RGB TV found!?

[Richter X]

I was at my friend's house last night and I wondered if his crappy RCA TV at least had composite video inputs. It turned out it had a lot more than just composite. It had a multitude of Audio and Video inputs, including S-Video and a SCART-shaped AV connector. Is this really a SCART-style RGB+Audio connection?

[Martin]

I guess that would be really hard to find out... :rolleyes:
Last I checked plugging an RGB device into it with an RGB SCART cable would tell you in under a second.

[Endymion]

I'm guessing he doesn't have such a cable, and being in America, you can't just walk into any game store and buy one.

Still, getting ahold of one will be the easiest way to find out, presuming your friend doesn't know or doesn't have a manual. Get yourself over to ebay, type "scart" into the search box then look under the video game listings for the SCART cable for the console of your choice, then tell us what happens.

By the way, I don't guess this TV is sold anymore as you seem to imply it is crappy/old?

[cgm]

I was at my friend's house last night and I wondered if his crappy RCA TV at least had composite video inputs. It turned out it had a lot more than just composite. It had a multitude of Audio and Video inputs, including S-Video and a SCART-shaped AV connector. Is this really a SCART-style RGB+Audio connection?

I had one of these TVs back in the day (was new in 1988-89). Still have the manual. According to what it says its an "EIA Multiport Connector". It was developed as a way to seemlessly add a cable box/descrambler to your TV and use the internal tuner to change the channels. Cable companies fearing lost revenue from remote control rentals (really!) killed it. The pin-out should be available online but according to the manual, the Colortrak 2000's Multiport does NOT carry RGB signals.