scart

F Murtz
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:56 am

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

Trevor Wilson
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:57 am

On 12/10/2011 1:56 PM, F Murtz wrote:

Quote:

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

**The only stuff I ever see it on now are Foxtel boxes. I can't recall
if the latest ones still use it or not.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

F Murtz
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:37 am

Trevor Wilson wrote:

Quote:

On 12/10/2011 1:56 PM, F Murtz wrote:

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

**The only stuff I ever see it on now are Foxtel boxes. I can't recall
if the latest ones still use it or not.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

The poms seem to use it but I was having a talk with a group of friends
and no one had heard of scart.

John G
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:52 am

F Murtz brought next idea :

Quote:

Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 12/10/2011 1:56 PM, F Murtz wrote:

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

**The only stuff I ever see it on now are Foxtel boxes. I can't recall
if the latest ones still use it or not.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

The poms seem to use it but I was having a talk with a group of friends and
no one had heard of scart.

You must have young friends lol

--
John G.

F Murtz
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:53 am

John G wrote:

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F Murtz brought next idea :
Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 12/10/2011 1:56 PM, F Murtz wrote:

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

**The only stuff I ever see it on now are Foxtel boxes. I can't recall
if the latest ones still use it or not.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

The poms seem to use it but I was having a talk with a group of
friends and no one had heard of scart.

You must have young friends lol

no,old non technical farts

yaputya
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:58 am

"F Murtz" <haggisz_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uTzEq.63$v14.58_at_viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com...

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Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

It is still used on virtually every analogue video device on sale in Europe.
Prick of a design, flimsy and no way of locking it in, particularly bad if
you have a fat, heavy cable attached.

kreed
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:31 pm

On Dec 10, 12:56 pm, F Murtz <hagg...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Quote:

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

I still see it on some items, even a few set top boxes, Becoming a
lot less common though. Have yet to see a SCART being used though,
everyone just uses the RCA sockets.

I remember some of the TEAC TV's a decade or so back would use this as
the only form of AV input, and these sets wouldn't stay on the AV
"channel" when you turned the power on/off.

IIRC you had to pull one pin to a 3 or 12 v ? voltage in order to
externally force AV mode.

For that matter, does anything use DIN plugs anymore - like were on
most HIFI gear in the 70's ? Smile

Krypsis
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:59 pm

On 10/12/2011 4:57 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:

Quote:

On 12/10/2011 1:56 PM, F Murtz wrote:

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

**The only stuff I ever see it on now are Foxtel boxes. I can't recall
if the latest ones still use it or not.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

It is still used on European TVs. My new Loewe Art still has a Scart
connector and I use it. The Loewe apparently uses it to convey control
information to compatible attached devices. We currently have a Scart
connector to the Loewe video recorder and the cable TV box

--

Krypsis

Ian Field
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:29 pm

"F Murtz" <haggisz_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 12/10/2011 1:56 PM, F Murtz wrote:

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

**The only stuff I ever see it on now are Foxtel boxes. I can't recall
if the latest ones still use it or not.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

The poms seem to use it

We're most of the way through digital switchover so most areas no don't have
any analogue transmitters anymore.

There are still millions of analogue TVs in circulation that would be scrap
without a SCART (Peritel connector) to hook them up to a Freeview or other
STB.

Ian Field
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:30 pm

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"F Murtz" <haggisz_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

It is still used on virtually every analogue video device on sale in
Europe.
Prick of a design, flimsy and no way of locking it in, particularly bad if
you have a fat, heavy cable attached.

Total PITA.

kreed
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Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:46 am

On Dec 11, 8:29 am, "Ian Field" <gangprobing.al...@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

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"F Murtz" <hagg...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 12/10/2011 1:56 PM, F Murtz wrote:

Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

**The only stuff I ever see it on now are Foxtel boxes. I can't recall
if the latest ones still use it or not.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

The poms seem to use it

We're most of the way through digital switchover so most areas no don't have
any analogue transmitters anymore.

There are still millions of analogue TVs in circulation that would be scrap
without a SCART (Peritel connector) to hook them up to a Freeview or other
STB.

They have already turned of Analog in parts of Australia too.
Fortunately most have RCA inputs for AV, or we would have the same
problem. Also have seen STB's here (Hills) that have an inbuilt RF
modulator for use with older sets with no analog input.

I won't be replacing any sets while they keep working.

keithr
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Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:37 am

On 10/12/2011 9:31 PM, kreed wrote:

Quote:

On Dec 10, 12:56 pm, F Murtz<hagg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?

I still see it on some items, even a few set top boxes, Becoming a
lot less common though. Have yet to see a SCART being used though,
everyone just uses the RCA sockets.

I remember some of the TEAC TV's a decade or so back would use this as
the only form of AV input, and these sets wouldn't stay on the AV
"channel" when you turned the power on/off.

IIRC you had to pull one pin to a 3 or 12 v ? voltage in order to
externally force AV mode.

I seem to remember that you had to short 2 pins on the interface, I had
a French Tompson TV that I used as a monitor on my first home computer,
an Atari. I had a switch connected into the SCART connector that
switched between the TV and the computer.

Strangely enough I also had an Akai TV that had a SCART connector, maybe
that model was also sold in Europe.

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For that matter, does anything use DIN plugs anymore - like were on
most HIFI gear in the 70's ? Smile

Haven't seen them for years except in the bins at Jaycar.