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[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 25/01/2022 16:18:34:

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 25/01/2022 12:28:58:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 25/01/2022 11:25:31:

SCART to HDMI converters are available, but I suggest the money is better spent on an up to date DVD.

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Dave

Postscript: Bob posted a photo while I was typing. Bob's DVD and TV both have RED, WHITE and YELLOW Phono connectors, so one of these cables should work. Lots of people sell them, and one might have come with the DVD.

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 25/01/2022 11:31:37

Hi, that's assuming that Bob's Red, White and Yellow phono connectors are Audio and AV – IN

Regards Nick.

Correct, and assumptions are always dangerous!

However, I'm reasonably confident the group of Video, L and R phono sockets on the back of Bob's TV are inputs because it's more usual for TVs to accept video IN than to output it. For the same reason I'm almost certain the DVD phonos are all outputs because there's no sense in sending video to a player.

As a phono to phono audio-video cable can be had for under £5 I think Bob's fairly safe. I'd still replace the DVD though – HDMI gives a better picture and sound.

Dave

Hi Dave, I do agree with you, but it would be handy if you wanted to plug into a recorder, but nowadays recording TV programs are very often done to a USB drive and of course, these seem to only play back through the TV they are recorded onto, hence preventing you to record TV programs for a friend. e.g. If I record something on my main TV, it won't play on my one in the kitchen or vice-versa.

Regards Nick.

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

Posted by Howard Lewis on 25/01/2022 14:31:38:

If you can find a cable with a HDMI connector one end and three Phono lpugs on the othere, you can feed the Audio and Video output from the player into the TV

The TV also has Phono sockets on the back. Are they for Input or Output?

If for Input, three Phono leads should do the trick.

Howard

If you find a cable with HDMI and phono donnectors don't buy it or plug it in!
HDMI is digital (Low Voltage Differential Signal at the hardware level) Phono is analog. Totally incompatible. Just because smeone in China makes it dies not mean it will work.

Cn you provide a photo of the labels by the 3 phono sockets on the back of the TV? or the full model number of the TV?
If the sockets are video (CVBS) and left right audio IN your old plyer will work with a simple phone to phono lead. Picture qulity will be poor though.
While I hate the waste, best to buy a new DVD player and ive the old one to charity (yes some do take electrical goods).

Robert G8RPI.

[Anthony KnightsParticipant @anthonyknights16741]

This works with my DVD recorder

[John Doe 2Participant @johndoe2]

A DVD disc is digital, but the player the OP shows has separate analogue video and audio outputs, (yellow, red and black). So your DVD machine has a digital to analogue convertor which feeds these connectors.

Your television also has analogue video and audio connectors, (yellow, red and black), and most probably they are inputs.

So, as some have said; if you connect the yellow to yellow, red to red. and black to black with phono to phono leads between your DVD player and your television, and select the analogue input on your television source menu, (might be called 'ext' for external), you should be able to view and hear your DVD player. No need to buy an analogue to HDMI convertor, because your television has this built in.

Of course, you won't see or hear digital quality, because the signal will go from digital to analogue and back to digital again, which in consumer level equipment, will introduce signal degradation.

Something called component video, (Y, Pr, Pb), might be available from the SCART connector and if so, a component to HDMI convertor will give you better quality than going via the composite PAL signal that is present on the discrete analogue connectors. But component is still analogue, and rather than spend money on this, a brand new DVD player with HDMI output would be the most sensible option, avoiding any analogue step.

Edited By John Doe 2 on 07/02/2022 13:11:12

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