Need help with scart

[thorny]

I'm trying to connect my dvd player to my tv via the tv's scart socket. I bought an rca+s-video to scart adapter so that I could do this. Using the rca leads things work fine but I'd like to use s-video if it's going to make the picture better.

My problem is that when I connect to the adapters s-video jack the picture is fuzzy and very noisy. I read that if my tv's scart socket isn't wired for s-video then the picture will be black and white, however it isn't. The picture is colour but just very bad.

Whats going on? Is my adapter dodgy? is my tv not wired for s-video? Please help me

[squizzytaylor]

I'm trying to connect my dvd player to my tv via the tv's scart socket. I bought an rca+s-video to scart adapter so that I could do this. Using the rca leads things work fine but I'd like to use s-video if it's going to make the picture better.

My problem is that when I connect to the adapters s-video jack the picture is fuzzy and very noisy. I read that if my tv's scart socket isn't wired for s-video then the picture will be black and white, however it isn't. The picture is colour but just very bad.

Whats going on? Is my adapter dodgy? is my tv not wired for s-video? Please help me

I have also encountered similar issues and found the following:

1) Do not run the composite and s-video plugs at the same time, you may run your audio and the s-video at the samr time but not your yellow and s-video.

2) Is the tv itself set to s-video mode? my set has av1 av2 av2s av3 av3s
the s-channels are specific to s-video.

Also some adapters on the market are dodgy.

GT

[vannostrom]

I'm trying to connect my dvd player to my tv via the tv's scart socket. I bought an rca+s-video to scart adapter so that I could do this. Using the rca leads things work fine but I'd like to use s-video if it's going to make the picture better.

My problem is that when I connect to the adapters s-video jack the picture is fuzzy and very noisy. I read that if my tv's scart socket isn't wired for s-video then the picture will be black and white, however it isn't. The picture is colour but just very bad.

Whats going on? Is my adapter dodgy? is my tv not wired for s-video? Please help me

Get a DVD player with a scart plug.

[bac]

Trouble is, not many around in Oz under $400 or so.

Only one I can think of is the Magnavox MDVD-200.

[Oracle]

I'm trying to connect my dvd player to my tv via the tv's scart socket. I bought an rca+s-video to scart adapter so that I could do this. Using the rca leads things work fine but I'd like to use s-video if it's going to make the picture better.

My problem is that when I connect to the adapters s-video jack the picture is fuzzy and very noisy. I read that if my tv's scart socket isn't wired for s-video then the picture will be black and white, however it isn't. The picture is colour but just very bad.

Whats going on? Is my adapter dodgy? is my tv not wired for s-video? Please help me

Yeah I've had the same prob when I bought a Teac widescreen TV (yeah serves me right I know)

Anyhow, the problem was that the TV would only accept a coxial signal through the Scart adapter so the picture was beeing scalled down and looked, as you put it "noisy".

I now have S-video going in through a plug on the side of the TV - which looks really professional :rolling: , but thats the price I have to pay for better image quality.

So make sure your TV can handle an rca signal through the scart!

Cheers, Oracle ;)

[Kerryn R]

Get a DVD player with a scart plug.

I got a Kenwood 3060 with a scart plug from the Good Guys for about $250.00 but they are superseded now. There still might be stock out there - and then like 3 months later, Harvey Norman had Grundigs for $179.00 - was I mad! :mad: Scart fitted DVD's are around, but you have to search for them......... good luck. They are so cheap now, maybe you could move the non-scart model to second tv set, like in the bedroom or something and do like Vannostrom suggested?