rozel
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Having asked elsewhere in the forums I still have a problem connecting up my new pj and a/v equipment.
I own a brand new Sim2 Domino 20 (NOT the H model) and am delighted with it.
As part of my Scart switching setup, linking all my a/v equipment, I have a "Keene Scart Commander", a quality component, about a year old. All my eqipment is rigged up so that they output in RGB. As well as having one TV out Scart, it does have an Aux out socket by way of a 15-pin D-Sub socket, termed a "15 pin HD Connector". This provides a secondary buffered output of the video signal present at the scart output socket. The idea is that whilst maintaining your standard output to your telly, you can connect the 15-pin socket to your pj/plasma etc.
Some time ago I asked Keene to let me know the pin connections for my old Seleco 150 SVT pj, but never got round to wiring it up and in any case my new pj is connected as follows: -
From the Commander: - From the 15-pin D-plug to a JS-Technology "RGB to Component (YUV) Converter box" into it's scart input. From there (via three 11 meter quality screened cables) connected to the box's 3 RCA Component (YUV - Y Cb Cr) output sockets to the equivalent input sockets on the Sim2.
Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any sync going into the PJ as the picture is split and cycling, a phenomenon I have seen before on my Seleco, so I think it is a sync problem. BTW I am utilising input 4 on the Sim2 - YCbCr 15HZ.
However if I utilise the TV scart output by unplugging the scart plug going to my tv and plugging in a fully-wired scart to scart into the commander's tv output socket and the other end into the scart input of the converter box, all is well! and all my devices project very well though the PJ.
Clearly the wiring in the Scart to 15-pin D-plug cable is defective.
Here is the rub.: -
The cable I acquired from my dealer was quoted at £135! I managed to get this reduced to £80 but flippin heck, I thought it would work! It was put together by www.chord.co.uk and were highly recommended by my dealer. It came in a fancy looking box with tissues but with no documentation, other than what was quoted on the box itself and whilst I looked at it with surprise before leaving the shop, the components did not jump out and hit me with quality.
However I am assured that the 15-pin d-plug output from the Commander - http://www. keene.co.uk/cgi-bin/codesearch.pl?KSC will work, only I do not know the pin connections. Without taking the d-plug apart it's difficult to know what pins have been used so far - indeed one of the screws on the plug appears to have stripped as it's neither in or out - faulty? and at this price?!! - but the pins on the scart which have been deployed are: - 5,7,9,11,13,15,17 and 20
In the literature that came with the commander it says: - "Please note that no signal conversion takes place within the commander so the input signals would need to be compatible with the 15pin HD input on the display, (usually RGB or Component). 15 pin end 1.2.3.13.14 <> Scart pins 15,11,7,12,10 (RGB) plus 10&12 (H&V sync).
My plan is to return the Chord cable as it's clearly faulty/not made up to my specifications.
I have the necessary cable, scart and 15-pin d-plug and just need someone to advise me which pins to wire up. The documentaion on the commander seems confusing as I would have expected 8 pins to have been quoted - 2 each for blue, red and green and 2 for the sync (and not 5) unless the commander does not output any sync - in which case what is the work-around? Interestingly the Sim2 has a sync socket, but I don't want to trail a further 11 meter component cable from the pj to where? - there is no equivalent output on the converter box, particularly as a standard scart to scart works well.
The positioning of the gear is behind a lot of stuff so swapping the scart cables when I want to output to my PJ for instance is not an option plus I want to make everything automatic.
I want quality but £80 for defective stuff, I ask you? - sheesh!
Any help advice would be greatly appreciated
TIA
Paul
I own a brand new Sim2 Domino 20 (NOT the H model) and am delighted with it.
As part of my Scart switching setup, linking all my a/v equipment, I have a "Keene Scart Commander", a quality component, about a year old. All my eqipment is rigged up so that they output in RGB. As well as having one TV out Scart, it does have an Aux out socket by way of a 15-pin D-Sub socket, termed a "15 pin HD Connector". This provides a secondary buffered output of the video signal present at the scart output socket. The idea is that whilst maintaining your standard output to your telly, you can connect the 15-pin socket to your pj/plasma etc.
Some time ago I asked Keene to let me know the pin connections for my old Seleco 150 SVT pj, but never got round to wiring it up and in any case my new pj is connected as follows: -
From the Commander: - From the 15-pin D-plug to a JS-Technology "RGB to Component (YUV) Converter box" into it's scart input. From there (via three 11 meter quality screened cables) connected to the box's 3 RCA Component (YUV - Y Cb Cr) output sockets to the equivalent input sockets on the Sim2.
Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any sync going into the PJ as the picture is split and cycling, a phenomenon I have seen before on my Seleco, so I think it is a sync problem. BTW I am utilising input 4 on the Sim2 - YCbCr 15HZ.
However if I utilise the TV scart output by unplugging the scart plug going to my tv and plugging in a fully-wired scart to scart into the commander's tv output socket and the other end into the scart input of the converter box, all is well! and all my devices project very well though the PJ.
Clearly the wiring in the Scart to 15-pin D-plug cable is defective.
Here is the rub.: -
The cable I acquired from my dealer was quoted at £135! I managed to get this reduced to £80 but flippin heck, I thought it would work! It was put together by www.chord.co.uk and were highly recommended by my dealer. It came in a fancy looking box with tissues but with no documentation, other than what was quoted on the box itself and whilst I looked at it with surprise before leaving the shop, the components did not jump out and hit me with quality.
However I am assured that the 15-pin d-plug output from the Commander - http://www. keene.co.uk/cgi-bin/codesearch.pl?KSC will work, only I do not know the pin connections. Without taking the d-plug apart it's difficult to know what pins have been used so far - indeed one of the screws on the plug appears to have stripped as it's neither in or out - faulty? and at this price?!! - but the pins on the scart which have been deployed are: - 5,7,9,11,13,15,17 and 20
In the literature that came with the commander it says: - "Please note that no signal conversion takes place within the commander so the input signals would need to be compatible with the 15pin HD input on the display, (usually RGB or Component). 15 pin end 1.2.3.13.14 <> Scart pins 15,11,7,12,10 (RGB) plus 10&12 (H&V sync).
My plan is to return the Chord cable as it's clearly faulty/not made up to my specifications.
I have the necessary cable, scart and 15-pin d-plug and just need someone to advise me which pins to wire up. The documentaion on the commander seems confusing as I would have expected 8 pins to have been quoted - 2 each for blue, red and green and 2 for the sync (and not 5) unless the commander does not output any sync - in which case what is the work-around? Interestingly the Sim2 has a sync socket, but I don't want to trail a further 11 meter component cable from the pj to where? - there is no equivalent output on the converter box, particularly as a standard scart to scart works well.
The positioning of the gear is behind a lot of stuff so swapping the scart cables when I want to output to my PJ for instance is not an option plus I want to make everything automatic.
I want quality but £80 for defective stuff, I ask you? - sheesh!
Any help advice would be greatly appreciated
TIA
Paul