--Quick help with an European TV please!--

[duuuma]

I have a TV from Europe that I wanted to use here in the US. Already bought a voltage converter so it powers up and can play dvd's through the composite video. However, the only way I can pick up NTSC stations is through another device (i.e. VCR) that can connect to the TV through a "SCART" port. I've never seen this SCART-type port before, but I'm trying to figure out if there's an adapter I can use to connect my cable directly to the SCART on my TV? Or, will I have to buy a VCR that can tune NTSC stations? Thanks!

 

[Peter]

If the TV set doesn't do NTSC, then it STILL won't even if a VCR does the channel demodulation and outputs an SVideo or Composite signal. Color encoding on either kind of video signal will still be NTSC, and when the TV is PAL-only, it'll all be black and white.

Back to the original question - SCART is a well known standard here. Cable adapters can be from SVideo, Composite or RGB type video sources, plus stereo audio, all on one plug.

 

[thraxes]

bling bling A WINNA!

unless the TV is multi-system it will not work in the US.

 

[DannyBoy]

You could always send the TV to me 😱

 

[duuuma]

Well I emailed the manufacturer and they said this:

"Your tv will be able receive the NTSC signal, but ONLY by the scart
socket. That means that you will not be able to watch the hertzian tv
unless you use another turner connected by scart (i.e. the turner of a
video recorder connected by scart), because your antena socket can only
receive the european standart and normes. "

Forgive their English, they're french....so what does that email mean? If I get a VCR and hook it up to my TV via a SCART to Composite adapter, should this work?

Originally posted by: Peter
If the TV set doesn't do NTSC, then it STILL won't even if a VCR does the channel demodulation and outputs an SVideo or Composite signal. Color encoding on either kind of video signal will still be NTSC, and when the TV is PAL-only, it'll all be black and white.

Back to the original question - SCART is a well known standard here. Cable adapters can be from SVideo, Composite or RGB type video sources, plus stereo audio, all on one plug.

 

[Peter]

I see. So its video signal processing can decode NTSC color signalling, only the tuner unit in front of it isn't multi-standard.

So, just buy yourself a cable from whatever output you have there to SCART, and you're sorted.