automatic scart switch boxes

stephen99 · 10-12-2008, 16:37

Hello,

I was looking for something like the Quintro, which sadly seems to have been discontinued. Do the manufacturers think we have all upgraded to hdmi? I think there's a lot of late adopters who are still using scart, like me.

Anyway, I understand they automatically switch to the last device powered on. Which scart pin do they use to detect the power on/off of a device? I assume this only works with fully wired scart plugs and would not work if you used an s-video to scart adapator and fed an s-video input (from my amp)?

Thanks.

niall campbell · 10-12-2008, 16:52

make sure they are RGB enabled as well

chrisjr · 10-12-2008, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by stephen99

Hello,

I was looking for something like the Quintro, which sadly seems to have been discontinued. Do the manufacturers think we have all upgraded to hdmi? I think there's a lot of late adopters who are still using scart, like me.

Anyway, I understand they automatically switch to the last device powered on. Which scart pin do they use to detect the power on/off of a device? I assume this only works with fully wired scart plugs and would not work if you used an s-video to scart adapator and fed an s-video input (from my amp)?

Thanks.

Pin 8 on the SCART is the normal control signal. The VCR, DVD or STB sets a voltage on this pin to signal it has woken up.

As you correctly say this signal is not available if you convert SCART to S-Video or vice versa as pin 8 of the SCART end won't be wired to anything.

stephen99 · 11-12-2008, 19:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisjr

Pin 8 on the SCART is the normal control signal. The VCR, DVD or STB sets a voltage on this pin to signal it has woken up.

As you correctly say this signal is not available if you convert SCART to S-Video or vice versa as pin 8 of the SCART end won't be wired to anything.

Thanks. I thought as much.

10-12-2008, 16:37	#1
stephen99 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 36	automatic scart switch boxes Hello, I was looking for something like the Quintro, which sadly seems to have been discontinued. Do the manufacturers think we have all upgraded to hdmi? I think there's a lot of late adopters who are still using scart, like me. Anyway, I understand they automatically switch to the last device powered on. Which scart pin do they use to detect the power on/off of a device? I assume this only works with fully wired scart plugs and would not work if you used an s-video to scart adapator and fed an s-video input (from my amp)? Thanks.

10-12-2008, 16:52	#2
niall campbell Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aberfeldy Posts: 7,035	make sure they are RGB enabled as well

10-12-2008, 17:04	#3
chrisjr Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Reading Posts: 27,916	Quote: Originally Posted by stephen99 Hello, I was looking for something like the Quintro, which sadly seems to have been discontinued. Do the manufacturers think we have all upgraded to hdmi? I think there's a lot of late adopters who are still using scart, like me. Anyway, I understand they automatically switch to the last device powered on. Which scart pin do they use to detect the power on/off of a device? I assume this only works with fully wired scart plugs and would not work if you used an s-video to scart adapator and fed an s-video input (from my amp)? Thanks. Pin 8 on the SCART is the normal control signal. The VCR, DVD or STB sets a voltage on this pin to signal it has woken up. As you correctly say this signal is not available if you convert SCART to S-Video or vice versa as pin 8 of the SCART end won't be wired to anything.

11-12-2008, 19:09	#4
stephen99 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 36	Quote: Originally Posted by chrisjr Pin 8 on the SCART is the normal control signal. The VCR, DVD or STB sets a voltage on this pin to signal it has woken up. As you correctly say this signal is not available if you convert SCART to S-Video or vice versa as pin 8 of the SCART end won't be wired to anything. Thanks. I thought as much.

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