Difference between revisions of "TV SCART cable"

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A TV SCART cable allows to connect the CPC/CPCplus to the TV set. This is especially helpful if you couldn't get your hands on a colour monitor or want to use the CPC/CPCplus as a video console in the living room.

Schematics

Amstrad/Schneider CPC (classic)

Colour Picture (RGB)

Schematic for a CPC classic connection to a TV-set (Colour Picture)

Black & White Monochrome Picture

Schematic for a CPCclassic connection to a TV-set (Black & White Picture)

Alternative RGB Wiring

Schematic to connect to RGB without requiring a 1.5V supply (Colour Picture) The 9V supply (as shown above) may still be required if the TV-Set has no AV Source Selector

Amstrad CPCplus (In theory also GX4000, but it has its own SCART outlet)

Colour Picture (RGB)

Schematic for a CPCplus connection to a TV-set (Colour Picture)

Black & White Monochrome Picture

Schematic for a CPCplus connection to a TV-set (Black & White Picture)

Additional Resistors

Info from OCT: "I recall that when Amstrad Action came up with the proposal for a SCART cable back in issue AA41, numerous readers wrote in suggesting that resistors (most commonly: slightly below 330 ohms) should be connected "in series to the colour signals [...] for improving picture quality" (AA45, June 1989, FORUM, p. 23), so they seem to have appeared overblown in comparison to the CTM644s' back in the day."

Videos

A SCART cable howto:

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