Blue_MiSfit
6th July 2006, 03:42
This may be a bit OT... but everyone here is so knowledgable...
So I have a little problem with my home theater. I've got the following components:
JVC 27" CRT w/ S-Video, Composite, and RF inputs.
Sony VCR with Composite and RCA analog.
Sony DVD changer with S-Video and RCA digital audio.
Sony 6.1 ch Reciever with 4 S-Video inputs, lots of composite inputs etc...
Playstation 2 with S-Video and optical connection
5 speakers (no sub)
HTPC with S-Video and 2ch analog RCA (for now)
So everything connects fine and works together nicely. EXCEPT the VCR. The RF tuner on the TV is blown I think, so I have to use the VCR to tune in cable. This works, when the VCR and the TV are directly connected via composite.
If I have both S-Video and composite inputs connected to the TV, then S-Video takes priority over composite. The S-video goes to the reciever, which handles input switching.
So basically, I cant watch TV without disconnecting my S-video input first!! This is very odd.
The easiest solution would be to get a composite -> S-Video adaptor, and wire the VCR up through S-Video. Unfortunately, I'm out of S-Video inputs on my reciever!!
Does anyone have an idea???? I'm kind of hopeless here. If only the stupid RF tuner on the TV worked... I tried everything I could think of, using the auto-program feature, manually specifying channels, nothing works. The TV will only display composite or S-video signals!
So I have a little problem with my home theater. I've got the following components:
JVC 27" CRT w/ S-Video, Composite, and RF inputs.
Sony VCR with Composite and RCA analog.
Sony DVD changer with S-Video and RCA digital audio.
Sony 6.1 ch Reciever with 4 S-Video inputs, lots of composite inputs etc...
Playstation 2 with S-Video and optical connection
5 speakers (no sub)
HTPC with S-Video and 2ch analog RCA (for now)
So everything connects fine and works together nicely. EXCEPT the VCR. The RF tuner on the TV is blown I think, so I have to use the VCR to tune in cable. This works, when the VCR and the TV are directly connected via composite.
If I have both S-Video and composite inputs connected to the TV, then S-Video takes priority over composite. The S-video goes to the reciever, which handles input switching.
So basically, I cant watch TV without disconnecting my S-video input first!! This is very odd.
The easiest solution would be to get a composite -> S-Video adaptor, and wire the VCR up through S-Video. Unfortunately, I'm out of S-Video inputs on my reciever!!
Does anyone have an idea???? I'm kind of hopeless here. If only the stupid RF tuner on the TV worked... I tried everything I could think of, using the auto-program feature, manually specifying channels, nothing works. The TV will only display composite or S-video signals!