[mythtv-users] No response from TV. Really need some help. Ready to give up.

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 06:56:42PM -0400, Wayne Steenburg wrote:
> > Connection possibilities: I've plugged the cable provided with the 
> > PVR-350 into the S-Vid out port on the PVR350 card. Here I get 
> > confused.
> > 
> > The TV (a big screen Sony projection model) has two columns of input 
> > ports. The first column has red, white and yellow connections to the 
> > VCR (with coax from there to the cable box), plus an S-Vid port at 
> > the top of that column which is unused. The second column has red, 
> > what and yellow RCA connectors and no S-VID port.
> > 
> > I've tried both possibilities that the splitter cable + TV ports 
> > suggests; i.e. an S-VID cable and a red/white/yellow RCA cable
> 
> <snip>
> 
> That's fine (actually ideal) provided you're not plugging the yellow
> (composite video) RCA cable into your tv.  If you do that your tv may
> not look for a signal from the s-video since they're on the same input. 
> Also most tv's have a button marked "input" or "tv/vid(eo)" which cycles
> through the various inputs. Your vcr's inputs probably funtion in a
> similar manner.  Your owner's manual will tell you exactly how for your
> model.

In particular, some VCR's (a client's Sony is a case in point) select
composite vs S-Video *in a setup menu*, and the default after a power
drop is Composite; this annoys me so often that we put it on his UPS.  

Cheers,
-- jra
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