Skid Solo
Standard Member
As with vast majority of you this forum, I have run out of SCART connections, as I am about to add SKY+ and a DVD recorder potentially JVC DR-M1 I believe my set up will be as follows :
Loewe Vitros (2* RGB SCART AV2 & AV3, 1 additional AV1)
DV545 (Pioneer DVD player connected to AV3, RGB)
Playstation 2 connected to DV545 loop through and thus AV3 RGB
SKY+ out to DR-M1 (DVD Recorder), RGB
SKY+ out to TV AV2 RGB
DR-M1 in from SKY+ RGB
DR-M1 in from VCR
DR-M1 out to TV AV2 RGB
DR-M1 out to VCR
VCR in from DR-M1 (If I record something onto DVD and want to lend to friends on VCR)
VCR in from SKY+ (I normally end up recording things for friends who dont have DVD capability)
VCR out to TV AV1 (AV1 is not RGB)
VCR out to DR-M1 (To archive old VCRs)
As you can see I have the following conflicts :
TV has two RGB inputs for AV2 (DVD Recorder and SKY+)
DVD Recorder requires two outputs, one to TV (RGB) and one to VCR (would prefer to use SCART rather than RF
DVD Recorder requires two SCART inputs once from SKY+ (RGB) and once from VCR
VCR requires two outputs, TV and DVD Recorder
VCR requires two inputs, SKY+ and DVD recorder
I really would like to keep my 545 connected as I love the quality and also on the occasion I want to record something from the TV onto the DVD recorder whilst I am watching a DVD
Help, Its looking like I am going to need 5 SCART switchers to archive the above, which I really want to be automatic as the wife will want to use.
Or can I get a single SCART switch that will take multiple inputs and give multiple outputs, so you can select which input output combination you require.
Or most likely am I missing a trick and making everything far to complicated ?
Loewe Vitros (2* RGB SCART AV2 & AV3, 1 additional AV1)
DV545 (Pioneer DVD player connected to AV3, RGB)
Playstation 2 connected to DV545 loop through and thus AV3 RGB
SKY+ out to DR-M1 (DVD Recorder), RGB
SKY+ out to TV AV2 RGB
DR-M1 in from SKY+ RGB
DR-M1 in from VCR
DR-M1 out to TV AV2 RGB
DR-M1 out to VCR
VCR in from DR-M1 (If I record something onto DVD and want to lend to friends on VCR)
VCR in from SKY+ (I normally end up recording things for friends who dont have DVD capability)
VCR out to TV AV1 (AV1 is not RGB)
VCR out to DR-M1 (To archive old VCRs)
As you can see I have the following conflicts :
TV has two RGB inputs for AV2 (DVD Recorder and SKY+)
DVD Recorder requires two outputs, one to TV (RGB) and one to VCR (would prefer to use SCART rather than RF
DVD Recorder requires two SCART inputs once from SKY+ (RGB) and once from VCR
VCR requires two outputs, TV and DVD Recorder
VCR requires two inputs, SKY+ and DVD recorder
I really would like to keep my 545 connected as I love the quality and also on the occasion I want to record something from the TV onto the DVD recorder whilst I am watching a DVD
Help, Its looking like I am going to need 5 SCART switchers to archive the above, which I really want to be automatic as the wife will want to use.
Or can I get a single SCART switch that will take multiple inputs and give multiple outputs, so you can select which input output combination you require.
Or most likely am I missing a trick and making everything far to complicated ?