double >> scart adapter. After hooking it all up together I find that when both >> pieces of equipment are plugged in to the tv via the box, both of >> their pictures are outputted superimposed on each other. To get a >> picture on it's own, I have to unplug one of the scart cables which >> therefore defeat the purpose of the doubler scart box. The box has no >> buttons or switches so how can I resolve this problem(can it be >> resolved)?
>Does either the DVD player or the On Digital box have two SCART >sockets? If so, you can probably put them in a chain. My bedroom DVD >has only one SCART socket but my STB has two. So the DVD goes to one >STB SCART socket and the other STB socket to the TV. Works fine with >no adaptors or switches.
>I did buy a SCART switch box from Maplins to try to solve a different >problem. The video in this room only has one SCART so it cannot take >part in the chain. Also the TV (Mitsubishi) has the annoying habit >that if a signal comes in from the SCART, it insists on showing it. >Attempting to change channel has no effect. The selected channel >number is shown on the screen but the picture remains at the one >coming in from the SCART. This does not usually matter for the DVD or >STB since if I don't want to watch them then I don't turn them on. >But of course, I may want the video on while I am recording something >else. I was hoping that the SCART switch would solve this. It has 3 >inputs. So I connected the video to one, the DVD / STB chain to >another, and the left the third empty. I hoped that when I selected >the empty input, the TV would show its own analogue channels. Oddly >it still shows one of the SCART inputs. So the switch was a waste but >found a use elsewhere to connect my son's XBox to one of the other >TVs.
>I have also seen a similar SCART switch box with remote control in >Costco. I forget the price but it seemed a lot for so little >function. It would be almost as cheap to buy a new DVD which did have >two SCART sockets.
>I think that the moral is, buy a TV with multiple SCART sockets or >ensure that everything else has two. You may pay a bit more but you >won't have to waste money on switch and adaptors.
>Seán O'Leathlóbhair
I think I'm going to have to give in and buy a switchable scart box since that will give the least complicated configuration. Also it will be from ebay as everywhere else I have looked, charge amazingly rip off prices.
