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From: jkh@bambam.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: HELP! MY 1084 Doesn't do Composite Video! (?!?!)
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Date: 3 Dec 90 08:08:27 GMT
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Hi!

Last week, I tried hooking a VCR up to my 1084 Monitor so that I
could, like, watch videos on it when I wasn't playing "Wings" :-). The
same VCR having worked on a friend's 1084S monitor, I wasn't expecting
any trouble when I hooked it up. Wrong. The CVS (CVCS? I don't
remember the exact acronym; sorry) input doesn't seem to work at all!
When I push *either* of the two buttons on the back of the monitor on
(while the amiga is hooked up), nothing happens. On the 1884S monitor,
pushing the CVS/RGB in will blank the Amiga's video. On my monitor,
it does nothing. I can't get the monitor to do anything but display
the Amiga's RGB signal and this is very frustrating. I opened up the
monitor to see if the jack was shorted and/or disconnected somehow, but
it looks fine. I don't know what the resistance/impedance is supposed
to be, so I haven't measured it.

Any ideas?

				Jordan