connecting dvd player question

[lid]

A few opinions please !

I have taken delivery of my new Nintaus DVD player.

My TV only has SCART connector and antenna connections.

I have an NEC brand VCR connected to the TV via the antenna connection. The VCR has AV (audio left, right and video RCA type connector) inputs at the back, along with AV outputs.

My question is:
am I able to connect my DVD which also has AV type connectors (RCA) to my input AV on the VCR for the video to be channeled through to the TV and the remaining connectors (audio left and right) to my RCA connections on my stereo for audio?

[opto1]

I would buy a SCART to RCA cable and connect the Video output of your DVD Player directly to your TV and the Audio to your Stereo. By going through your VCR for picture, you will suffer a drop in picture quality due to the Macrovision. ( Picture will go from bright to dark continually from what I have seen)

[Giles]

I agree with opto1. You could also try an S-Video to SCART cable. Avoid going via the VCR if you can.

[lid]

Thanks....

can I verify:

The scart is to to be plugged into the TV, with the video RCA on the other end to the DVD and the remaining audio RCA to the stereo?

[ron mcfarlane]

Lid,

connecting your DVD video out direct to you TV video in should definately give you the best video quality, but this won't necessarilly give you the most flexible system configuration. If your DVD player has no macrovision (and I think the Nintaus 9901 comes this way) then running the video through the VCR will allow you to copy (back-up, whatever you want to call it) the DVD.

On my system, I have the audio and video running out from the DVD player to the amp. The VCR inputs and outputs are similarly connected to the amp. The TV gets its video (and audio too, if I so chose) from the amp. The net effect is that by selecting the right settings for the amp, I can tape a DVD while I watch it, or tape a TV program while I watch a DVD, etc.

In my case, running the video via the amp doesn't significantly impact the video quality.

Regards,
Ron

[lid]

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Hi Ron

The Nintaus has Macrovision disabled... when you say you have audio and video connected to your stereo, how can this be? Do some stereos have inputs for video? Mine only has 2 channel inputs - RCA type of audio !

[ron mcfarlane]

G'day Lid,

yeah, home theatre type amps come with video connections in addition to audio. Mine (like most, I guess) has connections for 2 video devices - the first allows record and play-back, and the 2nd only enables playback. Then there are extra audio inputs for CD player, tape deck, etc..

Regards,
Ron

[linton]

Yep, when the home theatre bug bit people they turned sound amps to Audio/Video amps (AV recievers). I just bought I new one with svideo in and out as well as connections and features I won't be needing for at lest 5 years!!

I don't use them, but fiddle with them anyway, I love stuffing around with features. :D

Makes life a lot easier. before I had cables going everywhere to everything, now everything plugs into new amp, and one output to my tv.

[lid]

I connect the video rca to my vcr or dvd and then plug the scart end into my tv and no picture.

Suspect cable, tv or is there something else?

[danielb]

Originally posted by lid
I connect the video rca to my vcr or dvd and then plug the scart end into my tv and no picture.

Suspect cable, tv or is there something else?I bought a scart2rca cabel for my VCR a while ago, the damn thing is mislabled: all the ins should be outs and all the outs should be ins. Or maybe it's scart convention? So try that and see if you have any luck!

-Daniel

[nsu]

Originally posted by danielb
I bought a scart2rca cabel for my VCR a while ago, the damn thing is mislabled: all the ins should be outs and all the outs should be ins. Or maybe it's scart convention? So try that and see if you have any luck!

-Daniel

Same here.
Guess the labels are referring to the device on the other end of the cable than the one we may think.

[opto1]

What you need is the standard connector diagram for the SCART Cable. I put RCA plugs into a SCART to SCART cable that was originally supplied with a Pioneer LD Player. I found the pin assignment diagram in the back of a Dick Smith catalogue, believe it or not! You will be able to find which wires are for Video & Video ground with a multimeter, or pull the plastic cover off and trace the colours. Hope this is of some help.

[danielb]

Originally posted by opto1
What you need is the standard connector diagram for the SCART Cable. I put RCA plugs into a SCART to SCART cable that was originally supplied with a Pioneer LD Player.

You can just buy a converter that has RCA plugs on one side and the SCART connector on the other...

-Daniel

[scorezero]

If you do get a convertor, go to KMart.

I bought one at Dick Smith for $7 more that Kmart: for exactly the same thing!!:mad:

[opto1]

Daniel

I know that a SCART to RCA cables are readily available, but I was trying to make the point that if the RCA plugs were mislabelled, a connector diagram is available so one can determine which pin and connecting wire in the SCART is COMPOSITE VIDEO, S-VIDEO, L or R AUDIO, GROUND etc. They should be labelled correctly to start with!

[lid]

For your info:

This connection issue was caused by a SCART to RCA convertor/connector which was bought at K-Mart.

No matter how I attempted to connect my DVD (or VCR) to my SCART enabled TV, U\I would get no video.

In the end I took the SCART end apart and found that it had been incorrectly wired (even though the back of the pack showed the cable was made just for the type of connection I wanted - VCR or DVD to TV). The video connectors (pins 17 for ground and 19 for video were connected to the WHITE wire (which is audio) not yellow (for video).

Anyway I remembered I had another SCART to RCA cable that came with a video camera I bought some years ago. Plugged it in - no issues at all.

Needless to say the dodgy cable went back to K-Mart.