Originally Posted by Theodoric

Before I throw in the towel and move to a SCART switch box, perhaps someone can advise me on the S-video route. I've got hold of an S-video cable and a dual RCA plug lead for the audio. I've used them to connect the DVD player to the TV but there is no sign of the DVD menu appearing on the TV (the DVD player says that the disk is playing).

Attached below is a diagram of all the other leads between the STB, the VCR and the TV; I've had these for years and now I've examined them more closely there seems to be an awful lot of complication here; it partly goes back to what the ntl engineer (I think) set up and we've had no problems with it. Any suggestions?

EDIT All of the rectangular boxes in the diagram are SCART connections.