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"Help with PS2 DVD player"

My friend has his PS2 plugged through his video using the S-Video cable that comes with his PS2. When he plays DVDs he gets problems with the picture flashing dark and light.

Is there anything he can do to sort this out? Like getting a different scart cable?

~Thanks~

He plugs it throught his video so he can get surround sound, which he would be able to if he plugged it into his TV.

So no ideads how to get around the flashy screen whilst still been able to plud through the vid?

Del Rogeo wrote:
> I bought a multi-scart adapter the other day but the sound doesn't
> work on anything I plug in it for some reason.
>
> Any ideas?

Similar thing happened to me. My PS2 and Xbox work fine, but my DVD player doesnt have any sound on it. I still have to swich cables now so it seems pointless having the adaptor.

Whatever you do, dont get a scart cable because it makes the screen go green when you watch films. If you just use the composite cable with the scart adaptor and plug it straight into your tv it should work fine. As someone already said the reason its not working now is because of copy protection software not allowing you to pass the signal through the video player.

And before anyone says "but ive got a scart cable and its fine" you probably dont have a proper 21 pin cable.

My PS2 does the same damn thing, but I'm kinda screwed because my TV doesn't have any AV outputs, just cable.



Does that make as much sense as I think it does?

Del Rogeo wrote:
> Yeah.
>
> I got it from an ex-cat shop for £3.99. Come to think of it
> that was pretty stupid. Ex-catalogue is basically synonymous with
> "crap that doesn't work properly, right? What did i expect?

i suppose £3.99 isnt too much to lose, but you should still go back and try and get another one/refund if you can be bothered.

They are useful and it saves keep reaching round the back of your TV to change the Scart plugs

grr...

Yeah.

I got it from an ex-cat shop for £3.99. Come to think of it that was pretty stupid. Ex-catalogue is basically synonymous with "crap that doesn't work properly, right? What did i expect?

I dont know mate, it all worked for me.

I expect you have already tried, but make sure the scarts are plugged in all the way into the adapter and into the unit you are using. Otherwise take it back and ask the people you got it off of, they will probably give you another one or tell you to sod off, one or the other

I bought a multi-scart adapter the other day but the sound doesn't work on anything I plug in it for some reason.

Any ideas?

It happened to me, but that was because i had a multi-scart socket - e.g.



**************************>SCART (PS2)
**************************>SCART (DVD Player)
TV -----> SCART----------->SCART (DVD Recorder)
**************************>SCART (VCR Player)
**************************>SCART
**************************>SCART

But it caused interference between the different things, so i had to unplug them all and just have the PS2 going into the scart.

* = nothing there
- = leads/wires