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Hey peeps,

I have a problem and i need a fix asap!! heheh!! I know the answer but im being incredibly stupid and forgottten it! DOH!

the problem is i have bought a load of Region 1 DVDS and they are NTSC on my UK TV. I am running my DVD player SCART to SCART and the picture is BLACK AND WHITE!!!!

Damn it why are the pics coming out in black and white! Someone pllleeaasseeee help me!! :)

Thanks in advance!!!

Rich

Have you changed the output of your dvd player to Pal 60??

Nope i havn`t i presume thats in the settings, i have a Toshiba SD210E.

Where would i do that and would that definetly solve the issue?

cheers for your help so far :) :)

As far as I`m aware all Tosh SD210E output NTSC as NTSC not PAL60. Your problem could be that your TV doesn`t support NTSC or alternatively the TV might be set for composite video whereas the Tosh is outputting S-Video.

On my setup, switching on the Tosh causes the TV to switch to AV2 input (composite video), I then have to manually set AV2 to S-Video which is a pain.

I agree with David, either you have an old telly (but it would have to be really ancient to not support NTSC), but maybe this question will clear your mind...

Are the Black and White images "fizzy"? I can`t think of a better word to describe it, but does the image seem to "buzz" at you?

If so, you are watching the image through your S-Video connection, and your DVD player hasn`t been set up to send an S-Video image.

Your best bet here would be to go into the DVD setup menu and alter the video output to S-Video... et voila, colour images!

Giles.

Thank you for your help so far, i shall check these things when i get home from work tonite! :) My TV is 6 years old and is a Hitachi....it should be ok i would have though! :) i will check the settings tonite! thank you for your help so far!!!

Rich

A friend of mine has a is 6 years old Hitachi.... and it`s B&W on R1 DVDs

Set the Tosh to output RGB (not S-Video) and you`ll get a colour picture - assuming your TV supports RGB. Most SCART-equipped models do.

Mike

ive tried that on RGB and i get a black back ground and faint red hue across the screen, i can see the picture fainlty in red!! im going to try an S-Video to S-Video lead tonite and see what happens!

You shouldn`t get that (red hue, I mean) - it sounds like your SCART lead is knackered.

Mike