A500 b&w picture

[vitalik]

Hi all!

I've attached A500 to TV via SCART – the picture is black and white and very much faded (almost invisible). Attaching via composite to video-in I get a clear picture but black and white again. I’ve tried to switch manually between Pal, NTSC and so on but without any result. Thanks.

[Harrison]

The composite output of the A500 is B/W so that how it should be.

For the scart it sounds like your scart cable isn't wired correctly.

To check this take a look at our Wiki here:

http://wiki.classicamiga.com/Amiga_RGB_to_Scart_lead

I have provided two schematics showing the correct wiring of an Amiga RGB to scart cable. The scart cables I use are wired like the first version on that page and work perfectly. Make sure you have the video ground wire connected correctly. And the composite sync.

[vitalik]

It was cable really, I've used the new one and it works! Thanks a lot!

[woody.cool]

A SCART cable uses RGB ..... it sounds like your old cable didn't swithch your TV into RGB mode.

[J T]

^^^
Yep. Also bear in mind that on the majority of TVs not all of the scart sockets are RGB enabled (which always really pissed me off).