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RE: [KAT5] Sky SCART Switching


  • Subject: RE: [KAT5] Sky SCART Switching
  • From: "Keith Doxey" <kat5users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:00:55 +0100

Hi Peter

> Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know whether its possible to use
> a Sky or Sky HD box to act as a SCART switch?  I'm distributing my
> satellite signal around the house over RF, and wondered if I could
> use that to carry my DVD player signal as well.

Not possible I'm afraid.


> I've connected the
> DVD via SCART into the VCR SCART on the Sky box in the hope that when
> the DVD player was witched on it would switch the digibox to show
> that signal.  There is a SCART CONTROL option in the digibox, but I'm
> guessing that's for the TV SCART on the digibox.  Am I missing a
> trick here or barking up the wrong tree?

The VCR SCART on a digibox routes through to the TV SCART but the RF and
S-Video outputs continue to show the Satellite Signal.

Regards

Keith



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