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Originally Posted by confucious
I have just bought a slingbox as I thought the latest code drop enabled SCART out while connected through HDMI but I have tried both scart sockets and my slingbox doesn't receive any video in. Do I have to do something to enable the SCART out? OR have I misunderstood completely?
Thanks
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Confuscious,
I have been using the old Slingbox Media (not the Pro or Solo) for over 18 months; when I initially tried to connect to the V+, via SCART, it knocked out my HDMI, which is my primary source of television pictures. I take it you are using the Slingbox Pro which has HDMI input.
I had to call out an engineer to resolve the problem because (I have the silver V+ box) it cannot handle both HDMI & SCART simultaneously. Apparently, “in theory”, the V+ should be able to handle both but HDMIs don’t ping (as I was informed by the engineer).
In theory it should be the lower SCART cable, that you connect not the top, but I use to archive material to my
Pioneer 940 DVR and then connect the Sling Box to Pioneer to access material (archived and not on the V+).
However, one minor thing is that because of the way my Pioneer TV is set up whenever I access the material, via Slingbox it switches on the TV, (and you don’t want a plasma or LCD burning whilst your overseas) if it is not on already it turns the TV over because the SCART pings that its being accessed. This is a bit of a problem as there is still only one HMDI output on a V+ box. Although, I have asked about this and not received an answer I believe the problem is in the way the HDMI functions and not really the V+ box.
Don’t know if this helps for thought I may as well add to the pile.
To note: One thing you should be aware using a Slingbox is that despite what broadband set up you have at home, the picture quality is dependant on whatever internet access you can obtain overseas, (HDMI requires a lot of band width) so unless you are travelling to South Korea, where mega download speeds are the norm, I wouldn’t be too fussed about expecting a high resolution picture on your laptop.
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