[mythtv-users] settop box with peritel output

[Robert Johnston]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:20:07 +0200, Jakob Fix <jakob.fix at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am in the planning phase for my myth box (for quite some time ... :-)
> 
> First some background:  I am living in France, and ISPs here offer
> settop boxes for the ADSL connexions.  I am with a provider called
> Free (http://adsl.free.fr) who offers the "freebox" which is as they
> say a "triple play" terminal, ie it provides me with 10MBit/s (the
> adverts say up to 20MBit/s) internet access, TV channels, and free
> voip telephone.
> 
> For the tv functionality they provide a "peritel" output (I'm pretty
> sure it's not the correct term, and may be called differently
> elsewhere), it's this almost rectangular plug except that one of the
> short sides of the rectangle being slightly "skewed".

"Peritel" is also known as "SCART". That should give you a LOT more
hits in your subsequent Google searches...