> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:ql-users-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Malcolm Cadman
> Sent: 16 October 2012 21:35
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi
> 
> In message
> <[email protected]>, John
> Alexander <[email protected]> writes
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I would be interested to know if your composite video connection works
> directly with the Pi.
> 
> Connecting directly to the input on my TV does not work.
> 
> Yet, I have found a 'work around' by connecting a Scart to Composite
> convertor plug. The latter I found was available for 1ukp at a local
> PoundLand.
> 
> The display is then in B&W.
> 
> Sound is available, too, with a separate mini-jack plug to RCA phone
> plug at the Scart adaptor.
> 
> Now I can what Pi is doing ... :-)
> 
The default TV mode for the Pi is NTSC.   If you are getting B&W output then
that probably means your TV does not know how to handled NTSC.  You can tell
the Pi to use PAL by adding an entry to the config.txt file in the boot
partition of the Pi as described at:
http://elinux.org/R-Pi_ConfigurationFile

The entry to get PAL output is 
 sdtv_mode=2    
and there are also entries available to control things like overscan and
aspect ratio.

Dave Walker

Tel:  +44 (0)1707 652791
Web: http://www.itimpi.com
Skype:  itimpi
> 
> >
> >Yes it has a composite output as well
> >
> >--- On Fri, 12/10/12, Bryan Horstmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >From: Bryan Horstmann <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] My slice of Pi
> >To: [email protected]
> >Date: Friday, 12 October, 2012, 15:09
> >
> >On 12/10/2012 02:38, [email protected] wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Finally received "my slice of Pi" - the Raspberry Pi, from RS -
> today
> >>12th October 2012.
> >>
> >> I had to re-order, earlier in the Year, when my email address used
> >>was no longer working
> >>
> >> I also ordered a Type B Case, in white, and a 4GB SD Card with OS
> >>installed. Which all fits together by simple clip fittings on the
> >>injection moulding.
> >>
> >> Although, RS are posting the Pi PCB with a plastic protective
> casing,
> >>albeit in a translucent shade of raspberry pink!
> >>
> >> Umm ... like the early days of 'home computing', you have to put
> >>something else with it. I don't have an HDMI display, yet may be able
> >>use a DVI on my old TV. Then there is the need for a USB keyboard and
> >>mouse.
> >>
> >My Pi is due soon; I've a USB keyboard, USB hub and card reader, and
> >PSU.  The missing bit is a monitor.  I use a mono Philips on the QL,
> >video input and have another later style Philips as spare.  Will the
> Pi
> >work through the video input? Otherwise I have got video i/p on the
> TV.
> >By then I hope to be able to get an SD card with a QL emulation; is
> >anyone going to market one, please?
> >
> >Bryan H
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