SyncMaster 215TW via rgb = freeview?

lakitu · 7 Sep 2006 at 00:07

hi i recently purchased my SyncMaster 215TW 21 inch and would like to know if i can plug my freeview box directly into using its rgb input. Is this how I would connect it? Is there any way if not? Thanks in advance

neocon · 7 Sep 2006 at 00:14

You can buy scart to rgb cable. Sounds like it might work. What about sound though?

neocon · 7 Sep 2006 at 00:24

That got me thinking. Would it be posible to connect a freeview box to a monitor via the vga connector?

Such as one like this I found on ebay:

Could plug freeview boxes sound jack into a hifi to get sound. Right?

lakitu · 7 Sep 2006 at 00:50

yeah thats a good idea...my box has two scarts so would the spare scart (after i have plugged the scart-vga into my monitor) be used to plug into the stereo via a scart-rgb cable as you mentioned ealier.

neocon · 7 Sep 2006 at 00:59

You mean, use one scart socket to output video to your monitor and the other scart to output sound to your stereo?

I'm not 100% sure, better see what other ppl make of it.

dutchman.pt · 7 Sep 2006 at 07:00

neocon said:
You mean, use one scart socket to output video to your monitor and the other scart to output sound to your stereo?

I'm not 100% sure, better see what other ppl make of it.

Use the freeview box Scart output to pass the video to the 215TW and to output the sound use that RCA or S/PDIF connected to an HI-FI.
That should do the trick.

lakitu · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:16

ahhh thanks for that, ill give it a shot !

fobose · 7 Sep 2006 at 16:58

Cool I didnt know you could get a Scart socket with a VGA connector on the other end! ;D

dutchman.pt · 8 Sep 2006 at 09:00

fobose said:
Cool I didnt know you could get a Scart socket with a VGA connector on the other end! ;D

I didn't know too.
Nice info, neocon.

rjd · 8 Sep 2006 at 14:24

Hi All

I'm interested in connecting a spare Freeview box to my Dell 2407WFP monitor.

What's the difference between this 'basic' lead and a Scart to VGA Syncblaster cable (at 3 to 4 times the price)?

What about RGB Scart to Component?

Has anyone tried the ‘basic’ lead and if so does it work and is the picture as good as you expected?