Problem with Wii SCART cable.

scorza · 9 Jan 2007 at 20:40

When I plugged my new Wii SCART cable in (official one btw) my TV stubbornly refuses to show any picture at all. I get the sound ok but no picture from the normal TV channels or the Wii. The composite cable with the SCART adapter works fine. Any ideas what could be wrong?

My TV is kinda old so I reckon it could well be time to get a new one

Raymond Lin · 9 Jan 2007 at 20:42

scorza said:
When I plugged my new Wii SCART cable in (official one btw) my TV stubbornly refuses to show any picture at all. I get the sound ok but no picture from the normal TV channels or the Wii. The composite cable with the SCART adapter works fine. Any ideas what could be wrong?

My TV is kinda old so I reckon it could well be time to get a new one

May be the Scart is default at 60hz, is there a way to change it to 50hz?

FeFiDoh · 9 Jan 2007 at 20:58

plug old cable in and goto the Wii system options and change to 50hz :confused:

scorza · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:33

R5Rich said:
plug old cable in and goto the Wii system options and change to 50hz

Is on 50hz already.

Sweetloaf · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:45

scorza said:
but no picture from the normal TV channels or the Wii. The composite cable with the SCART adapter works fine. Any ideas what could be wrong?

Your SCART will not use one of the normal channels. Do you have a button like AV select or anything similar maybe a picture of a box with an arrow pointing into it?

Syph · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:47

You mean the RGB cable? Is it in an RGB socket?

DaveyD · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:48

Syph said:
You mean the RGB cable? Is it in an RGB socket?

Probably the most logical cause.

Try the cable in SCART socket 1.

scorza · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:50

Syph said:
You mean the RGB cable? Is it in an RGB socket?

Yeah sorry - the name on the box is a "Wii RGB cable". And yes, it was in an RGB socket

Wait - whats the difference between a SCART and an RGB socket then?

DaveyD · 9 Jan 2007 at 21:55

scorza said:
Yeah sorry - the name on the box is a "Wii RGB cable". And yes, it was in an RGB socket

Wait - whats the difference between a SCART and an RGB socket then?

TVs generally have 1 RGB SCART socket, the rest of them being composite SCART, or something like that. RGB SCART is the better quality, not sure why, but the signal is a lot better.

If you have not tried it in SCART socket 1, have a go

scorza · 9 Jan 2007 at 22:07

DaveyD said:
TVs generally have 1 RGB SCART socket, the rest of them being composite SCART, or something like that. RGB SCART is the better quality, not sure why, but the signal is a lot better.

If you have not tried it in SCART socket 1, have a go

Cheers - tried it in socket 1. Picture worked fine for TV and Wii - but none of my WiiMotes sync'd. Switched it back and can sync again :confused:

mrgubby · 9 Jan 2007 at 22:42

SCART is a connector standard , RGB is effectively the same as component but in this case the signals are through the SCART plug not seperate phonos. TVs will quite often only have one SCART with RGB capability the others only handle composite .