I may have something in the loft (aka the museum) but I'm lacking the will
to go excavating at the moment.
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays DVDs) where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite video out to
3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
Back in the day this could be for a DVD player to a TV with a SCART socket. I'm searching, but my search terms aren't finding anything at the moment
(not an unusual thing) and I'm wondering if they still make these!
Also if it is worth the effort when I can buy a DVD player very cheaply,
and I already have to use an inverter to use the 240V TV.
I may have something in the loft (aka the museum) but I'm lacking the will
to go excavating at the moment.
Cheers
Dave R
Think the search term you need is Sacrt to Phono adapter:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=scart+to+phono+adapter&atb=v314-1&iax=images&ia=images
Or Phono to Scart cable (in different lengths)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=scart+to+phono+cable&atb=v314-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays DVDs) where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite video out to
3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays DVDs)
where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite video out
to
3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
To answer your question directly first, from your description you seem to need something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TechWareGames-Metre-Scart-Triple-Phono/dp/B00OO441JE
However, Composite Video (aka CV) is just horrible! Almost anything else
is an improvement over its inherent dot-crawl.
For the best quality possible with an analogue connection, you need
Component Video (3 phono connectors marked R,G,B or Pb,Y,Pr). A lead like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (note that this have
five phono connections - 3 x video, 2 x audio):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scart-Component-YPbPr-Video-Cable/dp/B0060HIM2U
Next best is S-Video (sometimes aka separate-video or SVHS). A lead like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (again note the stereo audio is included).
"Java Jive" <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote in message news:t9ppab$2lbtp$1@dont-email.me...
However, Composite Video (aka CV) is just horrible! Almost anything
else is an improvement over its inherent dot-crawl.
For the best quality possible with an analogue connection, you need
Component Video (3 phono connectors marked R,G,B or Pb,Y,Pr). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (note that
this have five phono connections - 3 x video, 2 x audio):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scart-Component-YPbPr-Video-Cable/dp/B0060HIM2U
That supposes that the TV which the head unit will drive can accept
component video. Not all devices with SCART sockets can do this. And it assumes that the head unit can generate component video...
Next best is S-Video (sometimes aka separate-video or SVHS). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (again note
the stereo audio is included).
How does S-Video differ from component? The Y and C are separate pins,
but isn't the C still PAL-encoded so you have the problems of dot-crawl
and reduced bandwidth to allow modulation onto 4.43 MHz.
On 02/07/2022 14:12, David wrote:B00OO441JE
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays
DVDs) where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite
video out to 3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
To answer your question directly first, from your description you seem
to need something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TechWareGames-Metre-Scart-Triple-Phono/dp/
However, Composite Video (aka CV) is just horrible! Almost anything
else is an improvement over its inherent dot-crawl.
For the best quality possible with an analogue connection, you need
Component Video (3 phono connectors marked R,G,B or Pb,Y,Pr). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (note that this
have five phono connections - 3 x video, 2 x audio):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scart-Component-YPbPr-Video-Cable/dp/B0060HIM2U
Next best is S-Video (sometimes aka separate-video or SVHS). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (again note the stereo audio is included):
http://www.ixoscables.com/cgi-bin/ixos-cables/XHT501-150.html?id=JDJpWc2r
Note that with both Component Video and S-Video, many, perhaps most,
leads available require that you connect the stereo audio output
separately, using an additional normal stereo lead with two phono
sockets on each end, but above I've tried to find examples that take the audio directly into the SCART, avoiding the separate cable.
If your player has any of these alternative outputs, you'd do better to
use those. I've never had a motor-home, at least not since the camper-van/hippy-wagon era, so I don't know how possible it would be to furtle around the back of a more recent installation, perhaps with a
torch and a mirror, to see if there are any additional sockets available
for better video output, but if you can and there are, I'd use them.
On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:47:23 +0100, Java Jive wrote:
On 02/07/2022 14:12, David wrote:B00OO441JE
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays
DVDs) where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite
video out to 3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
To answer your question directly first, from your description you seem
to need something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TechWareGames-Metre-Scart-Triple-Phono/dp/
However, Composite Video (aka CV) is just horrible! Almost anything
else is an improvement over its inherent dot-crawl.
For the best quality possible with an analogue connection, you need
Component Video (3 phono connectors marked R,G,B or Pb,Y,Pr). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (note that this
have five phono connections - 3 x video, 2 x audio):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scart-Component-YPbPr-Video-Cable/dp/B0060HIM2U
Next best is S-Video (sometimes aka separate-video or SVHS). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (again note the
stereo audio is included):
http://www.ixoscables.com/cgi-bin/ixos-cables/XHT501-150.html?id=JDJpWc2r
Note that with both Component Video and S-Video, many, perhaps most,
leads available require that you connect the stereo audio output
separately, using an additional normal stereo lead with two phono
sockets on each end, but above I've tried to find examples that take the
audio directly into the SCART, avoiding the separate cable.
