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Re: Avant startup source question.

Beobuddy — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:34:53 GMT

jandyt:
Gosh!
This is getting complicated.

No, it's not!

Buy yourself an Avant DVD/BV7 and get 3 free scart inputs

Re: Avant startup source question.

Beobuddy — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:28:43 GMT

The Stig - ver. 1.4:
Does the Sky + box have a VCR Scart output / input?

If the Sky box doesn't have an input, probably the DVD/HD has one.

Most of the DVD/HD recorders has 2 scartsockets. 1 goes to the TV and the other is probably named "VCR".

Also most of the time the videosignal connected to the "VCR"input is linked to the "TV" /input/output when the recorder is in standby.

So select "DVD" and you'll get the CCTV when the recorder is in standby, otherwise you will get the picture from the recorder when you switch it on.

Re: Avant startup source question.

Puncher — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:15:20 GMT

Try the auto switch - how bad can it be for a Tenner?

Re: Avant startup source question.

Jandyt — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:08:25 GMT

Gosh!
This is getting complicated.

Re: Avant startup source question.

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:52:25 GMT

Normally it also can be used as an input when you haven't any free Scart connector, only problem is to get the STB to show whats coming in the VCR output, when you don't have the pin 8 in the scart cable to do it automatic

Re: Avant startup source question.

Jandyt — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:36:48 GMT

Output yes. It's for saving recorded programmes onto DVD. Don't know about input

Re: Avant startup source question.

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:34:20 GMT

Does the Sky + box have a VCR Scart output / input?

Re: Avant startup source question.

Jandyt — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:25:48 GMT

Oh, I like the look of that, Puncher!

Andy T.

Re: Avant startup source question.

Puncher — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:11:38 GMT

You can buy auto-select scart multi source boxes for less than 15quid from CPC.

Re: Avant startup source question.

Jandyt — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:07:59 GMT

Thanks Rhone.

I'll look into that but then I will have to decide whether it's worth £30 to solve an only slightly annoying problem

Andy T.

Re: Avant startup source question.

rhone — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:54:58 GMT

With the RF modulator there is no need for a scart socket.Check out this link to see if this helps

Rhone.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=rf%20modulator&source=15&SD=Y

Re: Avant startup source question.

Jandyt — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:19:14 GMT

Thanks to all three of you for your kind replies and welcome to the forum, Rhone.
Problem with all of these solutions is the lack of a spare scart socket. There are three scarts, one has my Sky+ box in it, one has my Kikinoko DVD/HD recorder in and the other connects to the built-in VCR. Scart splitter is look like an option.

Andy T.

Re: Avant startup source question.

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:48:10 GMT

My Camera is plugged into the Avant's SCART connection. I press VTAPE to view it. You could buy a SCART convertor and try that?

Re: Avant startup source question.

Beobuddy — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:27:11 GMT

Hi Andy,

What kind of Avant do you have, type nr?

The problem is that the avant automatically detects videosignal on the Camcord input.

You can try :

1. Use the decoderscart socket om the back, this supports also CVBS and you can probably give it name like VAux, Vtape2. This depends on the type of Avant.

If you can't give it a name, then probably you can use TV 99 and tune that channel to the decodersocket (in the more option at tuningmenu)

After pressing TV 99 it searches for videosignal at the decoderinput.

2. Maybe you can rename the Camcorder to VAux in the setup menu.

Go to the menu, setup, and go to "Menu" line and press menu while you're standing on it.

It depends on the type of software, but you can rename Camcord to Vaux. Perhaps it stops responding automatically to the videosignal of the CCTV. I never tried it, but maybe it helps.

Re: Avant startup source question.

rhone — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:52:25 GMT

This may be a better way . Buy a RF modulator connect the cctv to the modulator then connect your TV cable thru the modulator and back to your Advant you should then be able to give your cctv a channel no. The bueaty of this way is if you have masterlink tv and beoport with a tv card in your pc you can call up this channel at any time.Hope this helps

Rhone .

P.S. this is my first post