The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and
yesterday it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart
to take a look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board
had over heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input
and RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was
easy to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able
to match its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need
to find some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from
the camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and
yesterday it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart
to take a look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board
had over heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input
and RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was
easy to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able to
match its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need to
find some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from the
camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

I'm sure you are correct. How is a passive lead going to to A to D
conversion?

Why not split the scart input with a scart switch box and a RCA
composite video to scart adaptor

Bob Minchin explained :
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and
yesterday it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart
to take a look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board
had over heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input
and RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was
easy to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able to
match its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need to
find some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from the
camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

I'm sure you are correct. How is a passive lead going to to A to D
conversion?

Pass?

Why not split the scart input with a scart switch box and a RCA composite
video to scart adaptor

Idea was to make it quick/easy to switch between watching TV and
watching the camera input via the remote. I have a SCART switch box
somewhere around, but intended to work as a temporary solution.

--
Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Assuming the composite input is wired correctly of course. there have been
some wierd scarts around in the past.
Are you sure the lead mentioned is not active in some way. I've seen some
very small keyboard adaptors between ps2 and usb, is there power on an hdmi?

Brian

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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and
yesterday it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart
to take a look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board
had over heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input
and RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was
easy to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able to
match its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need to
find some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from the
camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

I'm sure you are correct. How is a passive lead going to to A to D
conversion?

Why not split the scart input with a scart switch box and a RCA composite
video to scart adaptor

In article , Harry
Bloomfield writes

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

You're right, that's never going to work.

I assume there's a good reason for not using built in freeview rather
than external DVB by scart, sat perhaps?

I see what you mean about the number of alternate connections on new
tellies being cut, even 19" ones used to have PC and AV. If you can
wait, the Aldi and Lidl offerings usually have them.

Alternatives are to change your DVB source to something with HDMI out
(there are mini sat boxes for about 40quid that can output HDMI and are
small enough to be stuck to the back of the telly. I resisted the switch
for a while but life is a lot easier after changing to digital
connections.

Or in the true sense of DIY you could butcher a scart lead and add a
changeover toogle switch to the vid feed. This could be just out of view
behind the telly with just the toggle visible.
--
fred
it's a ba-na-na . . . .

On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:29:25 +0000, Bob Minchin wrote:

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I'm sure you are correct. How is a passive lead going to to A to D
conversion?

Who says it's passive? There is +5 V @ 50 mA available on a HDMI
socket and a A-D chip doesn't take up much space... Having said that
I'd still want further information. The bigger snag is that example
is for *component* ie matrixed RGB (possibly S-Video), rather than
*composite* PAL or NTSC video that I expect the security camera is
putting out.

Why not split the scart input with a scart switch box and a RCA
composite video to scart adaptor

That would work, the DVB may use RGB rather than composite video so
it might be possible to just wire the camera into the single Scart
plug and put a switch in the pin 16 line from the DVB to toggle
between the DVB and camera devices. A commercial switch box might be
more acceptable to the management though B-)

Composite video (CVBS) to HDMI convertors are out there. The ones
I've found do 720p or 1080p at 60 Hz on the HDMI but that shouldn't
be a problem for a modern set. I'd still read the sets specs
though...

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 13/12/2013 13:50, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Bob Minchin explained :
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and
yesterday it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart
to take a look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board
had over heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input
and RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was
easy to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able to
match its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need to
find some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from the
camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

I'm sure you are correct. How is a passive lead going to to A to D
conversion?

Pass?

Why not split the scart input with a scart switch box and a RCA
composite video to scart adaptor

Idea was to make it quick/easy to switch between watching TV and
watching the camera input via the remote. I have a SCART switch box
somewhere around, but intended to work as a temporary solution.



Something like this claims to do what you want..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCA-to-HDM...p2054897.l4275

I would have bought a different TV, can you take it back?

On 13/12/2013 13:06, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and
yesterday it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart
to take a look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board
had over heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input
and RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was
easy to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able to
match its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need to
find some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from the
camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

almost certainly not...

