disabling scart pins

[waigy]

I'm using this freeview receiver with this scart adapter.

When you plug in the scart adapter it routes the audio and video outputs to the rca connecters and it disables audio on the freeview speaker.
I want to use the video rca connecter but not the audio rca connecters.
This will mean it will play sound out of the freeview speaker and send video to the adapter.

If I remove pin number 4 (audio earth) from the adapter will this do what I want?

 

[DPG]

No that will not do it. Have a look at pin 8. This is the switch pin that devices use to auto route signals. Not sure it will do exactly what you want though.

 

[waigy]

I have a small monitor connected to the video output and it needs a scart switching pin to bring it out of sleep.
I don't know if there are separate switching pins for audio and video.

 

[DPG]

I have a small monitor connected to the video output and it needs a scart switching pin to bring it out of sleep.
I don't know if there are separate switching pins for audio and video.

Unfortunately not. But if you disable pin 8 then it may give you a start. Plenty of info on SCART connectors on the web.

 

[waigy]

SOLVED. I just found out the freeview receiver doesn't have a speaker inside, it just looks like it does.
So I have to use the audio outputs.

 

[DPG]

SOLVED. I just found out the freeview receiver doesn't have a speaker inside, it just looks like it does.
So I have to use the audio outputs.

Ah, that's what you meant by 'freeview speaker'. I don't think any of those have a built in speaker. Glad you sorted it anyhow.

 

[123]

What's a scart cable?

Hadn't come across one in years until last week, when it was attached from a VCR to a CRT TV...was like a step back in time.

 

[nicebutdim]

What's a scart cable?

Hadn't come across one in years until last week, when it was attached from a VCR to a CRT TV...was like a step back in time.

It's what my father insists on hanging down their living room wall, from neatly installed TV to a VHS recorder he hasn't once used.

 

[littlespark]

SCART cable?

When I were a lad we used coax leads ONLY!


I’ve got an old desktop pc in my garage, and I share the tv I use as a monitor with my CCTV…

The CCTV is connected by VGA, as tv only has one HDMI socket.
Took me months to find an old vga cable that I knew I had somewhere.

 

[nicebutdim]

SCART cable?

When I were a lad we used coax leads ONLY!

There were no other options as it was the only connection provided on any TV/VCR/home computer etc.

 

[Jim_e_Jib]

There were no other options as it was the only connection provided on any TV/VCR/home computer etc.

I remember spending a lot of time trying to tune my parents television in to the RF modulator for a Vic 20...

 

[Moley]

Oooohhhhh....Vic20. My first computer. Still got it. 3.5k RAM. Those were the days

 

[littlespark]

Those were the days…..


Who says you can’t “hear” a picture?

Hang on, Moley… we both just posted “those were the days”

 

[Moley]

Could be because 'Those were the days'

 

[nicebutdim]

The joys of combing though line after line of Basic, looking for the inevitable error caused by typing on rubber keys.