Hercules 9800SE AIW Problem

[Cider Monster]

Well, here we go, my first post....bound to be a dumb one!

Just bought a Hercules 9800SE Radeon AIW card and all installed quite happily. However, something is confusing me.

If I use an S-Video lead from my VHS to the break-out box the picture appears on my monitor fine. However, an S-Video lead from the back of my DVD player only gives a black & white picture. The S-Video lead is connected to the DVD through one of those SCART socket adapters with composite and S-Video outputs.

I do a reasonable amount of work that requires access to the CD drive so I can't run the DVD in the PC itself. Any suggestions as to why the picture is in black and white via S-Video?

TIA

P.S. Apologies if this is something I've missed in the instructions but I am stricken with the dreaded flu and feeling all miserable

[Swafe]

i have no idea - ALL my graphics cards seem to do b&w tvout and frankly, it really annoys me when i come to want to watch a film

i THINK the problem is the connection, most svids have 6 pins on like a ps2 mouse, however my mates that works has a load more, like 9 or 10 pins - i think the problems lie in the cable not the card as i have the same problem, but i cant seem to find any decent cables

[Stoo]

IIRC, there are a couple of s-video settings, one of which results in a b&w picture, it also could be a symptom of macrovision from the dvd player..

[Swafe]

yeah when i had this problem i was told it was pal/ntsc signal, so i changed it and i still got black and white

[blockers]

Hi mate, this wont help the situation, but have you tried softmodding it to a 9800?

Will

[DeludedGuy]

I have a digital camera, which i can use as a webcam, but the video in, is always black and white, an di too have it on PAL, and i have tried everything, and its always black and white. Im sure there must be some way to make it color, its just not known to man.

[Cider Monster]

As far as the S-Video lead I ditched the one supplied with the card as that seemed to be missing a few pins and used a gold-plated all pins present one that is working.

What makes this all the more baffling is that when I used the same lead and connections into my trusty old Hauppage WinTV card there were no problems.

[hotpurple]

you have the tv set to read composite video. Make sure it is set to svideo. S video has two outputs, luminescence and colour. When you set it to composite it only reads the luminescence channel, hence you only get b&w

[Stoo]

^--- that's the setting I was meaning