737-518 : Black and White Image on Television Using 3rd Party SCART Adapter with an S-Video Jack

The information in this article applies to the following system configurations:

• TV OUT using 3rd party S-VIDEO to SCART adapter
• PAL or MULTISYSTEM TVs (most often found in European countries)

The symptoms described are not specific to ATI products. This Infobase is provided for the convenience of users, especially in Europe. The signal on the TV set may show up black and white using a 3rd party S-VIDEO to SCART adapter.
A SCART connector only supports composite video. If you connect an S-VIDEO cable directly into a SCART adapter, the result will be a black and white signal, regardless of the type of graphics card being used.
There are preferred S-VIDEO to SCART adapters from 3rd party vendors that will properly give you colour display.
Third party S-VIDEO to SCART adapters are available at the following URL:

• http://www.svideo.com/

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