We have a 5 year old Bush telly with a built in DVD player - which don't not
work.

SWMBO has therefore purchased a cheap DVD player and my mission is to
connect up the beast. Alas I am a complete numpty when it comes to this
sort of thing - and there is no teenager available to help.

The player came with a lead, exhibit A
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click004.jpg

The telly is connected to a Telewest box, back of telly here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click001.jpg

and back of Telewest box here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click002.jpg

and finally back of DVD player
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click003.jpg

The red/yellow/white lead does nothing. I think I need a scart lead to
connect the Telewest box to the DVD.

Is that it? Or is it even more horribly complex than I imagined?

SWMBO of course wanted to watch a DVD tonight and everything is my fault.
It has to be working tomorrow!

Help!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

The Medway Handyman wrote:
We have a 5 year old Bush telly with a built in DVD player - which don't not
work.

SWMBO has therefore purchased a cheap DVD player and my mission is to
connect up the beast. Alas I am a complete numpty when it comes to this
sort of thing - and there is no teenager available to help.

The player came with a lead, exhibit A
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click004.jpg

The telly is connected to a Telewest box, back of telly here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click001.jpg

and back of Telewest box here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click002.jpg

and finally back of DVD player
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click003.jpg

The red/yellow/white lead does nothing. I think I need a scart lead to
connect the Telewest box to the DVD.

Is that it? Or is it even more horribly complex than I imagined?

SWMBO of course wanted to watch a DVD tonight and everything is my fault.
It has to be working tomorrow!

Help!


For now, take the scart lead out of the back of the telewest box and
plug it into the DVD for a peaceful life from SWMBO.

Later, armed with another scart lead, investigate what the second scart
port on the telewest box does. It might just work.

If not, then you need an external scart selector switch (and possibly a
3rd scart lead) to fit between the telewest box and your TV.

Bob

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
The Medway Handyman wrote:

We have a 5 year old Bush telly with a built in DVD player - which
don't not work.

SWMBO has therefore purchased a cheap DVD player and my mission is to
connect up the beast. Alas I am a complete numpty when it comes to
this sort of thing - and there is no teenager available to help.

The player came with a lead, exhibit A
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click004.jpg

The telly is connected to a Telewest box, back of telly here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click001.jpg

and back of Telewest box here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click002.jpg

and finally back of DVD player
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click003.jpg

The red/yellow/white lead does nothing. I think I need a scart lead
to connect the Telewest box to the DVD.

Is that it? Or is it even more horribly complex than I imagined?

SWMBO of course wanted to watch a DVD tonight and everything is my
fault. It has to be working tomorrow!

Help!


The DVD player appears to have several different output options:
* composite video + stereo sound (as per the supplied lead)
* component video
* S-Video, and
* Scart

In an ideal world, the TV would have a number of input options, and you'd
connect the DVD player direct to the TV using one of them, and then select
the appropiate input from the TV's menu.

However, your TV appears only to have one input - a Scart - and that's
already being used by the Telewest box.

However, the Telewest box has a second Scart connector. There's a fighting
chance that you can connect the DVD player to that - with a Scart cable -
and tell the Telewest box to use its external Scart input, and transmit the
signal to the TV. The TV itself would have to be set up in the same way as
when it's normally receiving a signal from the Telewest box.

If that doesn't work, you can get multi-Scart adapters (one plug and two or
more sockets - e.g. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=43158). If
you plug that into the tele, you can then plug two or more Scart-based
devices (in your case, the Telewest box and the DVD player) into its
sockets, and select which one you want to use - usually with a manual
switch - although I believe some are auto-sensing, using some magic which I
don't understand!.
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In article ,
Roger Mills wrote:
However, the Telewest box has a second Scart connector. There's a
fighting chance that you can connect the DVD player to that - with a
Scart cable - and tell the Telewest box to use its external Scart
input, and transmit the signal to the TV. The TV itself would have to
be set up in the same way as when it's normally receiving a signal from
the Telewest box.

The second SCART on the STB is likely for a VCR, so you should be able to
use it with a DVD - provided the DVD is set to composite output.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Roger Mills wrote:
However, the Telewest box has a second Scart connector. There's a
fighting chance that you can connect the DVD player to that - with a
Scart cable - and tell the Telewest box to use its external Scart
input, and transmit the signal to the TV. The TV itself would have to
be set up in the same way as when it's normally receiving a signal from
the Telewest box.

The second SCART on the STB is likely for a VCR, so you should be able to
use it with a DVD - provided the DVD is set to composite output.

