David Lock

1) Can I get a DVD recorder that will work with an an older TV that doesn't have a Scart connection?

2) Can I get a not-too-expensive car radio that you can plug an Ipod into diectly?

Thanks, David

mrtheedge2u2

Yes and yes.

HTH

David Lock

Yes it does thanks.

I thought 2) would be a yes but 3 shops, including Currys, have said no to 1)


Any chance of a link that I can use to prove them wrong?

Cheers, David

mrtheedge2u2

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just a couple....

or was you refering to links to number 1?

David Lock

Hey - thanks for your input. But sorry, yes, it was link/s to DVD Recorders that will work with a non-Scart TV (number 1).

David

Coffin Dodger

Depends what other inputs the TV has. It is unlikely that any DVD recorder will have a UHF modulator in it to send its output to the TV through an aerial lead.

If the TV has a composite video or S-Video input then you're in with a fighting chance.

That said any TV without a SCART connection must be pretty old, I had my first TV with a SCART in the eighties! Perhaps it is time to upgrade, especially as basic LCD screens can be had for a few Ł100 and will probably have several SCARTs, component, HDMI, etc.

Chip

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Chip

gallois

it would be easier to buy a seperate rf modulator (scart input with scart output AND rf output) and fit it to any DVD recorder with a scart out. Keene Electronics

although if used without a looped through scart feed, it will need a 75ohm scart plug

Keene Electronics

about Ł40-ish for the two.

Quasi Modo

Ah mate, i know what it is now!

Can i have a camera instead? Only Ł250.00?

David Lock

OK guys , many thanks for input.

Anyway I went to Currys and bought one with a view to changing TVs around if I needed to.

I got a National Panasonic with hard drive for around Ł230 which seemed an OK price. I looked at the back of machine and asked what all the connections were for. The guy pointed to a few and told me they were use whan connecting to a TV without a Scart output This from the same shop whose "technical" guy had said that I can only use a TV with a Scart. So what hope is there for people like me who don't even know what SCART stands for

Thanks Chip. I have identified a Halfords shop in Dublin (where car is) and I will get my boy to sort the radio out with them

David

Coffin Dodger

SCART = Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs

Bloody French

Still I've learnt something today

SCART - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Lock

Of course - silly me

I think I'll learn that and go into PC World and ask for one.......

David