Posted by MOSFET on 04/14/06 14:48

THANKS FOR THE INFO!!

Does this have anything to do with DVI inputs? My HDTV cable has these
outputs, can I use these as RGB?

Thanks,

MOSFET

"J Brockley" <jbrockley@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Hey guys!
>>
>> I have a Philips 34" widescreen HDTV. It has 2 component inputs, but one
>> (the AV-4) is called a 2fh video input. When I try connecting my DVD
>> player or my HDTV cable to it (with component RGB jacks) all I get is a
>> black screen. My other component input (AV-3) works fine with both.
>> What's going on? I'd really like to use both, obviously, as I want to
>> use component for both my DVD player and my HDTV cable.
>>
>> The 2fh video input is strange. Besides the regular 3 RGB inputs, there
>> is also a V and H (I think), they ARE NOT the audio inputs, but they are
>> another pair of RCA's. I HAVE NO IDEA what these plug into.
>>
>> Is there any way I can use these inputs?
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> MOSFET
> Don't confuse RGB with component as they are not the same thing. Your AV4
> sounds like RGB input with separate sync lines which is the same as the
> output from a PC. This differs from AV RGB where the sync signals are on
> the green lead I think which it may well support.
> Component is actually a luminence and sync on one wire plus a red and blue
> on the other two. Green is derived from the Red and Blue signals.
>
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