Panasonic Q + Panasonic TV, major problems!

[Secombe]

Hi all,

I've just got a Panasonic Q with an RGB lead, but itwill not run on my Panasonic TX-28PL1 TV. The TV is NTSC compatible apparently.

I connected the RGB lead, RGB popped up on the display of the TV but all I got on screen was a sort of rolling fuzz against a black background.

I tried an S-Video lead (just a PC one I dug out) and connected it direct to check the Q was actually working, it worked but I got a B&W image.

So, could it be that I do not infact have an NTSC compatible TV? Or could there be something obvious I am missing?

[Mayhem]

If you're doing RGB, then NTSC doesn't matter as the signal isn't "regionalised". It's just red, green and blue colour signals. All you need then is to make sure the TV can do 60Hz.

The S-video connection gave you a picture, so the TV is 60Hz enabled. As you got a b&w picture means it doesn't handle NTSC though. Though you could also have had the channel set to composite mode though (so check that). Having a channel set to that whilst trying to use an S-video connection (and vice versa) will produce a b&w image even if the TV is NTSC capable.

Did you have the RGB cable in the right Scart socket? Only one Scart on the TV (usually #1) is normally RGB enabled. Did the TV auto switch to the RGB channel when you turned on the Q? You could try manually switching to the RGB Scart channel as there's something in the Scart plug connections (a resistor or something, someone else will clarify 100%) needed to switch over the channel automatically.

My N64 is RGB modded but doesn't switch auto. I have to change to RGB channel to get a proper picture, in the meantime I see exactly what you are getting currently on screen.

Oh and welcome to the boards

[Saurian]

If the image is rolling you may not have the composite sync phono cable plugged into the Q correctly. Make sure you have both the D-Terminal cable plugged in as well as the 3 phonos for audio and composite video - and the SCART in AV1 (or whichever is RGB enabled)

[Secombe]

Ahhhh, thankyou thankyou thankyou. I plugged the Scart lead in but not the 3 phono's, works brilliantly now thanks.

Chris.

[MD]

As an alternative reply, the Panasonic TV you have doesn't support S-Video via SCART hence the B&W picture..