If your player has any of these alternative outputs, you'd do better to
use those. I've never had a motor-home, at least not since the
camper-van/hippy-wagon era, so I don't know how possible it would be to
furtle around the back of a more recent installation, perhaps with a
torch and a mirror, to see if there are any additional sockets available
for better video output, but if you can and there are, I'd use them.
Looks like I would be far better off just buying a DVD player.
No sense in messing about with a very poor transmission method just
because the cabling is there.
My TV must be one of the newest to actually have a SCART socket instead of just HDMI.
Now - which small cheap DVD player should I buy?
Cheers
My TV must be one of the newest to actually have a SCART socket instead of just HDMI.
Now - which small cheap DVD player should I buy?
Our TV, bought in 2018, certainly has no SCART input.
On 02/07/2022 14:17, SH wrote:
Think the search term you need is Sacrt to Phono adapter:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=scart+to+phono+adapter&atb=v314-1&iax=images&ia=images
If you go down this route make sure that you get one with a in/out switch. "In" for one device is the "out" for the device at the other end of the
cable and often it's not obvious which end is which.
Or Phono to Scart cable (in different lengths)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=scart+to+phono+cable&atb=v314-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
Again, those may be outputs from SCART to the phono, you want the other
way around and you can get SCART to phono with 6 phono leads, 3 labelled output and 3 labelled input.
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On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:47:23 +0100, Java Jive wrote:id=JDJpWc2r
On 02/07/2022 14:12, David wrote:B00OO441JE
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays
DVDs) where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite
video out to 3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
To answer your question directly first, from your description you seem
to need something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TechWareGames-Metre-Scart-Triple-Phono/dp/
However, Composite Video (aka CV) is just horrible! Almost anything
else is an improvement over its inherent dot-crawl.
For the best quality possible with an analogue connection, you need
Component Video (3 phono connectors marked R,G,B or Pb,Y,Pr). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (note that this
have five phono connections - 3 x video, 2 x audio):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scart-Component-YPbPr-Video-Cable/dp/B0060HIM2U
Next best is S-Video (sometimes aka separate-video or SVHS). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (again note the
stereo audio is included):
http://www.ixoscables.com/cgi-bin/ixos-cables/XHT501-150.html?
Note that with both Component Video and S-Video, many, perhaps most,
leads available require that you connect the stereo audio output
separately, using an additional normal stereo lead with two phono
sockets on each end, but above I've tried to find examples that take
the audio directly into the SCART, avoiding the separate cable.
If your player has any of these alternative outputs, you'd do better to
use those. I've never had a motor-home, at least not since the
camper-van/hippy-wagon era, so I don't know how possible it would be to
furtle around the back of a more recent installation, perhaps with a
torch and a mirror, to see if there are any additional sockets
available for better video output, but if you can and there are, I'd
use them.
Looks like I would be far better off just buying a DVD player.
No sense in messing about with a very poor transmission method just
because the cabling is there.
My TV must be one of the newest to actually have a SCART socket instead
of just HDMI.
Now - which small cheap DVD player should I buy?
On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 18:01:53 +0000, David wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:47:23 +0100, Java Jive wrote:
On 02/07/2022 14:12, David wrote:B00OO441JE
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays
DVDs) where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite
video out to 3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
To answer your question directly first, from your description you seem
to need something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TechWareGames-Metre-Scart-Triple-Phono/dp/
However, Composite Video (aka CV) is just horrible! Almost anything
else is an improvement over its inherent dot-crawl.
Looks like I would be far better off just buying a DVD player.
No sense in messing about with a very poor transmission method just
because the cabling is there.
My TV must be one of the newest to actually have a SCART socket instead
of just HDMI.
Now - which small cheap DVD player should I buy?
Another thought - it has USB sockets.
Allegedly it can display pictures and play video.
No hints about what formats, but I feel a bit of experimentation coming on.
I also have a USB DVD writer for the laptops.
I wonder if that would work to play a DVD on the laptop and so on the TV
via HDMI.
I've also realised another reason not to use the audio head unit; no
remote control!
I could be at this for weeks, of course.
Yes, most probably the TV can playback media from a USB, but, as you
suggest, you may have to consult the specs to determine what formats it
can use, and be aware that in this context 'formats' is also ambiguous, because it might refer to the USB format - exFAT, NTFS, etc - or the format of a media file - mp3, mp4, etc. You'll need both to be understandable by the TV for anything to work.
"Java Jive" <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote in message news:t9um1v$3cgmd$1@dont-email.me...
