[sdiy] OT: Somebody may know this...

[Ingo Debus]

(no idea why this didn't come through, second try:)

Am Dienstag, 14.09.04 um 20:32 Uhr schrieb Gene Stopp:

> Tried composite video instead - same thing. Moved composite cable 
> directly
> to sampler (bypassed switch box), same thing. Tried S-Video directly to
> sampler, same thing. I guess there is some scan-rate thing going on. 
> There's
> no adjustment for this on either end. So I guess I'm hosed, but it 
> would be
> good to know what's going on.
>

I own a S-760 too. The picture with the composite video output is 
indeed bad, there are strong artefacts from the chroma channel (correct 
term?). Never tried a modulator, but it can only be worse.
But the picture I get with the S-VHS output is really good. I use a 
small old b/w TV retrofitted with a video input (DIY content here!), so 
only the Y part of the S-VHS signal is used.

Some S-760's (mine too) can be switched between NTSC and PAL mode, 
which would mean different scan rates. Perhaps it it would work better 
in one or the other mode? There are S-760's out there that can't be 
switched, I guess it's just a matter of the firmware. The switching can 
be done when the "Mode" buttor is held down during power-up. It's the 
5th item in the setup menu.

Ingo