Help With Setup!! - Just got a Digital Analog Converter

Welcome to the forum, JSS12.

In order to isolate the problem, have you tried going from the Zinwell directly to the TV?

I looked at the manual for your plasma display:
http://www.fujitsu-general.co.uk/dow...sersManual.pdf

and I looked at the manual for the Zinwell. I don't see any reason why you can't connect the audio and video outputs from the Zinwell to the audio and video inputs for your plasma display. (page E15: press video button on Fujitsu remote control to select video input)

You're doing fine. We all start as a beginner.


Yes, don't buy a new cable, just buy an RCA to BNC adapter.

I don't know enough about your receiver to give you a proper answer.

My idea was to get the antenna, Zinwell, and the plasma display working together so that you would have something more than a black screen. THEN, you could integrate the receiver into the sytem.

That applies only if you're using a coaxial cable with screw-on connectors to connect the Zinwell's RF OUT jack to your TV's "antenna" or "RF in" jack (names vary).

If you're using yellow/red/white RCA-type cables, you need to set your TV to whatever input corresponds to those jacks on the TV.

Per page E-8 of that manual - you should be able to hook the red/white analog audio from the CECB to sound inputs 2 or 3 and the yellow composite video to input 4. You would also have to map the audio input to go with the video input. - And yes - you're right that is a BNC connector (how wierd !).

You stated that "The Zinwell is connected (to a power source, Terk) and from the R-L Out to the Audio in for Video-1 on the receiver via a white/red audio cables; from the Video Out to the S-Video in for Video-1 on the receiver via a yellow composite cable." If you are using a composite cable then it is not S-video. If you are in fact using a yellow composite cable into the receiver then you will need to use a yellow composite cable from the receiver to the TV and not an S-video cable.

Then after you get your cables hooked up right be sure to do a channel scan on your converter box so that it can find your channels. The Terk antenna should be good up to 30 miles. Go to www.tvfool.com and type in your info.

As I said earlier in post #8:

Here is the manual for your receiver:
http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/assets...sManualENG.pdf

The A/V output of the Zinwell is COMPOSITE.


I know how you feel; I'm thinking of doing the same thing.

What I get from those manual pages is that the receiver is a switch and will NOT translate composite video to S-Video. If you connect a composite video to an input of the receiver, the only way to get it to the TV is to use the composite out from the receiver, not the S-Video.

Since you say your TV has BNC inputs for composite video (not clear from the manual), you need something like this to connect the RCA cable to the TV:http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CDYQ8wIwAw#

I do not understand your choice of tuner however. That tuner in only capable of SD output when your monitor is capable of HD. You might have been better off with something like the ZAT502HD which has HDMI, component, S-Video, and Composite outputs. While your monitor does not have an HDMI input, it does have a component input which would allow HD signals to be displayed.

Bing!

Like HDMI Guy said above. Unless your receiver converts composite/yellow to s-video (doubtful), then it is just acting as a switch and the Zinwell's composite signal isn't making it out the receiver's s-video port.

And the reason you're not getting any audio is most likely because the Zinwell hasn't been set up yet since you can't see the menu.

For just a few dollars more, he could have gotten the DTA1100HD tuner new from ebay, which is the same box as the Centronics.

I'm referencing the document provided by rabbit. Looks like you got yourself a UK version of the TV (and hence the BNCs).

The Zinwell composite connector is yellow where the cable plugs in.

Your TV document doesn't refer to anything as composite but I'm making the assumption that the lone input labeled VIDEO IN (#4 and next to the #5 S-VIDEO INPUT) is for a composite video signal since it says you can plug in a VCR. Note they use the term "Comp." but are referring to component (RGB) video. They use the word "Video" to refer to what we are calling composite.

I'll leave it to you to determine the proper RCA-to-BNC adapter as I can't tell the type of BNC. Note the cable shown on page E-13.

Yeah try going from the Zinwell to the TV first. You'll have to select the proper input on your TV menu (I suspect VIDEO IN). If you have the remote check out the first half of page E-15. Otherwise see page E-22.

If all works well then you can later cable through your AV receiver as an audio/video switch like you were trying to do before if you so desire. You'll use the AVR's yellow composite output for that channel to the TV.

I just noticed page E-7 has an Input mode selector button [MODE], #5.

I also noticed there may be an issue with the 'type' of video input mode, see page E-33. If need be I'd try Auto, then NTSC, then 4.43NTSC (?).

I'm confused as to exactly how they're selecting which input connector vs which input type (mode?). Maybe Input Priority on page E-23, #4 is required to determine the the iinput connector.

rabbit provided a link to your manual in post #4, you really should look at it and my instructions will make a lot more sense.

If you click on the highlighted word "BNC adapter" in rabbit's post #6 it will bring up the adapter. This is the correct adapter IF the back of your TV has a BNC connector that looks like this:

http://www.avcable.com/Merchant2/mer...-BNC-CONNECTOR

Once you have it all hooked up try pressing the VIDEO button on the remote through the selections until "Video" appears, then something from the Zinwell should display.

JSS12:

Don't give up yet; success is within your reach!

I know that you would like to connect everything up and have it work, but you already tried that and it didn't. What you need to do now is a little troubleshooting.

The best troubleshooting technique to use for your problem is called "divide-and-conquer." You need to reduce your system to as few components as possible to determine which one is causing the problem. That is why I suggested that you start with just the antenna, the Zinwell, and the plasma. If that combination doesn't work either, then you must substitute each component for one that you know will work.

For example: Have you tried the antenna with another TV (yours or a borrowed one) that has a digital (ATSC) tuner to be certain that the antenna and its location will pick up the signals that you want?

If that test works, then connect your antenna to the Zinwell and then to the RF or A/V input of a working TV (another one of yours, that is not the plasma, or a borrowed one).

If that works, then connect your antenna and Zinwell to the video input of the plasma display.

If that works, then you are ready to integrate the receiver into the setup. You will not be able to use the S-video path through the receiver for the signal as you did for cable, because the Zinwell doesn't have S-video output. You must use the composite path through your receiver.


Zinwell to Receiver via Composite is OK, but Receiver to TV S-video is not OK. I don't think your Receiver will convert Composite to S-video, and the Zinwell doesn't have component output like your cable box did. I think it must be Composite all the way through to the plasma display.

If you don't go through this sequence, how will you know which piece of equipment is causing the problem?

I found your location in your first post on another thread:
The tvfool report for Brooklyn, NY looks like this:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...e07c8fe1287dfe

On which side of the apartment building is your apartment and antenna?

You can also get a convertor from composite to s-video at www.svideo.com - idea here being convert the composite output on the CECB to SVideo, then connect that to your TV or A/V receiver.

either one will work - which is easier to get ?