Scart socket that doesn't take the plug?

I have a oldish TV that is being pressed into use by my son for a old
playstation. The playstation has 3 leads that plug into an adapter to
make it a standard scart plug.

The back of the TV has a antenna connection and what appeared to be a
scart socket. However after trying the usual brute force and
ignorance approach I found out that the reason the scart plug wouldn't
go in the socket is that although the tv scart socket is the correct
size, at one point on the perimeter it has a small labyrinth shape
mouded in, so that a standard scart plug won't fit it. Scart is
rectangular, with one side made a bit pointy. This labyrinth is on
the opposite end to the pointy bit, the short (straight) side.

My first thought was that the manufacturers had made a special so that
you had to plug their proprietry lead in, but then I wondered if there
was something more to it. I could make a scart plug to fit,
mecahnically into the socket by trimming the metal skirt away at one
place, but is there something likely to go bang in the TV or
Playstation if I do so.

Iny ideas?

Thanks,
Eric

On 7 Sep 2004 04:53:32 -0700, (Eric Dockum)
wrote:

I have a oldish TV that is being pressed into use by my son for a old
playstation. The playstation has 3 leads that plug into an adapter to
make it a standard scart plug.

The back of the TV has a antenna connection and what appeared to be a
scart socket. However after trying the usual brute force and
ignorance approach I found out that the reason the scart plug wouldn't
go in the socket is that although the tv scart socket is the correct
size, at one point on the perimeter it has a small labyrinth shape
mouded in, so that a standard scart plug won't fit it. Scart is
rectangular, with one side made a bit pointy. This labyrinth is on
the opposite end to the pointy bit, the short (straight) side.

Labyrinth? Do you really mean labyrinth? That's another word for a
maze..

My first thought was that the manufacturers had made a special so that
you had to plug their proprietry lead in, but then I wondered if there
was something more to it. I could make a scart plug to fit,
mecahnically into the socket by trimming the metal skirt away at one
place, but is there something likely to go bang in the TV or
Playstation if I do so.

Labyrinths aside, it sounds like a moulding error on the scart socket.
Could you take a digital photo of it with a mobile phone and post it
somewhere?

Lee.
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On 7 Sep 2004 04:53:32 -0700, (Eric Dockum)
wrote:

I have a oldish TV that is being pressed into use by my son for a old
playstation. The playstation has 3 leads that plug into an adapter to
make it a standard scart plug.

The back of the TV has a antenna connection and what appeared to be a
scart socket. However after trying the usual brute force and
ignorance approach I found out that the reason the scart plug wouldn't
go in the socket is that although the tv scart socket is the correct
size, at one point on the perimeter it has a small labyrinth shape
mouded in, so that a standard scart plug won't fit it. Scart is
rectangular, with one side made a bit pointy. This labyrinth is on
the opposite end to the pointy bit, the short (straight) side.

Labyrinth? Do you really mean labyrinth? That's another word for a
maze..

My first thought was that the manufacturers had made a special so that
you had to plug their proprietry lead in, but then I wondered if there
was something more to it. I could make a scart plug to fit,
mecahnically into the socket by trimming the metal skirt away at one
place, but is there something likely to go bang in the TV or
Playstation if I do so.

Labyrinths aside, it sounds like a moulding error on the scart socket.
Could you take a digital photo of it with a mobile phone and post it
somewhere?

Lee.
--
Founder, DVD Debate
http://www.dvddebate.com
lee at dvddebate dot com

Upset motorists: remember, motorways offer a hard shoulder to cry on.

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On 7 Sep 2004 04:53:32 -0700, (Eric Dockum)
wrote:

I have a oldish TV that is being pressed into use by my son for a old
playstation. The playstation has 3 leads that plug into an adapter to
make it a standard scart plug.

