Does anyone know of someone who does/could make these cables up (with/without the switching bit), I'm sure they'd get a number of Myth/Linux related customers who want the optimum TV picture using this route. Especially if Jarod added this option to his guide!
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:13:16 +0000, Dan Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have soldered the cable, but my tv doesn't auto switch. I wonder how > > > that works though. Does it require pin 8? Quote: > > > Internal: 0.0...2.0 V > > > External (16:9): 4.5...7.0 V > > > External (4:3): 9.5...12.0 V > > > Should we just set it up with 12V? > > > And can we switch it to 16:9 using a relay if that format is detected? I > > > can remember someone on the list wanting to try it, but couldn't find it > > > in my history. > > > > There are two pins you may need - pin 8 indicates the presence of > > a signal and it's format and there is another pin to indicate whether > > the source is composite or RGB data. > > > > My TV allows me to explicitly select RGB which works even if the > > pin is indicating composite so I just use that. Plus I changed the > > default mode to 16:9 which means the display is always right because > > Myth pillarboxes 4:3 output by default if it thinks you have a 16:9 > > display. > > > > As to switching to the Myth input, well my TV is pretty much always > > on that now and as the Myth box is always on when would it auto switch > > to it ;-) > > My Myth box is the only thing connected to the TV so that's the only > input signal (via the non-rgb scart socket currently, but via rgb > scart asap). However, when I switch on the TV it defaults to a TV > channel rather than the scart. Then I have to hit the AV button to > cycle to the myth input. I want to just power-on and have the TV > switch over automatically as it does with other devices I've used in > the past. I guess these used Pin 8 or similar. > > One other thought is that (although it's another link in chain) is to > use a scart switch box and have Myth as the default input to that such > that the switch box has Pin 8 already wired. It's a lot of effort for > such a feature mind! >
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