Problem using a double scart adapter
Rob Beattie
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)?
Ben
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.
Linker3000
>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
2) Comet actually sell them (for a rip off price) - so that's weird.
Ben
> Ben wrote:
>
>> 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.
Linker3000
> Linker3000 wrote:
>
>> Ben wrote:
>>
>>> 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!?
Mike GW8IJT
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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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Mike GW8IJT
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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.
Sean O'Leathlobhair
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
Rob Beattie
O'Leathlobhair) wrote:
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.