Got a new TV today!....

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:23 am

It's a 20 inch Magnovox; only cost $109!

While the picture is a lot better then the TV with the burn-out AV jacks that I had, the sound isn't quite as good because the AV inputs only include white and yellow-no red. The sales rep at Circuit City told me that you can buy some kind of adapter to add the red jack; I have no idea what one of those would look like, or is called.

Sony should have gotten my PSTwo this morning; I wonder if they'll just return it to me, or send me a new one. Whatever, I can't wait to get back into PS2 gaming, even though I still have the DC!

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:34 am

He was pulling your leg when he told you about the adapter. Just set your console to "mono" in the options menu. Or plug the red and white jacks to a boombox or stereo. Jeez. I can't believe he'd make up crap like that.

marcus12024 · Post by **marcus12024** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:54 am

Actually there is such an adapter - it's just called a "Y adaptor", or sometimes a "Y adaptor - 2 female to 1 male". It accepts both left and right audio inputs, and will output a single signal that contains both channels. The advantage to this setup is that you don't need to set anything to mono, you can simply leave it on stereo - and while your sound will still only come through in mono, you won't miss anything that would otherwise be left out by only using one channel.

EDIT - this adaptor should cost less than five bucks and is available at nearly any electronics store.

EDIT2 - here's what you're looking for: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?c ... id=42-2536

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:42 pm

Thanks!

So, which AV input jack do I plug this into?

Also, I am afraid that with only two AV jacks that I won't be able to use an adapter that has multiple AV jacks-remember the one's on my old TV got burn out, and I don't want that to happen again. Of course I was in my impulsive stage where I was constantly plugging in and out new and different consoles, with their corresponding AV cables.

OmegaFlareX · Post by **OmegaFlareX** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:03 pm

You paid over 100 bucks and are still stuck with composite? Have fun with that.

thesuperkillerxxx · Post by **thesuperkillerxxx** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:07 pm

lossy sound through Y adapter, stick with mono settings in option menus!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:29 pm

"You paid over 100 bucks and are still stuck with composite? Have fun with that."

Umm...yeah, this is composite when it has two AV outputs.

And can I still hook up one of those multi-AV strips to this TV?

Post by **nZero** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:23 pm

dave4shmups wrote:Umm...yeah, this is composite when it has two AV outputs. :roll:

Yes. The yellow jack is composite video. The white jack is monoaural audio.

dave4shmups wrote:And can I still hook up one of those multi-AV strips to this TV?

Sure. Just leave the red plug unplugged.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:13 pm

My apologies OmegaFlareX, I thought composite video referred to older TV's that have NO AV jacks on them at all-in other words, TV's that you can only use RF on.

And BTW, I thought you could only set individual games to Mono, not whole consoles.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:19 pm

dave4shmups wrote:Of course I was in my impulsive stage where I was constantly plugging in and out new and different consoles, with their corresponding AV cables.

about how long of this kind of activity can a tv take? will it really ruin the inputs? i've got a switcher for my Saturn, VCR, Xbox, and us PS2. my Genesis, jp PS2, PC Engine Duo, GC, and DC all the share the front port. been meaning to buy another switcher box (and eventually the us ps2 will get a component cable).

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:16 pm

Maybe it was a bad model; I dunno. What I do know is that I only plan on having 3 consoles with AV-my DC, my US-PSTwo, and a Japanese or Asian PSTwo. And an Atari 2600, which will, of course be RF. So 3 systems shouldn't put that much stress on the jacks, AFIK.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:28 pm

It's definitely the TV jack's problem. I've got a VCR from 1990 that still has operational jacks through occasional use even though the heads are messed up. I have another VCR from about 1998 where both front and rear video jacks died in about 3 months. On the other hand, my TV from 1998 serves every one of my systems as well as a DVD player and its jacks still work perfectly.

OmegaFlareX · Post by **OmegaFlareX** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:55 pm

dave4shmups wrote:My apologies OmegaFlareX, I thought composite video referred to older TV's that have NO AV jacks on them at all-in other words, TV's that you can only use RF on.

My point was, you spent a lot of money for a shitty picture, and I feel bad for you. Composite is shit, no matter how big or small or soundly-built the set is. You could've had s-video and component had you done some research and paid a little more.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:38 pm

OmegaFlareX, I didn't pay for the TV, I don't have that much money; my folks did, and that was as expensive as they we're willing to go, which was still very generous of them, IMO.

And composite or not, I'm telling you that this thing has a MUCH better, sharper picture then the TV I had before that burnt out.