Hi All
Scart to HDMI is anybody using this type ?
I saw some people using it successfully, not mine (because he's keeping 50Hz and i have only 60Hz screen?)
I've also seen a modification to handle better the signal on a Atari forum, just a resistor to add. I will try when i'll have time!
Do not put it in the trash!
ps: Now i'm using a generic RGB VGA converter
@roudoudou (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1714)
I have just checked Pin 16 on the Scart socket and it is Grounded, hmmmm
Therefore it will only display Mono (Black and White).
I think I have a Faulty Converter.
Ray
Quote from: Audronic on 09:52, 06 December 17
@roudoudou (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1714)
I have just checked Pin 16 on the Scart socket and it is Grounded, hmmmm
Therefore it will only display Mono (Black and White).
I think I have a Faulty Converter.
Ray
Nope, that just means that it will only display composite, but it could still be in colour. It may only convert to composite and not RGB?
Bryce.
@Bryce (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=225)
OK Thanks for that.
I thought that Pin 16 has 2 voltage levels
0 Volts - Mono
1-5 Volts Colour RGB
Photo Below
Ray
It does, and as your attached list shows - 0V = Composite, not mono. Composite can be coloured too.
Bryce.
@Bryce (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=225)
Ok I will do some more research.
Thanks for the Pointers.
Ray
I use one of these. For the 8 bit machines, I only get black and white output.
If I hook an original Xbox to it, it's colour.
So definitely don't bin it, it's not a fault with the device.
It's working as intended, but the intention is to convert Composite only, not RGB. Definitely shady, there is no need for a SCART socket here unless to fool the buyer into thinking the device may do RGB.
Good quality scan converters / upscalers are expensive.
Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 12:48, 07 December 17
I use one of these. For the 8 bit machines, I only get black and white output.
If I hook an original Xbox to it, it's colour.
So definitely don't bin it, it's not a fault with the device.
Then it's the 8-bit computer producing the black and white composite signal, not the converter.
Bryce.
Quote from: Bryce on 15:24, 07 December 17
Then it's the 8-bit computer producing the black and white composite signal, not the converter.
Bryce.
Yep, it's definitely not the device at all.
@Shaun M. Neary
@Kaz
@Bryce
Thanks to all, I spent most of yesterday trying to make some sense of the MONO signal.
Your comments are helpful
Thanks
Ray
Quote from: Bryce on 15:24, 07 December 17
Then it's the 8-bit computer producing the black and white composite signal, not the converter.
Bryce.
Is it an Acorn Electron? That only has mono composite.
Quote from: chinnyhill10 on 01:32, 08 December 17
Is it an Acorn Electron? That only has mono composite.
Until you mod it to give colour composite (1 wire, 2 minutes). :)
Bryce.
Quote from: chinnyhill10 on 01:32, 08 December 17
Is it an Acorn Electron? That only has mono composite.
Nope. Happened on both an Amstrad 6128+ and a Spectrum +2b using that converter.
I'll post screenies over the weekend when I get a bit more time.
Neither of those produce a coloured composite signal, so of course it will be black and white if the convertor doesn't use the RGB signals. You could do the composite hack to the Spectrum UHF output and it would then give you colour.
Bryce.
Quote from: Bryce on 10:36, 08 December 17
Neither of those produce a coloured composite signal, so of course it will be black and white if the convertor doesn't use the RGB signals. You could do the composite hack to the Spectrum UHF output and it would then give you colour.
Bryce.
Tried it on my grey +2 and ballsed it. Thankfully the TV with the SCART to HDMI adapter doesn't get used often so it's not bothering me too much.
S.
Quote from: Bryce on 09:17, 08 December 17
Until you mod it to give colour composite (1 wire, 2 minutes). :)
Bryce.
Yes, never saw what Acorn were trying to achieve with that other than perhaps trying to give a lower spec than the BBC Micro.
yes, I also confirm this produces only black & white picture only :(
but I like the audio. it is much louder and clearer than the scart only input in my LG monitor...
Quote from: Bryce on 09:17, 08 December 17
Until you mod it to give colour composite (1 wire, 2 minutes). :)
Bryce.
Could you point me to the instructions for that?
Quote from: robcfg on 20:12, 05 October 19
Could you point me to the instructions for that?
Article written by a really nice guy, I can recommend his mods :D It explains how to add colour to the composite or (even better) add an S-video output.
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?36926-S-Video-Mod-for-the-Acorn-Electron (http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?36926-S-Video-Mod-for-the-Acorn-Electron)
Bryce.
Hehehe, I see what you the nice guy did there! ;D