[vdr] Re: AW: Re: SCART status pin for turning the TV on

[Steffen Barszus <st_barszus@gmx.de>]

On Saturday 09 November 2002 14:58, you wrote:
> If the TV is in standby mode and the voltage is supplied to Pin 8 of one
> of the AV connectors, my tv switches on and to the corresponding input.
> Once the voltage is gone it switches back to standby mode again.
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org [mailto:vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org] Im Auftrag
> von Dark Avenger
> Gesendet: Samstag, 9. November 2002 14:03
> An: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Betreff: [vdr] Re: SCART status pin for turning the TV on
>
>
> Hi,
>
> | At least my DVD player provides this feature: the TV is turned on
> | automatically when the DVD player is turned on, and the TV shutsdown
> | when the DVD player is shutdown. This is a feature of the SCART cable.
> |
> | I'm not sure which pin provides it thought (I'm guessing it's one of
> | the status pins).
>
> I guess PIN8 is used for it. Usually it is used to switch the TV to the
> AV and for newer TVs the volatage selects aspect, ie. 12V means 3:3 and
> 6-8V (not sure) means 16:9 (anamorphic). It is the first time that I
> heard it is possible to switch the TV on and off via this way (I guess
> with selected modells). Interesting indeed. Unfortunately I cannot give
> any hints considering VDR.
>
> D A

Sounds awfully. But wouldn't it be a lot easier to define the Power-Off Button 
of the TV as StandbyButton of the vdr (in case this feature will be 
implemented) and defining  user-keys on Buttons which switches the TV on ? 

Greets  

Steffen


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