PAL CD32 is B&W on NTSC composite monitor?

[Matt_H]

1084s can only do one of NTSC or PAL over composite, depending on the original territory of the monitor. They can do either/both over RGB.

[Matt_H]

I have a native NTSC 1084S and a native PAL A600. Over composite, the A600 display is black and white, but over RGB it's full color. Could be a nuance of this particular era of 1084Ses - mine's one of the later ones, a 1084S-D2, I think.

I can't remember what happens if I connect a native NTSC Amiga over composite and set the screenmode to PAL...

I used to have an older NTSC 1084 with an NTSC CD32 connected over composite. I think I was able to set that one to PAL in software and it still worked, but I can't really remember.

[Matt_H]

Would changing the CD32's output from composite to S-Video (Y/C) help? Or does the 1084's Y/C input use the same color circuitry as composite?