My TV was acquired used, and I don’t have any documentation for it. Nor can I find any online.
We just got our kids a Wii.
My TV, when you hit the “source” button on the front panel, switches through the following video sources:
AV1
AV2
AV3
Component1
Component2
Std
Yet, the TV seems to have only a single composite video input jack. There are two component video jacks, but only one composite. I can’t figure out what the AV2 and AV3 are supposed to be. And I’d love to be able to stick the Wii into one of those, so I don’t have to climb behind the TV and physically switch the cables out every time we want to switch from wii to tv or vice versa.
Any idea what’s going on?
The model is Samsung txr2765ax/xaa, if it helps. But Samsung’s website has no record I can find of the existence of this model. So I’m not looking particularly for model-specific information. I’m just wondering if there’s some general fact about how TVs work that I’m missing here, that would let me know either how to do what I want to do, or else, at least, that it’s impossible.
I didn’t specify in the OP, but there is one connector on the side–and it, too, is to AV1. If I have anything plugged into AV1 in the back, then if I plug anything into the AV1 on the side it simply takes over. This means I don’t really have to climb behind the TV, but still, I’d rather not be literally plugging and unplugging things all the time. I’d rather simply be switching sources with the tv–since it says there’s an AV2 and AV3 somewhere…
ETA I don’t see a SCART connector back there either.
I’d say most likely is that the two components are actually component/AV combined inputs and there is a yellow plug or S-Video plug you are missing on those inputs. (shared red/white RCA audio). Or possibly the one AV input has RCA Video + S-Video + something else and it switches between the video inputs.
Probably this. My (different model) Samsung TV uses the Component IN as a Composite IN : you just stick the yellow cable into the Y input (which is conveniently highlighted in yellow) and use the remote to tell the TV that it should treat the signal as composite.
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This, most likely. Named inputs tend to “share” a couple of physical input jacks. connect the Wii to the composite input jack, cycle through the inputs on the TV until you find the right one.
oh, and if you’re in North America, don’t worry about SCART connectors, they’re not used here.
Hrm, I have already tried plugging the AV cables into the Component inputs and got no result, but I’ll try again–since the component inputs have like 5 jacks and I didn’t try evey possible combination…
Uhhh … Component inputs have only 3 jacks, green, red and blue. The only thing I can think of for an additional two jacks would be audio and they would probably be red and white. Composite inputs are yellow for the video and red/white for the sound. Not sure exactly what you have there. If you will e-mail me the make/model of the TV, I’ll look around and try to find a manual for it. Virtually all electronic devices now have manuals in PDF format.
It’s worth noting that you can buy a component cable for the Wii…the official Nintendo one costs $45-ish dollars, but you can buy “off brand” ones for less than $2.
I have a TV that uses a combined component/composite input, actually the only shared thing is sound, and it is the secondary component/composite inputs.
Have you conisdered getting a switch which will allow you to go from the wii to your tv signal box?