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Hi there,

I am looking for a scart product that will allow me to connect both my sky digital decoder and my dvd player to the AV1 scart socket on the back of my television.

I want this to allow RGB output for both the sky box and dvd player and for it to be self switching via the a signal when the sky box or dvd player is switched on.

Does anyone know if a product such as this exists and if so where I could purchase it from?

I did see a previous post that mentioned a product similar to this from beyondhifi.com but this product had to be switched manually from one input to the other and was not self switching via a signal. Also most of the other similar products I have found only have one RGB and the other inputs being S-VHS or composite.

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me.

Lee

Keene Electronics might do an auto switching type. They are at www.keene.co.uk. Beyond Hifi www.beyondhifi.com might have one too if you are lucky.

I bought a bog standard splitter which is usually feeding sky digi. When I switch on the dvd that becomes the automatic feed. The only problem is I then have to switch off the skydigi box because both pictures merge. This is no big hassle. I am unsure about your RGB point. I thought that was only based on the output (Skybox or DVD) and the input (telly`s av socket). Are you sure the scart splitter affects this? I suspect the autoswitching operation may be more dependant on your TV`s setup rather than the scart splitter.

I am by no means of an expert with anything electrical, but from what I have read recently I was under the impression that the scart lead did contribute to automatic signal switching as this was done through pin 8 which has to be wired up. I may be wrong, if so this shouldn`t be a problem as my television does automatically switch to AV1 when the sky is switched on.

I asked about the RGB because the splitters and such like that I have seen so far have quoted that their input 1 is RGB input 2 S-VHS and other inputs just composite.

Does anyone else know the answer to these questions, because as I said before I am only going on snippets I have read elsewhere.

Cheers
Lee

argos sell two types where you can connect 3 devices to one scart there only £9.89 for either one so at that price you have`nt got much to lose?