mdj wrote:
On May 7, 8:38 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:I was thinking that the white RCA connector could also be a sync output... But, IIRC, the SCART connector does have power, right?Unfortunately, no. It provides stereo sound in/out, composite video in/ out, and RGB in/out. The later revisions of the standard allow the RGB signal pins to carry either YUV or S-Video. IIRC, YUV isn't even a part of the standard. There's also pins for the D2B automation bus and a signalling pin for 16:9/4:3 source identification. So that white connector could also be composite sync input. Perhaps the power connection is obscured somehow.
OK, my apologies...I thought all those RCA jacks were *outputs*! After all, it does say RGB *to* component, and SCART is RGB, right? And it also says: * BRAND NEW; Scart (male) to Component (female) Adapter. * For 'RGB' scart video signal to high quality 'Y/U/V' component video signal. * Signal output from DVD players, Freeview, Sky or Sky+ set-top boxes to Component Video. That sure *sounds* like it accepts an RGB signal on the SCART side and outputs a Component signal on the RCA side. I thought that SCART was also an *output* connector for AV equipment, and that it would supply RGB that this box would convert to component. (And with all those pins, not supplying a little power seems like an oversight...) Does anyone know what this $5 thing actually does? (I'm pretty sure that the $60 box does what I described.) In any event, this would be a straightforward way to drive a modern TV from a IIgs RGB signal, perhaps. -michael NadaNet file server for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."