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My portable tv does not have a scart point?

My portable tv is now over 10yrs old - still in gr8 shape but it doesnt have a scart point. It only has two INPUT sockets - 1 white - audio & 1 yellow - video. I am wanting to connect a freeview box. Is there a converter cable I can get with Input on one end & scart on other?

Public Comments

1. Yes you can get the adapter. Ask at shop like Dixons, they should be able to help you out!!
2. I'm not 100% but I reckon you will have to get a new tv. Not all is lost as the January sales are still on so get out there and grab a bargain.
3. Yes, you should be able to get one in any electrical shop, or even in a large Supermarket. I'm not sure of their correct name, sorry, I only know them to see them! But I have had one to connect an DVD to an old telly, so I know they are out there....Good luck =)
4. Yes you can. You need a scart plug that splits three ways, as in scart one end and the other end you have three cables, red and white for audio and yellow for sound. You can watch through the AV channel of your portable,you wont get sterio sound though as you only have one socket for sound! there could also be a special plug to convert two jacks (not sure if thats what theyre called) into one. do a search for scart to phono and you will get a number of results hope this helps
5. Try cpc.co.uk. You'll need to make sure your freeview box is setup to output as composite video not RGB. It wqill be in a menu somewhere
6. you can get them at tesco
7. Make life easy and connect it with a rf lead (a normal areial cable). then all you need to do is tune in the freeview box as you would any normal tv channel.....
8. I had the same problem. Got a scart to RF adapter from maplins.
9. Go to your local Curry's Digital (Dixons) or Comet and buy a SCART-Phono lead. This will have a SCART plug at one end and phono plugs at the other end. The phonos will be red, white and yellow. The Freeview box uses the SCART plug. You should note that the lead has two of each colour phono. This is because the SCART connector is bi-directional and so has to have phono connectors to send signals in both directions. The phonos themselves may have labels on them saying IN and OUT. You should experiment to see which direction applies to your set. Try the IN first. Sometimes you'll find a lead with only three phonos on it. You should check with the salesman that it will carry the signals From the SCART To the Phonos. Even more rarely you'll find a lead with a switch on the SCART plug for you to choose the direction of signal flow. The red and black plugs are for stereo sound. As your television only has a white mono sound input you must also buy a phono combiner. This is a small thing that accepts the red (right channel) and black (left channel) plugs and combines them into a single (mono) plug. It should be available at the same shop that sells the lead. If not Maplin (www.maplin.co.uk) has them. They're only a couple of quid. A little bit of work and a total cost less than £20 and you'll have years more use from your portable telly. Go for it..