sidicks Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 Ok Chaps - thanks for all your advice in helping me choose my plasma TV and DVD player etc - they arrived this morning. I'm having problems getting everything connected up so I'm hoping you can help: Currently I have: PS2 and DVD player both connected into Tuner Box (with Red/yellow/White leads) Cable input into Video, and connected into Tuner box (via Scart) Output from Tuner Box into Hi-fi (via Scart) I can select the picture for the inputs by selecting the appropriate AV input on the TV controller Problem: No matter what the source on the TV (i.e. DVD, PS2, Video), the sound is always from whatever is on the Tuner - how can I get the sound output from the other sources ?? Is there a setting that I need to change on the Tuner box somewhere ? Thanks sidicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 These wires can be very confusing, too me a good while setting up my system. What i basically did was run all my hardware to the amp first then just have the cables come from the amp to the plasma tuner box, so for example if i select video on the amp, the sound source will be video.......... i would also consider using better connections for the dvd, rgb would be much better or even svhs, otherwise the picture isnt the best using the standard with Red/yellow/White leads! My amp and screen also has the ability to mix sound and picture sources, make sure all your connections are right and the amp setup corresponds to each input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobK Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 I'm guessing there must be a setting on the tuner box to send the sound to the external output rather than the TV. Also, connecting your DVD player like that is going to give you the worst possible sound and video quality! You ideally want an RGB scart connection to the TV and a digital output to your amp. What amp do you have, anyway? Is it an AV one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidicks Posted May 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 Thanks for your help guys - All I needed to do was change the output to the hi-fi from AV1 to AV2 !! PS - new leads to join the DVD and Plasma have already been ordered !! sidicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted May 15, 2003 Report Share Posted May 15, 2003 No probs! enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 new leads to join the DVD and Plasma have already been ordered Did you order one from Keene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidicks Posted May 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 [ QUOTE ] new leads to join the DVD and Plasma have already been ordered Did you order one from Keene? [/ QUOTE ] From the same people that I got the TV from - Is 'Keene' a TS.net member ? (I haven't heard the name before, and thought I was pretty familiar with most of the 'regulars' ? Cheers sidicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punjabi-A4 Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 i think colin meant keene electronics. can ya tell us what plasma model and dvd player model you got? and whether you have a surround sound amp or using some speakers supplied with the plasma. might help us give you some advice/suggestions if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 Yes, I meant Keene Electronics. It's worth connecting the DVD to the plasma with a proper RGB lead. Be careful the suppliers don't just send you a SCART to composite lead. Lots of DVD players don't put out strong enough signals for plasma's to get a sync lock on the green signal (normal) and you may have to set sync to composite on your plasma. The best way of all is to get a sync separator and amplifier in one lead. This is what Keene make. It has the normal RGB pins from your DVD but inside the SCART plug is a powered sync pulse separator and amplifier to provide Red, Green, Blue, Horiz and Vertical sync pulses to the plasma. Don't get the plain lead with the H&V connections in the SCART unless you are 100% sure your DVD player supports signals at those pins. The lead I bought was called a "Sync Blaster SGB23" is about £75 and was well worth it. As discussed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidicks Posted May 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 [ QUOTE ] can ya tell us what plasma model and dvd player model you got? and whether you have a surround sound amp or using some speakers supplied with the plasma. might help us give you some advice/suggestions if need be. [/ QUOTE ] Well, for those interested, here goes: TV: Panasonic TH42PW5B DVD: Panasonic S575 - Multi-region (new model, I think) Plasma TV Tuner box connected to Panasonic S-VHS Video, PS2 and Telewest cable box, with sound via Kenwood UD950 system (Pro-Logic). Have upgraded video-tuner scart leads and also ordered better leads for the dvd-tuner connection. Will be upgarding my sound system to an A/V amp with the next generation 6.1 or 7.1 sound when finances allow, but for now this is good enough for me. Unfortunately the Cable is still analogue, no digital, so the picture from this source isn't as good as it otherwise might be. TV looks superb, but then again I'm sure most Plasmas look pretty damn good, and it will only be on certain parts of certain films where the high contrast of the Panasonic (3000:1 !!) is really noticed. Disappointing that you don't get some of the features that you do with other plasmas - picture-in-picture etc, but supposedly the picture is better. I have noticed a slight lip-synch error a few times, but it's not too irrtitating. I'll make sure that when I buy a new Amp I'll get one that can adjust for this - I think DENON do a good one. Having not purchased the side-speakers, I'm £300 closer to buying a new Amp. Finally I'd recommend Robin at www.soundandvision.uk.com - very knowledgeable and happy to discuss options with no pressure to buy. Top service. Happy to answer any other questions that people raise ! Thanks to you all for the various advice given and the suggestions made - gave me the confidence that I wasn't going to spend £4k or so on something that wasn't up to the job. Cheers sidicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punjabi-A4 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Excellent choice m8!!!....sit back and enjoy it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsheldon Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 i did what Riz did, all the sound outputs to the amp, then whatever the amp is set to, thats what you hear. The picture signals (ps2, and video, recordable dvd coming shortly), scarts still go direct to the TV, although on the Sony amp I think you can also route the picture through the amp. The way I have it you just have to select the av input on the tv for picture. Riz, do you route the picture through your amp? It took me about 4 weeks pratting about just about every night, getting different leads from maplins, then taking them back trying different ones, untill I got the optimum set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 My Arcam AVR200 amp switches the video as well as audio signals. It also overlays the set up menu on it's composite video out, so it was important to use it for all composite video switching. So, the VCR (which also acts as TV tuner), DVD (composite only) and PS2 audio and video inputs go to the amp and from there the composite out feeds the plasma. Separately, the DVD has the Keene SCART/RGB lead going straight to the plasma RGB input. Finally a PC monitor lead plugs into the PC input of the plasma so I can run my laptop on it. To watch the system, I just select the source from the amps remote and the picture always follows the sound. When it's movie time, I select RBG input on the plasma instead of AV and the picture quality improves. Just make sure you are using the RGB pins in the SCART if your system supports it and not just the composite video line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsheldon Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Colin, thanks for that. At present I'm using the PS2 to watch DVDs on a 100hz Sony Intergradted Digital Tuner TV. I know the PS2 is not ideal for this, but I want to wait for recordable DVD players to get a bit more affordable. I'm using an RGB lead from the PS2 rather than the supplied composite (yellow?). The only faff is I have to run a utility disc before putting the film in to remove the green tint. No need to bother with games. I would like the picture to follow the audio as you have it but think i am limited to composite or svhs output from the amp. If I went down the svhs route, i would have to get a svhs - scart lead, since my svhs input is on the front of the TV, which i wouldn't want to use, but I presume I'll lose a bit of quality doing this because svhs is not as good as RGB. Quick question though what type of output would I be getting from the video ? (its a scart lead but from what you say, scarts can be composite or RGB) Found this useful link rgb v composite cheers Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Your video player will almost certainly only output composite video, not RGB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punjabi-A4 Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 unless it's a s-vhs video in which case it should have an s-video out....but you'd already know that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsheldon Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 I realise it was a daft question now !! I'm going to leave the system as it is, at the moment i press play on the video, and the screen automatically changes, just have to change audio, same with the ps2, turn it on and the tv recognises the signal and switches source, so in reality all i have to do is switch the amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 [ QUOTE ] Riz, do you route the picture through your amp? [/ QUOTE ] Yep, component video from dvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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