SCART to Composite Adapters

[Tatterdemalion]

I have just bought a Thomson VTH 7090 VCR wich I have been trying to connect to my portable TVs and PC TV Card with a coaxial cable.

The manufacturers have informed me that this will not work becuase the unit does not have a "PLL Modulator".

Consequently I require a SCART to Composite adapter. Can anyone recommend a supplier of these ?

[pointon]

Try:

www.lektropacks.co.uk
www.keene.co.uk
www.beyondhifi.com

[encaser]

You can get them in most highstreet tv shops no probs for a few quid, easier and quicker than waiting net perhaps.
BTW glad to have helped matie!

[pointon]

You mean... go... outdoors? Outside? With other people?

Are you serious?

[encaser]

I would answer more fully pointon but the pizza man is at the door along with the Tesco delivery guy and the cathater extension cable guy. So no I didn't mean me leave the place, are you mad or eccentric or something

[pointon]

Can one not be all three?

[encaser]

My doctor assures I can, argh cheese on the keys again, doh

[Tatterdemalion]

I have now discovered that the Thomson VTH 7090 is not compatible with any equipment that does not have a SCART input and that there is, seemingly, no way around this.

Is this commonplace with the current range of VCRs on the market or is it a Thomson "innovation" ? I'd like to know if I am going to face the same problem with other models and brands.

I have a Hauppauge Win TV PC card with a coaxial input that I wanted to connect the vid' to. IF I were to buy Hauppauge's LATEST whsitles and bells card it STILL wouldn't have a SCART input and so this Thomson VTH 7090 would still be no use to me.

[pointon]

And a scart<-->composite adaptor does not work?

[Tatterdemalion]

I haven't been able to find anyone who can supply one - I have e.mailed dozens and dozens of stores - resulting in three flat "No"s whilst Thomson themselves have now said that it isn't going to work....


It's very disappointing but looks as though it's a bullet I have no choice but to bite.

[encaser]

Hello, didn't you say on the other thread I replied to that you got moving images with the yellow composite out on vid to same yellow composite on the Haupage card you have, albeit with no sound? If you can get video then all you need to do is connect a phono cable for sound from vid to card, assuming Haupage has sound input.
As for the scart adapter try highstreet electrical shops they'll have one for sure. I have a ATI card that ships a scart head as standard with the card for this purpose and they do work - even though I use the S-video cause it looks best for graphics card. I think a trip into the brave new world of the highstreet is all you need - plus a tranq or two maybe.

[pointon]

Don't see why a VCR would only be compatible with a piece of hardware by scart alone. There's nothing really special about a VCR's video output so I don't see why a Scart<-->phono/coax-video switch thingy shouldn't work. Give it a go, they're not that expensive, so get yourself to Dixons... Always have tonnes of the things in my local store. They might also sell them in video game stores - I have one with my N64.

[Tatterdemalion]

[quote]Originally posted by encaser
Hello, didn't you say on the other thread I replied to that you got moving images with the yellow composite out on vid to same yellow composite on the Haupage card you have, albeit with no sound?

Yes I did ; and I pursued that last night, having postponed it because the cinch (?) cable is so short and I had to do quite a lot of furniture shifting with the vid', PC and my hi-fi. Now things will JUST reach and I get the picture and video option menus. I think it's these on-screen control menus that are carried on the SCART normally but NOT a standard coaxial.

I've now got ALMOST all the functionality I need (assuming I can extend all my current cables) but am having an NTSC playback problem. This is that the American pre-recorded film's image ghosts - so that I get two simultaneous pictures vertically - one above the other. Do you think this could be due to my having used a secondary method of connection ?

I'll have to try the same set-up with a borrowed SONY later as I know that deck is happy with the tape.

[quote]Originally posted by encaser

If you can get video then all you need to do is connect a phono cable for sound from vid to card, assuming Haupage has sound input.

I've sent it to my hi-fi using a cable with two phonos on either end. The VCR actually has four phono outputs. Should I be using a cable that has as many ? Are the four outputs to support surround sound ?

Do you know if a cinch cable could be linked to a coaxial ?

[Tatterdemalion]

Originally posted by pointon
Don't see why a VCR would only be compatible with a piece of hardware by scart alone. There's nothing really special about a VCR's video output so I don't see why a Scart<-->phono/coax-video switch thingy shouldn't work. Give it a go, they're not that expensive, so get yourself to Dixons... Always have tonnes of the things in my local store. They might also sell them in video game stores - I have one with my N64.

Yep - I mailed some computer game vendors yesterday (before Thomson told me to forget it) in case they did a suitable adapter. Can Playstation 2s and will the X-Box be able to be used on outputs that don't have a SCART ? Could I run a games machine through the composite input on my Hauppage TV card ??

[encaser]

the 4 phono sockets on the vid should be a pair for input and a pair for output - see your manual
As for game unit they do both coax and scart now. Why not buy a newer and bigger tv a low end one would be better than small portables and not that expensive - benefits far over what you are far coughing around with now!?