IIRC the scart on the Vbox supports RGB pass-through so just connecting a
second fully connected RGB scart cable between the Vbox and the DVD should
work (its the same as for sky boxes).
No fiddling with the Vbox remote should be required as turning the DVD on
will automatically route it through the Vbox to the TV (unless someone has
been fiddling with the remote).

We have a 5 year old Bush telly with a built in DVD player - which don't
not work.

SWMBO has therefore purchased a cheap DVD player and my mission is to
connect up the beast. Alas I am a complete numpty when it comes to this
sort of thing - and there is no teenager available to help.

The player came with a lead, exhibit A
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click004.jpg

The telly is connected to a Telewest box, back of telly here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click001.jpg

and back of Telewest box here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click002.jpg

and finally back of DVD player
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click003.jpg

The red/yellow/white lead does nothing. I think I need a scart lead to
connect the Telewest box to the DVD.

Is that it? Or is it even more horribly complex than I imagined?

SWMBO of course wanted to watch a DVD tonight and everything is my fault.
It has to be working tomorrow!

This wizard should help.

http://www.dtg.org.uk/consumer/connection_wizard.html

Peter Crosland

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:07:56 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

and back of Telewest box here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click002.jpg

Any chance of a photo where we can read what the free SCART socket it
labled. I suspect it's for a recorder so you should be able to
connect your DVD player to that via a SCART cable and kick the
Telewest box into showing what the DVD player (aka the "recorder") is
sending. The telly would be set to show the telewest box.

--
Cheers
Dave.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:07:56 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

and back of Telewest box here
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...y/click002.jpg

Any chance of a photo where we can read what the free SCART socket it
labled. I suspect it's for a recorder so you should be able to
connect your DVD player to that via a SCART cable and kick the
Telewest box into showing what the DVD player (aka the "recorder") is
sending. The telly would be set to show the telewest box.

Its labelled 'VCR' with a symbol like this 'o_o' after.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:22:27 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Its labelled 'VCR' with a symbol like this 'o_o' after.

So it is for a "recorder" then. Connecting the DVD player to that via
a SCART cable should enable you to view it via the telewest box. May
need some exploration of menus and pressing of TV/VCR buttons on the
telewest and/or DVD remote control.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:07:56 GMT someone who may be "The Medway
Handyman" wrote this:-

The red/yellow/white lead does nothing.

Hopefully this has been sorted out with the SCART lead.

For completeness the red/yellow/white lead is to take composite
video, left sound and right sound from the player to something which
can accept these. The television does have these connections, they
are built into the SCART specification and you can get leads with a
SCART connector on one end and red, yellow and white phono plugs on
the end to take these signals. There is no reason to do this unless
pushed, SCART has a better method of sending video built into it too
(though this is not always used by some bits of equipment).




--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

In article ,
David Hansen wrote:
For completeness the red/yellow/white lead is to take composite
video, left sound and right sound from the player to something which
can accept these. The television does have these connections, they
are built into the SCART specification and you can get leads with a
SCART connector on one end and red, yellow and white phono plugs on
the end to take these signals. There is no reason to do this unless
pushed, SCART has a better method of sending video built into it too
(though this is not always used by some bits of equipment).

There should really be no difference - unless you can use RGB or S-Video
via the SCART as the composite video and stereo audio on the SCART will be
just the same as from the phono sockets.

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:57:00 +0100 someone who may be "Dave Plowman
(News)" wrote this:-

The television does have these connections, they
are built into the SCART specification and you can get leads with a
SCART connector on one end and red, yellow and white phono plugs on
the end to take these signals. There is no reason to do this unless
pushed, SCART has a better method of sending video built into it too
(though this is not always used by some bits of equipment).

There should really be no difference - unless you can use RGB or S-Video
via the SCART

The better method(s) of sending video I typed of.

as the composite video and stereo audio on the SCART will be
just the same as from the phono sockets.

I didn't claim otherwise.


--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

David Hansen wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:07:56 GMT someone who may be "The Medway
Handyman" wrote this:-

The red/yellow/white lead does nothing.

Hopefully this has been sorted out with the SCART lead.

For completeness the red/yellow/white lead is to take composite
video, left sound and right sound from the player to something which
can accept these. The television does have these connections, they
are built into the SCART specification and you can get leads with a
SCART connector on one end and red, yellow and white phono plugs on
the end to take these signals. There is no reason to do this unless
pushed, SCART has a better method of sending video built into it too
(though this is not always used by some bits of equipment).

Aha! This is good. The red & white sockets on the TV are currently
connected to the surround sound thingy which I love & SWMBO hates. I forsaw
that as being a problem.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
The Medway Handyman wrote:


Aha! This is good. The red & white sockets on the TV are currently
connected to the surround sound thingy which I love & SWMBO hates. I
forsaw that as being a problem.