I thought it was much more complex than that..

It is.

If you read the description on item 231113752867 it makes it clear its
for a very specific application that not what you are trying to do.

(its also only applicable to component video and not CVBS)

Could you clarify what you mean by DVB input?

Basically your RCA feed needs to go into the scart.

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Cheers,

John.

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dennis@home wrote on 13/12/2013 :
On 13/12/2013 13:50, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Bob Minchin explained :
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and
yesterday it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart
to take a look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board
had over heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input
and RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was
easy to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able to
match its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need to
find some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from the
camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

I'm sure you are correct. How is a passive lead going to to A to D
conversion?

Pass?

Why not split the scart input with a scart switch box and a RCA
composite video to scart adaptor

Idea was to make it quick/easy to switch between watching TV and
watching the camera input via the remote. I have a SCART switch box
somewhere around, but intended to work as a temporary solution.



Something like this claims to do what you want..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCA-to-HDM...p2054897.l4275

I would have bought a different TV, can you take it back?

No need now - I have managed to track down a full spec for the set and
it suggests there are RCA inputs available after all.

Its a SAMSUNG UE19F4000, due for delivery on Monday.

--
Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

John Rumm brought next idea :
On 13/12/2013 13:06, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and
yesterday it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart
to take a look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board
had over heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input
and RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was
easy to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able to
match its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need to
find some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from the
camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

almost certainly not...

I thought it was much more complex than that..


Could you clarify what you mean by DVB input?

Basically your RCA feed needs to go into the scart.

Sorry not its not DVB, its I think what is called a Freeview PVR. Its a
set top Freeview receiver with a HDD installed upon which it can record
and timeshift programs. Its only output is SCART.

I think it is solved anyway - I have found a more detailed spec which
suggests the TV actually has 1xSCART, 2xHDMI, 1xUSB and RCA inputs.

Its a SAMSUNG UE19F4000.

Thanks for the help and sorry about the confusion.

--
Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

fred writes:

In article , Harry
Bloomfield writes

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

You're right, that's never going to work.

I assume there's a good reason for not using built in freeview rather
than external DVB by scart, sat perhaps?

I see what you mean about the number of alternate connections on new
tellies being cut, even 19" ones used to have PC and AV. If you can
wait, the Aldi and Lidl offerings usually have them.

Alternatives are to change your DVB source to something with HDMI out
(there are mini sat boxes for about 40quid that can output HDMI and are
small enough to be stuck to the back of the telly. I resisted the switch
for a while but life is a lot easier after changing to digital
connections.

Or in the true sense of DIY you could butcher a scart lead and add a
changeover toogle switch to the vid feed. This could be just out of view
behind the telly with just the toggle visible.

There seem to be an increasing number of converters which address this
sort of problem, many from China, some very good and others not so good.

--
Windmill, Use t m i l l
J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ S c o t s h o m e . c o m
All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The kitchen TV has been showing signs of increasing illness and yesterday
it sadly died, its internal fuse had blown. I pulled it apart to take a
look, replaced the fuse and found the screen driver sub board had over
heated - so its scrap.

The good part of that TV was that it had both SCART for the DVB input and
RCA for the camera which watches the front of the house and it was easy
to switch between them. Looking for a replacement, I wasn't able to match
its inputs, but settled on a 1xSCART, 2xHDMI TV. So I now need to find
some means to use an HDMI input via which to feed an RCA from the camera.

Is it as simple as buying this item on ebay
eBay item number: 360760234853 - please?

I thought it was much more complex than that..

I would suggest not with that lead, as it seems to be component video to
HDMI, not composite video to HDMI you CCTV camera will no doubt need. RCA
is just the plug\socket type, not the signal going through it.

--
Toby... remove pants to reply

In article , Windmill
writes

There seem to be an increasing number of converters which address this
sort of problem, many from China, some very good and others not so good.

Interesting, 30quid or so seems to be the going rate.
--
fred
it's a ba-na-na . . . .