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From: gdtltr@peppermint.it.udel.edu (Gary Duzan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Connecting Atari 800 to a video input
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Date: 12 Feb 90 21:38:57 GMT
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In article <10@xyzzy.UUCP> roths@dg-rtp.dg.com writes:
=>I just bought a new television.  It has a jack for direct video input.  I
=>would like to connect my Atari 800 to the television using that input.
=>
=>I have a cable that I used for that purpose years ago.  One one end, the
=>cable plugs into the Atari 800 monitor jack.  The other end has 4 outputs
=>that look like standard audio/video connectors.  They are yellow, black,
=>white, and red.
=>
=>The only two which give any results are the yellow and black ones.  The black
=>one works perfectly, it sends an audio signal to whichever audio input I attach
=>it to.  The yellow one does send a video signal to the television.  But the
=>picture is in black and white and appears to have other problems as well.
=>I know it worked perfectly, years ago.
=>
=>Any ideas?
=>
   The yellow one seems to be the Luma output. On certain monitors (like the
Commie 1702) you can have the Chroma (color) and Luma (brightness) inputs on
different plugs, which gives a better picture. It sounds like your cable might
be messed up, or possibly a connection to the jack in the computer.

                                        Gary Duzan
                                        Time  Lord
                                    Third Regeneration
                                 Atari Enthusiast Extreme



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