Re: Connecting MCE to TV via Composite
- From: AJ <andyjones99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:58:08 -0800 (PST)
Well I bought that lead and it doesn't work still! glad I'm not
planning on using you for my phone a friend, I could of been 100K
worse off! :)
Here is what I have now, which incidently is the same when using the
scart block connector, but I only just noticed this. When my PC boots
up I get the HP screen and its blue and I get a nice colour Windows XP
logo but when the OS is full loaded i.e. at the logon screen its black
and white again!!! The machine remains this way so it must be the
machines graphics driver? do you think this will be the cause?? I have
the default monitor driver loaded and an Nvideo graphics card. I am
just downloading the latest drivers for this to see if hat will help
but I am clutching at straws now.
I have spoken to the guy I bought the RF modulator from and also
technical guys at Philex and they all reckon that Svideo cannot be
modulated with a colour signal. Shows how much they
know.........................
Cheers
AJ
On 1 Nov, 12:10, "@sh" <b...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi AJ,
Your problem here IS that small Scart Box, NOT the Modulator (I can assure
you 100%) - certain video cards have specific requirements for the two
brightness/colour pinouts in S-Video, no matter what you set in the hardware
that little annoying Scart Box always have the wrong configuration for these
two wires.
Straight into your TV is fine as your TV is autodetecting the correct
channels, but the RF mod doesn't have this technology built into it.
There is a fix, where you open up the small box and solder a crossover wire,
but its messy - go out and buy that scart lead I showed you (the one with
S-Video and two Phonos) and it'll solve all your problems, rest assured!!!
The cable is soldered according to the UK standard.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=35910&criteria=scart%20s...
There is nothing wrong with your RF Modulator.
Cheers, @sh
"AJ" <andyjone...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 30 Oct, 13:38, "@sh" <b...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree Ralf RE composite and RF but running S-Video via an RF Modulator
gives an incredible quality output, identical visually infact to that of
S-Video running directly into the TV.
Cheers, @sh
"RalfG" <itsno...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Composite is the worst quality picture next to RF. If you can use
S-Video
it would be better.
The Nvidia card may be defaulting to the primary monitor connection
(vga
or dvi) rather than the S-Video output when you only have single
monitor
output enabled. Try changing the card settings to use extended monitor
mode (2 monitors enabled at all times). You can then set the S-Video or
composite output as the primary monitor if that is how you intend to
use
it or leave it as secondary if it is for Media Center only.
Also in extended monitor mode you should have independant picture
quality
settings for each monitor. You can then set the colour levels,
saturation,
gamma etc. to something more appealing on your TV without adversely
affecting your regular monitor (if any). This would all be done in the
extended Nvidia display settings.
"AJ" <andyjone...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello All
Hoping someone can help me out here. I am attempting to run MCE
through an RF modulator. The modulator accepts composite video via
SCART.
I have been trying with partial success to use SVIDEO output from my
MCE as opposed to composite, however, the picture is lacking in
vibrant colour in that it looks very washed out although the general
picture quality is good.
The problem I am having when I am trying to use a composite connection
is that the TV goes blank after the PC loads the OS, so I am assuming
something is up with the driver?
This happens when distributed via RF to my other TVs and if the MCE is
connected direct to my main room TV via composite. I have an NVIDEO
graphics card and only one default monitor being displayed within
control panel. I have checked things like refresh rate and this all
looks fine.
Anyone have any ideas how I can fix this, and also will using
composite make much difference to the picture, or am I just wasting my
time?
Cheers all
AJ- Hide quoted text -
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Thanks guys. I narrowed the problem down to what I think is a faulty
RF Mod. I took an output from my MCE direct to my TV (still using the
scart converter thing!) with no problems and a crystal clear picture.
I then used the same cables and ran this into the RF Mod and to my TV
via the aerial in and the picture was black and white.
The only component in the equation is the RF mod so that must be
messing with something. Time for an exchange, I even paid extra money
for the Labgear all bells and whistles model, I expect one of those
Maplin cheap ones would of done a better job!
Ralf I checked all these settings but only have one monitor setup in
MCE so this could be for the monitor that used to be connected to my
PC, I use this for MCE only now. I looked at this previously and
suspected that was the problem. Seeing as I am not going to be using
composite now I guess I dont need to worry about that anymore.
Thanks to the both of you.
Cheers
AJ- Hide quoted text -
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