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I need to get my CPC 464 working on a TV via SCART ASAP. A nostalgic friend of mine would really really like this Amstrad to work for her on a TV (her monitor broke years ago). I have tried both the diagram on this site and the other one at cepece.info, Neither can produce anything better than a messy, out-of sync bunch of diagonally-slanted, scrolling or flashing blue screens with black text and red/green blurs at the bottom. The TV in question works fine at all other times. I have also tried with another TV, same results. The wiring I have done so far goes thus:
Amstrad block connector SCART
1 Red ------------------------------------------------------------------[===]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 RGB Red In
2 Green --------------------------------------------------------------[===]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 RGB Green In
3 Blue -----------------(bare wire)-------------------------------[===]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 RGB Blue In
_]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 Comp Vid GND } Tried both
4 Composite Sync -----------------------------------------------[===]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 Comp Vid In } of these
/==]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 RGB Blue GND
5 Ground ------------------------------------------------------------[===]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 RGB Green GND
\==]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 RGB Red GND
\=]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 Comp Vid GND
6 Luminance -------------------------------------------------------[
1.5V Battery
+ -----------------------------------------------------------------------[===]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 Blank Signal
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------[===]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 Blank GND
If you have any ideas please do tell. :)
I had this problem and it was all my fault :D
I used a scart to scart cable, cut one end and I thought the wires were conected one on one. This proved not to be true as some wires are swapped, so I got the same result as you describe. The best I can reccomend you is to double-check if the wires you're using are the right ones.
Check this topic too, it might help.
http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=28.0 (http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=28.0)
Darn, just saw this post. Everything turned out ok?
...when "her" and "retro" are combined, of course it's urgent :)