S-Video to scart horrors!! (please help)

[carlzeis50]

Hi, It may be haloween but my horror story is s-video to Scart. I heard it was worth getting so I got a gold plated set of cables to go from my dvd player to my tv. Problem is, the picture is bad and useless. So, I am a complete beginner in dvd/video connection and can't work out the problem. Also, i have a Sony digital camcorder and try to connect it to the tv with s-video to scart but it's great quality if you like black and white only!
Can anyone help me. I got the cables from Currys (that is the shop not the make), (second set) and Currys have no idea what is wrong. Thanks for anyones help.

 

[rjw]

If the picture is Black & White, you need to tell the TV to accept a S-VHS input (assuming it can).

 

[MarkE19]

An S-Video cable sends the picture and the colour on separate cables. So you are either not connecting the lead to a S-Video scart socket on the TV (most TV's only have one scart that can accept S-Video - normally AV1) or you have not selected the S-Video input from the TV remote.
DVD picture. What is wrong with it?

 

[DaveP]

Maybe you should exchange it for a quality fully wired Scart to Scart! Or is it that you only have s-video out on the DVD player?

What make is the tele, it does sound as though it isn't configurred correctly. How many scart sockets does it have?

DaveP