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Thread ID: 40948	2003-12-24 22:16:00	Help connecting DVD player to TV, Xmas day headache starting...	John W (523)	Press F1

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202787	2003-12-24 22:16:00	Good morning Just unpackaged our Transonic DVD player, looked over the Instruction Booklet, pluged in the power supply, removed the clear transfer over the front panel LCD display, installed a DVD into the unit etc, but for the life of me, I cant workout the wiring connectors. Our Phillips TV has three rows of Yellow, White & Black RCA type sockets. The DVD lead comes with Yellow White & *Red* plugs. Im smart enough to connect the TV end, assuming the *Red* should be connected into the Red connector. On the rear of the DVD, I have a host of connectors available, nicely sectioned off into groups - 2 vertical Black sockets, 4 sectioned White sockets, a Yellow sockets with another PS2 type plug beneath labelled S-Video, another sectioned area of Blue Red & Brown sockets, and finally a Brown socket labelled Digital Audio Out. So I pushed play on the DVD, connected the plugs into the following sockets on the DVD Yellow-Yellow, Red to Black, White to White. Selected AV channel on the TV then hoped to see something. I smell a Rat though, because nothing has come up on the DVD LCD display when play was pushed. Please, where have I gone wrong.... The Booket does not cover connections, thus this query. Thanks in anticipation...... John in Dunedin.	John W (523)
202788	2003-12-24 22:33:00	Uh, by the sounds of it, there is no power to DVD player. Also if it is good DVD it will have composite connectors at the back which split the colours. They are not AV (S-Video or whatever) Depending on the AGE of your tv it may have Composite in, but youhave to buy the composite cables. I dont want to sound arrogant, but have to turned the Power and DVD player on? some might no just turn on when pushing play (that sounds like what you're doing). Although our Pioneer dvd player does. Does the DVD LCD Screen say loading or anything?	MrBeef (342)
202789	2003-12-24 22:57:00	Hi John, I was playing with one of these two weeks ago. The display also never showed anything. I also thought it was dodgy. Try opening the draw on it. I contected it up through a mono video using only one sound output. (front/back right/left?) - (not the ideal DVD experience but better than nothing I guess) Should work through the video channel on the TV.	Archibald (180)
202790	2003-12-24 23:03:00	Hi John, if your just connecting to a TV then try this. On the TV you should have Video1,Video2 and Monito or AV1, AV2 and monitor. Each of these should have three plugs - yellow, red and white. Put the plugs into AV1 or Video1 plugs with the black plug going into the red socket and the others going into their corresponding colours. On the DVD put the yellow plug into the Video Out, Black into Audio Out R and White into Audio Out L. Most DVD's have a stand by and you should see a light on the DVD showing its getting power. You might need to press the stand by button to get it showing your picture as its in 'sleep' mode. Post back if you still have problems.	parry (27)
202791	2003-12-25 10:03:00	Thanks to all, my BIIL called around later in the afternoon, between us we worked out the three rows of sockets at the rear of the TV are for AV1 AV2 and something else, pluged sockets into middle row of this lot, found out we had picture, sound came after I altered a white plug at the rear of the DVD player. Played a DVD just fine but still nothing displated on the DVD LCD, will try audio CD tomorrow. Cheers.....John.	John W (523)
202792	2003-12-25 12:35:00	You need to plug the Red/White/Yellow cables from the DVD player. There should be a set labeled AV OUT and one labeled AV IN (or something similar as they are all different). You need to make sure you get the outputs and plug all 3 cables into their colour coded sockets. Next find on you TV the sockets for the inputs. They are usually labeled AV1 AV2 AV3 etc. You can usually pick which ever one you want. Just plug the same colour coded plugs into the which ever one you pick. Usually yellow is the video, red the right channel sound and white the left channel sound. Now simply turn you TV onto the correct channel (ie whatever you AV you took) and it should work. I have mine set up as follows. Sky Direct to TV in AV1 Sky RF into DVD RF IN Video Direct Into AV1 of DVD AV1 IN DVD Direct into AV2 of TV. My TV has SCART plugs so needs converters so you need to be careful of these if you use them. They usually have a switch on them for IN/OUT. If they are in the wrong position they don't work and make life frustrating. This was learned the hard way.	Big John (551)
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