[vdr] Re: AW: Re: workaround for Rev 2.x cards

[Christian Berger <einStein@donau.de>]

"Gerhard Andreas (RtW1/WIR1) *" schrieb:
> 
> Well then,
> 
> > Question: what is this RGB-thingy? ... i've seen many tv-sets ... none of
> > them had RGB-input...
> 
> just a short excerpt for those not knowing what signals go through a
> SCART-cable (EURO-AV). This connector was introduced to allow a common
> standard in Europe for connecting TV/VCR/SAT/etc. It features a connector
> with iirc 21 seperate pins.
> 
> It *can* transport:
> 
> Video: FBAS/Composite-signal
> Video: S-Video-signal
> Video: RGB-signal
> Audio: Stereo-signal
> Info:  Steering-signal (e.g. TV wake-up from stand-by etc.)
> 
> The cable cannot transport RGB *and* S-Video, but only one of those at a
> time.
> What is sent or received via this cable depends on the source-signal sent
> and the setup of the SCART device-connector. No point in sending RGB-signal
> via SCART-cable from DVD-Player to a S-Video-SCART-socket in the TV. Got it?
> 
> Afaik, there is no TV sold in Europe these days without a SCART-connector.
> Generally those accept RGB. If there is a 2nd around, that one will accept
> S-Video. In really high-level equipment this can be changed via
> OSD-programming.

Well S-Video is only done by an extension which might not be a standard.
Well there is no need for manually switching this because you have
missed a lot of important signals:

RGB: Blanking, enables you to use RGB only at some parts of the image
       it was originally meant to provide the possibility to super-
       impose text. It's also used to sense RGB-input

Control: 2 controll lines (with a seperate ground) to be used for 
       all kinds of controlling, this is not really standarticed,
       but there are several standards using it

Controll: +12V for switching the TV-set to AV. On some modern sets,
switching
	this to +5V switches to 16:9

The normal video and audio signals are bi-directional and full-duplex.
The other signals are not.
 
> > MfG,
> > Sebastian
> 
> Andreas