[vdr] Re: SCART status pin for turning the TV on

["Rene Bartsch" <vdr@bartschnet.de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Vogt" <c.v@nexgo.de>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 7:28 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: SCART status pin for turning the TV on


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steffen Barszus" <st_barszus@gmx.de>
> >
> > Sounds awfully. But wouldn't it be a lot easier to define the Power-Off
> > Button of the TV as StandbyButton of the vdr (in case this feature will
be
> > implemented) and defining  user-keys on Buttons which switches the
> > TV on ?
>
> Hmm, I don't think so. This may lead to situations, where TV-set and VDR
are
> switched on and off alternately. (VDR is on,  TV is off -> press Key on
> remote -> VDR goes off, TV goes on). I like the idea of integrated on/off
> feature by using the SCART pin.
>
> The Problem is to get reliable results by using standard ports (serial or
> parallel) of the PC. IMHO, one would need a little circuit with separate
> power supply (maybe from the computer's supply) to set the "correct"
> voltages on the SCART pin. This is especially true in enviroments, where
the
> voltage is also used to set the aspect ratio.

I've taken the 5V from J2/pin2 of DVB-S and set the TV manually to fixed
4:3.
Releasing the primary card with the power-management functions of the driver
would do some similar (but it would also switch off any remote connected to
the DVB-S.

Rene



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