Samsung SM225MD - no picture on SCART & Composite

[girv73]

I've just bought a Samsung SM225MD 22" LCD monitor / DTV. It's working nicely as a PC / Amiga gfx card monitor connected over DVI and VGA, but I can't get a picture on the SCART or Composite inputs.

I'm trying to connect my Amiga's native output via RGB SCART, but all I get is a black screen. I suspect the cable I'm using doesn't have all the required connections, though it works fine when connected to a 14" CRT TV.

I've also tried the Amiga native composite out, but all I get is a blank white screen. The same thing happens when I try one of those Atari 2600 style joystick games, though that game works fine on my main TV.

The monitor is picking up some signal on those inputs as it isn't displaying its "no signal" blue screen. I'm no AV or TV expert and I thought SCART was SCART and Composite was Composite with nothing much to go wrong.

Any advice appreciated!

[girv73]

The Amiga is in 50Hz mode, but I'll try switching to 60Hz to see if it makes a difference. TAB is the key on the ESM

I'll see about pulling the DVD player from the living room for a test session, or hooking up a laptop via S-Video might be handier.

FWIW, I have Workbench running fine @ 1680x1050, through a Mediator + Voodoo 3 hooked to the Samsung's VGA connector. It took quite a bit of fiddling with P96Mode to get the right parameters though.

[girv73]

I've got the Amiga native output working through the SCART socket now. It seems the Samsung didn't get on with the SCART cable I was using (the wiring seemed a little strange to me!). I got a new cable off eBay and it's working well.

Curiously, the composite input is also now working well !