Yes, most probably the TV can playback media from a USB, but, as you
suggest, you may have to consult the specs to determine what formats
it can use, and be aware that in this context 'formats' is also
ambiguous, because it might refer to the USB format - exFAT, NTFS,
etc - or the format of a media file - mp3, mp4, etc. You'll need >> both to be understandable by the TV for anything to work.
Some disk formats are very odd. I have an old TVonics PVR. When it
stopped working (it turned out to be just a faulty PSU) I removed its
HDD to see if I could extract the recordings to play them on a PC. But
the filesystem on the disc is not recognised either by Windows (so it's
not FAT or NTFS) or by Linux Ubuntu, Cinnamon Mint etc (so it's not any
of the standard UNIX filesystems such as ext4). Goodness knows what proprietary filesystem they have used. Knowing my luck, even if I'd been
able to read the disc, I'd probably then have found that the recordings
were in a non-standard file format.
On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 18:01:53 +0000, David wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:47:23 +0100, Java Jive wrote:
I also have a USB DVD writer for the laptops.
I wonder if that would work to play a DVD on the laptop and so on the TV
via HDMI.
I've also realised another reason not to use the audio head unit; no
remote control!
I could be at this for weeks, of course.
Cheers
Dave R
--
Given that Linux now has an NTFS package which can read *and write* Microsoft's proprietary format, I'm not sure why it isn't a standard
format on any device that I've seen. Maybe Linux NTFS is only free for private use, and manufacturers are not allowed to supply the driver on
a commercial product.
In article <ta0snl$3lmne$1@dont-email.me>, NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
Given that Linux now has an NTFS package which can read *and write*
Microsoft's proprietary format, I'm not sure why it isn't a standard
format on any device that I've seen. Maybe Linux NTFS is only free for
private use, and manufacturers are not allowed to supply the driver on
a commercial product.
I suspect the fixation of commercial items with FAT simply reflects the no-brain atitude of makers that "FAT is the standard". Its become the
lowest common denom for transfers. Why would they change if people keep buying...
However provided it can cope with file sizes, etc, it seems usable enough
for carrying files between machines with different OS on things like
memory
sticks, or from cameras, etc, on cards.
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays DVDs) where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite video out to
3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
Back in the day this could be for a DVD player to a TV with a SCART socket. I'm searching, but my search terms aren't finding anything at the moment
(not an unusual thing) and I'm wondering if they still make these!
On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 18:01:53 +0000, David wrote:B0060HIM2U
On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:47:23 +0100, Java Jive wrote:
On 02/07/2022 14:12, David wrote:B00OO441JE
I have an installation (Motor Home radio head unit which also plays
DVDs) where the DVD player (built in) will send audio and composite
video out to 3 RCA sockets. Red, white, yellow.
To answer your question directly first, from your description you seem
to need something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TechWareGames-Metre-Scart-Triple-Phono/dp/
However, Composite Video (aka CV) is just horrible! Almost anything
else is an improvement over its inherent dot-crawl.
For the best quality possible with an analogue connection, you need
Component Video (3 phono connectors marked R,G,B or Pb,Y,Pr). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (note that
this have five phono connections - 3 x video, 2 x audio):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scart-Component-YPbPr-Video-Cable/dp/
id=JDJpWc2r
Next best is S-Video (sometimes aka separate-video or SVHS). A lead
like this could be used to connect to a TV SCART socket (again note
the stereo audio is included):
http://www.ixoscables.com/cgi-bin/ixos-cables/XHT501-150.html?
Note that with both Component Video and S-Video, many, perhaps most,
leads available require that you connect the stereo audio output
separately, using an additional normal stereo lead with two phono
sockets on each end, but above I've tried to find examples that take
the audio directly into the SCART, avoiding the separate cable.
If your player has any of these alternative outputs, you'd do better
to use those. I've never had a motor-home, at least not since the
camper-van/hippy-wagon era, so I don't know how possible it would be
to furtle around the back of a more recent installation, perhaps with
a torch and a mirror, to see if there are any additional sockets
available for better video output, but if you can and there are, I'd
use them.
Looks like I would be far better off just buying a DVD player.
No sense in messing about with a very poor transmission method just
because the cabling is there.
My TV must be one of the newest to actually have a SCART socket instead
of just HDMI.
Now - which small cheap DVD player should I buy?
Another thought - it has USB sockets.
Allegedly it can display pictures and play video.
No hints about what formats, but I feel a bit of experimentation coming
on.
I also have a USB DVD writer for the laptops.
I wonder if that would work to play a DVD on the laptop and so on the TV
via HDMI.
I've also realised another reason not to use the audio head unit; no
remote control!
I could be at this for weeks, of course.
Depending on make & model of unit, a standard 3rd party remote
control such as a One-For-All URC7140 may be able to work it. I've
had good results from these, even on very old obscure kit, where they
were good enough to respond positively and helpfully to an email for
help - these days a rare example of what formerly used to be
considered normal 'customer service'!
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