Weon
Standard Member
Hullo!
Have been reading through this forum and have already picked up a few tips for improving my setup so firstly - THANK YOU!
However, I am having problems with my Sky box in that I currently have to have my VCR on in order to watch Sky. The reason for this is that my Yamaha DVX-S100 will only output composite from a composite input (it does no conversion to s-video). This is fine apart from the fact that when both s-video and composite are plugged into my Hitachi 42PMA400E screen, it displays nothing. If I unplug the s-video the composite signal displays OK!
Therefore, I went out and bought a scart to s-video cable to carry the signal from the Sky box to the amp but then the signal went all grey and fuzzy. I thought it was a dodgy lead so I went and got it replaced but to no avail. The lead did the same whether I plugged the source (I tried both my VCR and Sky box) direct into the screen or the amp. Am I being a complete dork?
So, my question in a nutshell is how do I get my Sky box signal to s-video so that it displays correctly on my screen?
I have considered trying to replace the VGA inputs with another set of video ones but that would limit the functionality of my screen (plus I don't know if it's possible!)
(If this should have been in a different forum, I apologise - it seemed to sit under a few different topics!)
Have been reading through this forum and have already picked up a few tips for improving my setup so firstly - THANK YOU!
However, I am having problems with my Sky box in that I currently have to have my VCR on in order to watch Sky. The reason for this is that my Yamaha DVX-S100 will only output composite from a composite input (it does no conversion to s-video). This is fine apart from the fact that when both s-video and composite are plugged into my Hitachi 42PMA400E screen, it displays nothing. If I unplug the s-video the composite signal displays OK!
Therefore, I went out and bought a scart to s-video cable to carry the signal from the Sky box to the amp but then the signal went all grey and fuzzy. I thought it was a dodgy lead so I went and got it replaced but to no avail. The lead did the same whether I plugged the source (I tried both my VCR and Sky box) direct into the screen or the amp. Am I being a complete dork?
So, my question in a nutshell is how do I get my Sky box signal to s-video so that it displays correctly on my screen?
I have considered trying to replace the VGA inputs with another set of video ones but that would limit the functionality of my screen (plus I don't know if it's possible!)
(If this should have been in a different forum, I apologise - it seemed to sit under a few different topics!)