No. It's clear from your photo of the back of the tele that these are
*outputs* - you can't connect anything to them to go *into* the tele!
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Roger
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Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
The Medway Handyman wrote:


Aha! This is good. The red & white sockets on the TV are currently
connected to the surround sound thingy which I love & SWMBO hates. I
forsaw that as being a problem.


No. It's clear from your photo of the back of the tele that these are
*outputs* - you can't connect anything to them to go *into* the tele!

Sorry, what I meant were that these were the output to the surround sound
thingy. ISWYM though, we have further sockets at the front of the TV


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
The Medway Handyman wrote:

Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
The Medway Handyman wrote:


Aha! This is good. The red & white sockets on the TV are currently
connected to the surround sound thingy which I love & SWMBO hates. I
forsaw that as being a problem.


No. It's clear from your photo of the back of the tele that these are
*outputs* - you can't connect anything to them to go *into* the tele!

Sorry, what I meant were that these were the output to the surround
sound thingy. ISWYM though, we have further sockets at the front of
the TV


You appeared to be afraid that you might have to have plugged the DVD player
into those, thus losing your surround sound. All I was saying was that that
wouldn't have worked, anyway!

You've just said that you have more sockets at the front of the set. What
sort are these? You might have been able to use these to connect the DVD
player direct to the set, rather than going via the Telewest box.

--
Cheers,
Roger
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The Medway Handyman wrote:

thingy. ISWYM though, we have further sockets at the front of the TV

In which case these will be composite video and stereo audio probable.
The three phono lead you pictured would do the trick here. You would
need to select a different external input on the TV remote (the phono
leads won't support auto switching like the scart does), You may also
need to enter the setup menu on the DVD player and tell it that you want
composite out. (you will get a picture - but it may be black and white
until you do that)

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John.

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
David Hansen wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:07:56 GMT someone who may be "The Medway
Handyman" wrote this:-

The red/yellow/white lead does nothing.
Hopefully this has been sorted out with the SCART lead.

For completeness the red/yellow/white lead is to take composite
video, left sound and right sound from the player to something which
can accept these. The television does have these connections, they
are built into the SCART specification and you can get leads with a
SCART connector on one end and red, yellow and white phono plugs on
the end to take these signals. There is no reason to do this unless
pushed, SCART has a better method of sending video built into it too
(though this is not always used by some bits of equipment).

Aha! This is good. The red & white sockets on the TV are currently
connected to the surround sound thingy which I love & SWMBO hates. I forsaw
that as being a problem.



Until you get the SCART cable, to save swapping between the Telewest box
and the DVD player, you may have a set of phono sockets (That the
pictured cable that came with the DVD player, would plug into) on the
front or side of the TV that are inputs (they would usually have a
picture of a box or circle with an arrow pointing into it, like the
picture on the back of the TV near the output phono connectors your
surround sound system, but as this is an output, the arrow is pointing
out of the circle. Have you checked under any flaps the TV has!

Toby...

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Toby wrote:


Until you get the SCART cable, to save swapping between the Telewest
box and the DVD player, you may have a set of phono sockets (That the
pictured cable that came with the DVD player, would plug into) on the
front or side of the TV that are inputs (they would usually have a
picture of a box or circle with an arrow pointing into it, like the
picture on the back of the TV near the output phono connectors your
surround sound system, but as this is an output, the arrow is pointing
out of the circle. Have you checked under any flaps the TV has!

Toby...

.. . . or looked in the Book of Words - since all else seems to have failed?!
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Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Toby wrote:


Until you get the SCART cable, to save swapping between the Telewest
box and the DVD player, you may have a set of phono sockets (That the
pictured cable that came with the DVD player, would plug into) on the
front or side of the TV that are inputs (they would usually have a
picture of a box or circle with an arrow pointing into it, like the
picture on the back of the TV near the output phono connectors your
surround sound system, but as this is an output, the arrow is
pointing out of the circle. Have you checked under any flaps the TV
has! Toby...

. . . or looked in the Book of Words - since all else seems to have
failed?!

I don't understand the book of words :-(


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

The Medway Handyman wrote:
We have a 5 year old Bush telly with a built in DVD player - which
don't not work.

SWMBO has therefore purchased a cheap DVD player and my mission is to
connect up the beast. Alas I am a complete numpty when it comes to
this sort of thing - and there is no teenager available to help.


Thanks for all the help chaps, I purchased a scart cable from Wilkinsons for
the princely sum of 99p and the DVD player now works a treat.

SWMBO is happy, I am once again her hero (haven't told her about you lot)
peace and harmony reign at Handyman Towers.

Thanks again!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk