panasonic q strangeness!

[punio75]

Happily bought a Panny Q from Budge on here and all is well, got a gc component cable so everything great.

My cousin came round over Christmas and was so impressed he asked if I could source him one.

It arrived today (got hit at customs ) and I've booted it up using my cables as this was quicker and it obviously came with a Japanese plug.

Weirdly there is no picture! Power- yes Sound- yes but no image displayed.

How can this be?- I'm using the same cables that work on mine!

[dvdx2]

faulty internal av port? (video) on the Q? dry solder joint?

[J0e Musashi]

Have you tried using other cables?

[punio75]

Back at work now, but will try other cables, I can have a look at what it came with in the box.

[punio75]

Came with what looks like s-video cable- don't think my tv has an input for that

Found an old red,white yellow cable (composite) and that creates a picture.

[punio75]

Still No joy- what are my other connection options?

[speedlolita]

Composite or s-vhs.

[punio75]

Mmm- bit of a bummer.
I'll ask my cousin what he thinks- will be a hassle to send back to be honest.
I think he was impressed with my picture though- so composite may not be an option.

Any point in looking in to getting it fixed? Certainly not my forte!

[speedlolita]

What you're describing is beyond strange. Aside from busting it open and checking nothing has gone rotten on the AV port or whatever I can't really think of anything!

[punio75]

Yeah, weird!

I would try another component cable but
a) why would one work and not another?
b) they are so hard to track down

Keep thinking have i missed something simple like any display settings but my Q I never had to do anything- just plug and play!

[speedlolita]

Wondering if yours might have a chip or something that might affect output? Drawing blanks here though - your assumption that another component cable doesn't make sense I agree with too.

[punio75]

Mmm, well I've had another look.
Seems the only difference between the two is that this new one has a switch on the bottom.

This must be to switch between regions instead of holding down the power button.
Maybe this had an impact?????