The back of the TV has a antenna connection and what appeared to be a
scart socket. However after trying the usual brute force and
ignorance approach I found out that the reason the scart plug wouldn't
go in the socket is that although the tv scart socket is the correct
size, at one point on the perimeter it has a small labyrinth shape
mouded in, so that a standard scart plug won't fit it. Scart is
rectangular, with one side made a bit pointy. This labyrinth is on
the opposite end to the pointy bit, the short (straight) side.

Labyrinth? Do you really mean labyrinth? That's another word for a
maze..

My first thought was that the manufacturers had made a special so that
you had to plug their proprietry lead in, but then I wondered if there
was something more to it. I could make a scart plug to fit,
mecahnically into the socket by trimming the metal skirt away at one
place, but is there something likely to go bang in the TV or
Playstation if I do so.

Labyrinths aside, it sounds like a moulding error on the scart socket.
Could you take a digital photo of it with a mobile phone and post it
somewhere?

Lee.


Tried to do a photo tonight but couldn't get anything worth posting.

It is deliberately moulded with a channel in the block that has all
the socket holes in it, and a matching ridge on the outside of the
groove where the metal skirt of the plug goes. I don't believe it is
an error, it is clearly there to prevent any plug without a matching
shape. I have had a good rummage through the spare cable box in the
garage, but cannot find a matching plig. If I cut a small slot in the
metal skirt on the plug I can make it fit mechanically, but still
wonder why it is made this way....

It is a 14" Matsui (Currys) by the way. Checked their web site, and
the manual that came with the tv, no result..

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Eric.

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On 7 Sep 2004 04:53:32 -0700, (Eric Dockum)
wrote:

I have a oldish TV that is being pressed into use by my son for a old
playstation. The playstation has 3 leads that plug into an adapter to
make it a standard scart plug.

The back of the TV has a antenna connection and what appeared to be a
scart socket. However after trying the usual brute force and
ignorance approach I found out that the reason the scart plug wouldn't
go in the socket is that although the tv scart socket is the correct
size, at one point on the perimeter it has a small labyrinth shape
mouded in, so that a standard scart plug won't fit it. Scart is
rectangular, with one side made a bit pointy. This labyrinth is on
the opposite end to the pointy bit, the short (straight) side.

Labyrinth? Do you really mean labyrinth? That's another word for a
maze..

My first thought was that the manufacturers had made a special so that
you had to plug their proprietry lead in, but then I wondered if there
was something more to it. I could make a scart plug to fit,
mecahnically into the socket by trimming the metal skirt away at one
place, but is there something likely to go bang in the TV or
Playstation if I do so.

Labyrinths aside, it sounds like a moulding error on the scart socket.
Could you take a digital photo of it with a mobile phone and post it
somewhere?

Lee.


Tried to do a photo tonight but couldn't get anything worth posting.

It is deliberately moulded with a channel in the block that has all
the socket holes in it, and a matching ridge on the outside of the
groove where the metal skirt of the plug goes. I don't believe it is
an error, it is clearly there to prevent any plug without a matching
shape. I have had a good rummage through the spare cable box in the
garage, but cannot find a matching plig. If I cut a small slot in the
metal skirt on the plug I can make it fit mechanically, but still
wonder why it is made this way....

It is a 14" Matsui (Currys) by the way. Checked their web site, and
the manual that came with the tv, no result..

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Eric.

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"[email protected]" wrote in message . ..
On 7 Sep 2004 04:53:32 -0700, (Eric Dockum)
wrote:

I have a oldish TV that is being pressed into use by my son for a old
playstation. The playstation has 3 leads that plug into an adapter to
make it a standard scart plug.

The back of the TV has a antenna connection and what appeared to be a
scart socket. However after trying the usual brute force and
ignorance approach I found out that the reason the scart plug wouldn't
go in the socket is that although the tv scart socket is the correct
size, at one point on the perimeter it has a small labyrinth shape
mouded in, so that a standard scart plug won't fit it. Scart is
rectangular, with one side made a bit pointy. This labyrinth is on
the opposite end to the pointy bit, the short (straight) side.

