Freeview box to PC

To whoever can help,

I am trying to connect my Freeview box to the PC. It is a Philips DTR210/05.
I have read the pages on your website about connecting to a PC, and I have
realised that my box does not have a modulator. You have suggested on your
website that if your TV card has an input for s-video and phono one should
buy a suitable adaptor between the scart of the freeview box and the input
on the card. My TV card is such a card, and so I have used a very good cable
by Profigold to connect the scart to the phono and s-video terminals on the
back of the card, but I get no picture this way. I know the box works
because I have tried it out on the television. Is it the case that I would
need to get some sort of modulator to alter the signal between the 2
devices? Or would I simply need to buy a new box which has the modulator
inbuilt, so that I would be able to use the cable? Alternatively, is it
anything to do with the nature of the signal being sent via the scart, i.e.
RGB or composite?

I appreciate your time and help,

Erudite

Probably your box produces RGB & composite. Going from S-video to composite
is trivial but going the other way is less so. Also, are you sure that the
PC has S-video IN and not S-video out? Many PC video cards produce S-video
out but S-video in is, I believe, rare.

A google for "composite to S-video" might help.

Paul DS.

I am trying to connect my Freeview box to the PC. It is a Philips
DTR210/05.

OK, that has (according to Philips) the ability to output either be RGB,
CVBS or S-Video on the TV out and either CVBS or S-Video on the VCR out.

I have read the pages on your website about connecting to a PC, and I
have realised that my box does not have a modulator. You have
suggested on your website that if your TV card has an input for
s-video and phono one should buy a suitable adaptor between the scart
of the freeview box and the input on the card.

Which website do you have in mind? I ask becasue you do not need a
modulator if you have an output from your box which matches your TV
card.

My TV card is such a card
Which card is it? If it is one of the common (or even the less common)
ones there is likely to be a dedicated forum where other users will have
advice for you.

by Profigold to connect the scart to the phono and s-video terminals
on the back of the card, but I get no picture this way.

Have you selected the output on the Philips to match what your PC card
expects? Eg if you have connected the lead to the VCR out on the box
you need to use the configuration menu to set the output to CVBS or
S-Video to match your TV card.
anything to do with the nature of the signal being sent via the scart,
i.e. RGB or composite?

As you will have gathered, yes.

Bear in mind too that some leads are made up using S-Video plugs to
provide a CVBS signal.

But I'd urge you to search for and ask in a forum for your particular TV
card.

--
Robin

Dear Robin,


Firstly I would like to thank you for your generous time in replying to my
post. Apologies about talking about a website I failed to mention the name
of. I had posted this question on another website you see, and had forgot to
amend
it.(http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk:80/cg...=1187091634/0).
I found that the real reason was, as suggested on the link, an issue with
the directionality of the cable I was using. It often is the simplest reason
which prevails! I had not realised my profigold wire was directional from
svideo to scart; so I used a switch which can change the direction of the
signal from scart to s video and hei presto! If this hadn't worked, I would
have certainly checked the nature of the signal as you suggest.

Thanks again for your time,


"Robin" [email protected] ndstuff.co.ru
wrote in message k...
I am trying to connect my Freeview box to the PC. It is a Philips
DTR210/05.

OK, that has (according to Philips) the ability to output either be RGB,
CVBS or S-Video on the TV out and either CVBS or S-Video on the VCR out.

I have read the pages on your website about connecting to a PC, and I
have realised that my box does not have a modulator. You have suggested
on your website that if your TV card has an input for s-video and phono
one should buy a suitable adaptor between the scart of the freeview box
and the input on the card.

Which website do you have in mind? I ask becasue you do not need a
modulator if you have an output from your box which matches your TV card.

My TV card is such a card
Which card is it? If it is one of the common (or even the less common)
ones there is likely to be a dedicated forum where other users will have
advice for you.

by Profigold to connect the scart to the phono and s-video terminals on
the back of the card, but I get no picture this way.

Have you selected the output on the Philips to match what your PC card
expects? Eg if you have connected the lead to the VCR out on the box you
need to use the configuration menu to set the output to CVBS or S-Video to
match your TV card.
anything to do with the nature of the signal being sent via the scart,
i.e. RGB or composite?

As you will have gathered, yes.

Bear in mind too that some leads are made up using S-Video plugs to
provide a CVBS signal.

But I'd urge you to search for and ask in a forum for your particular TV
card.

--
Robin

On 14 Aug, 15:29, "Erudite" wrote:
Thanks again for your time,

Out of curiosity, what card are you using and what software on the PC.

"Erudite" wrote in message
...
Dear Robin,


Firstly I would like to thank you for your generous time in replying to my
post. Apologies about talking about a website I failed to mention the name
of. I had posted this question on another website you see, and had forgot
to amend
it.(http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk:80/cg...=1187091634/0).
I found that the real reason was, as suggested on the link, an issue with
the directionality of the cable I was using. It often is the simplest
reason which prevails! I had not realised my profigold wire was
directional from svideo to scart; so I used a switch which can change the
direction of the signal from scart to s video and hei presto! If this
hadn't worked, I would have certainly checked the nature of the signal as
you suggest.

Thanks again for your time,


Just a bit of advice for the future, in general expensive gold plated
low oxygen copper etc. cables are a rip-off and will not improve
your reception. The main exception to that rule is avoid the very
thin SCART cables because the individual signal wires are not
screened and cause crosstalk. The thick ones are OK and the
flat ribbon ones are even better but in any case you should not
have to pay much over 5GBP for a SCART cable.

--
Graham.
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