Hi & some quick ??s

[Heidfirst]

Hi folks, long time lurker etc. ...

Anyway, after many, many moons I have upgraded my TV to a nice new widescreen Philips one.

Q1. said tele only has 1 RGB enabled SCART + 1 other - when I use DVD into the RGB SCART the TV tells me that it is in RGB. Even though I have RGB set in the TV settings page of the NTL digibox (Pace D14010?) if I use the RGB enabled SCART from that the TV tells me it is composite (CBVS).
How do I get RGB into my TV from the NTL box?

Q2. The telextext buttons on the remote for my old tele died years ago so I never tried teletext when I "upgraded" from analogue.
New tele supposedly can handle 1200 pages of teletext but can't find any on NTL digibox.
Does NTL not transmit teletext info on digital or am I doing something wrong (quite possible, this new tele has menu after menu of settings but a crap user manual)?

I'm in Glasgow if that makes any difference.

Thanks for any assistance.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Heidfirst

Hi folks, long time lurker etc. ...

Q1. said tele only has 1 RGB enabled SCART + 1 other - when I use DVD into the RGB SCART the TV tells me that it is in RGB. Even though I have RGB set in the TV settings page of the NTL digibox (Pace D14010?) if I use the RGB enabled SCART from that the TV tells me it is composite (CBVS).
How do I get RGB into my TV from the NTL box?

Dunno about this one. Hopefully someone else will be able to help you with that.

Originally Posted by Heidfirst

Q2. The telextext buttons on the remote for my old tele died years ago so I never tried teletext when I "upgraded" from analogue.
New tele supposedly can handle 1200 pages of teletext but can't find any on NTL digibox.
Does NTL not transmit teletext info on digital or am I doing something wrong (quite possible, this new tele has menu after menu of settings but a crap user manual)?

Teletext is transmitted on some channels (UKTV Gold, Smash Hits etc) but not on the main BBC or ITV channels. If you have an outside aerial the CS can send you a combiner so you can pick up 1-5 on your TV or we can arrange a tech visit to fit a bypass which would give you 1-5 through the NTL cable with teletext.

[Neil]

Welcome to nthw Heidfirst.

[mattley]

Have you checked your SCART lead, or Splitter, if you have one? Some cheaper ones don't have all pins connected.

[Heidfirst]

Yes, tried same cable that gives RGB OK from DVD.

[mattley]

Has the TV got more than one SCART input? and more importantly do they both/all support RGB? Alot of TV's only offer RGB on SCART 1 and not the others.

[DeKurver]

Originally Posted by Heidfirst

Yes, tried same cable that gives RGB OK from DVD.

I guess it could be one of two things (apologies for stating the bleedin' obvious here):

1. Your TV is not correctly reporting the RGB signal from the STB.
2. Your STB is not outputting an RGB signal.

From what you've said about your DVD player, it sounds unlikely that there's a problem with the TV. Can you see any noticeable difference in the picture quality (particularly in the EPG) if you switch the STB between composite and RGB? If so, then it looks like your TV is lying to you otherwise you probably have a faulty STB. For the record, I have a 4001 STB and RGB is working for me.

[sherer]

am doing this from memory but you need to put the STB into RGB output rather than composite.. with the remote press TV Guide.. then go into TV Settings then Display Settings and change the output to RGB from Composite.. you can also change the screen size to widescreen 16:9 here as well.

Sherer

[Heidfirst]

OK, we've sorted Q1 now - for some reason it is being very picky about cables.
Although it wouldn't do RGB from the digibox with the 1 cable that was giving RGB from DVD OK it will with another cable that I've borrowed

Btw, for those who asked I did say in my initial post that I had already set RGB in the digibox setup (had also set 16:9 which I failed to mention) & that my TV had 1 RGB enabled SCART plus 1 other SCART. :pp

Thanks for the help/support anyway guys.