[mythtv-users] Black and White

[Marty Ravell]

Here's the thing.

I can tell the difference between an SVideo cable and composite.

The pins are not bent at either end of the SVideo cable.

Am I correct in thinking that the PVR-350 outputs both Composite and SVideo
at the same time (on their respective output plugs) and that there are no
settings (modprobe etc) which need to be correct for both to work?


Regards
Marty


-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Cory Papenfuss
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 8:57 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Black and White

>    1. Your TV input is set to compsite (try the tv settings menu)
>    2. Your cable is only a composite video cable, not an S-Video one.
>
 	Not sure how a composite video cable can be confused with an s-vid 
cable, since the cable ends are different and not interchangeable. 
Perhaps what you meant is that the s-vid cable has been damaged and is now 
only a composite cable.  I've seen this happen a number of times.... look 
at both ends of the s-vid cable and look for bent pins.  Nine times out of 
ten attempting to straighten it will break it, so you're SOL.

 	It generally happens when fumbling with a cable behind the TV. 
Attempting to get the little sucker in the socket, one twists it slightly 
and gets three of four pins in their respective sockets.  Pushing it on 
the rest of the way bends the fourth over and kills it.

 	Funny how it always seems to be the chroma that gets bent.  Always 
get B&W video...

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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