Labyrinth? Do you really mean labyrinth? That's another word for a
maze..

My first thought was that the manufacturers had made a special so that
you had to plug their proprietry lead in, but then I wondered if there
was something more to it. I could make a scart plug to fit,
mecahnically into the socket by trimming the metal skirt away at one
place, but is there something likely to go bang in the TV or
Playstation if I do so.

Labyrinths aside, it sounds like a moulding error on the scart socket.
Could you take a digital photo of it with a mobile phone and post it
somewhere?

Lee.


Tried to do a photo tonight but couldn't get anything worth posting.

It is deliberately moulded with a channel in the block that has all
the socket holes in it, and a matching ridge on the outside of the
groove where the metal skirt of the plug goes. I don't believe it is
an error, it is clearly there to prevent any plug without a matching
shape. I have had a good rummage through the spare cable box in the
garage, but cannot find a matching plig. If I cut a small slot in the
metal skirt on the plug I can make it fit mechanically, but still
wonder why it is made this way....

It is a 14" Matsui (Currys) by the way. Checked their web site, and
the manual that came with the tv, no result..

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Eric.

OK, I did the devious deed. I sawed the short straight side of the
scart skirt off the plug. This allowed the plug to fit smoothly in
the socket. Wired up a video through it, worked ok. Wired up the
lad's playstation through it also ok.

So why was the socket on the tv deliberatly made so a standard scart
plug wouldn't fit in? Who knows. Fortunately it wasn't because there
was some non standard wiring going on... I had found a wiring diagram
for the socket in the TV which seemed standard.


Cheers,
Eric

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On 7 Sep 2004 04:53:32 -0700, (Eric Dockum)
wrote:

I have a oldish TV that is being pressed into use by my son for a old
playstation. The playstation has 3 leads that plug into an adapter to
make it a standard scart plug.

The back of the TV has a antenna connection and what appeared to be a
scart socket. However after trying the usual brute force and
ignorance approach I found out that the reason the scart plug wouldn't
go in the socket is that although the tv scart socket is the correct
size, at one point on the perimeter it has a small labyrinth shape
mouded in, so that a standard scart plug won't fit it. Scart is
rectangular, with one side made a bit pointy. This labyrinth is on
the opposite end to the pointy bit, the short (straight) side.

Labyrinth? Do you really mean labyrinth? That's another word for a
maze..

My first thought was that the manufacturers had made a special so that
you had to plug their proprietry lead in, but then I wondered if there
was something more to it. I could make a scart plug to fit,
mecahnically into the socket by trimming the metal skirt away at one
place, but is there something likely to go bang in the TV or
Playstation if I do so.

Labyrinths aside, it sounds like a moulding error on the scart socket.
Could you take a digital photo of it with a mobile phone and post it
somewhere?

Lee.


Tried to do a photo tonight but couldn't get anything worth posting.

It is deliberately moulded with a channel in the block that has all
the socket holes in it, and a matching ridge on the outside of the
groove where the metal skirt of the plug goes. I don't believe it is
an error, it is clearly there to prevent any plug without a matching
shape. I have had a good rummage through the spare cable box in the
garage, but cannot find a matching plig. If I cut a small slot in the
metal skirt on the plug I can make it fit mechanically, but still
wonder why it is made this way....

It is a 14" Matsui (Currys) by the way. Checked their web site, and
the manual that came with the tv, no result..

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Eric.

OK, I did the devious deed. I sawed the short straight side of the
scart skirt off the plug. This allowed the plug to fit smoothly in
the socket. Wired up a video through it, worked ok. Wired up the
lad's playstation through it also ok.

So why was the socket on the tv deliberatly made so a standard scart
plug wouldn't fit in? Who knows. Fortunately it wasn't because there
was some non standard wiring going on... I had found a wiring diagram
for the socket in the TV which seemed standard.


Cheers,
Eric