Unwanted side effect with AppleTV on Avant S-VHS

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haa05 (archived)
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Posted June 15, 2008 at 06:05 GMT
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Dear all,

I've connected AppleTV through the S-Video AppleTV Converter to my old (VHS, no Flat) but beloved Avant. I use the S-VHS video input.

But now I've the side effect that when I switch on TV or any other source the Avant recognizes that something (camera) is connected to the S-VHS input and I've to choose the source again on BEO4 to activate that source.

Does anybody know whether this behavior can be changed?

Beside that AppleTV works great together with the Avant 🙂.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Cheers, Arno
 

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kallasr
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Posted June 16, 2008 at 10:42 GMT
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Arno,

no idea about the settings, but another question: what resolution did you set apple tv to (or does it have a fixed resolution)?

I want to try to use a mac mini with a BV 3-32 and still have no opinion about the picture quality.

Thanks!

Ralf

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Posted June 16, 2008 at 18:48 GMT
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Which s-video input are you using? If you're using the "camera" input at the top of the Avant, the Avant will always switch to the "camera" input if it detects a video signal. Since the Apple TV is always actively sending out a video signal, the "camera" input is not a good choice. Does that help?
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haa05 (archived)
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Posted June 17, 2008 at 04:08 GMT
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Hi Ralf,

I use 576i with AppleTV.

Cheers, Arno

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haa05 (archived)
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Posted June 17, 2008 at 04:17 GMT
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pdoisy (archived)
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Posted June 17, 2008 at 17:43 GMT
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Just some more ideas... 

Is your decoder scart available on your Avant? In this case, you can use a scart adapter (cheap) to link the ATV using composite. I personally use this.

If the decoder port is not available, you could link the ATV to one of the VTape peripherals (for example HDR1, using Svideo or RGB) and watch/command the ATV through this device (there is a post about this). Or you can also use a scart switcher on one of the ports of the Avant.

I hope this can help you... 

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paddy2042
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Posted June 17, 2008 at 22:00 GMT
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I have an old 28"VHS Avant from about 1998 and have been constantly told that Apple TV will not work with it. Does this mean in fact it will? 

 

paddy2042 

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haa05 (archived)
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Posted June 18, 2008 at 06:59 GMT
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haa05 (archived)
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Posted June 18, 2008 at 07:02 GMT
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pdoisy (archived)
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Posted June 18, 2008 at 13:07 GMT
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Glad I can help you.

Make sure you get a adaptor for input (like this one: http://www.svideo.com/scart.html).

Some do have a switch to control input/output.

Also make sure the connector has a stereo sound input, as the digital coax inputs on the Avant are for VTape and AV ports only.

Then you can upgrade your Avant in order to control the ATV directly from Beo4! Ask your dealer.

Good luck 

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