The simplest, free and best solution is for them to have Foxtel upgrade their box to one with HDMI output.
Over the weekend my Daughter's TV died apparently and her partners brother has bought them another sold by Kogan.
I checked on-line to see what he has bought and if I am correct, it has NO RCA inputs and therein lies a problem.
It has both USB and HDMI inputs but she needs one set of RCA's to connect the Foxtel Pace STB to the TV.
The Foxtel Pace uses a SCART out connector to RCA (supplied).
I see on ebay a plethora of 'convertors' between $10 and $20 and I as I have never used this combination, I am hoping one of these will do the job.
Her partner works near Gosford, does Jaycar still have a store there at Erina and is this in their catalog if it turns out this TV doesnt have a RCA input?
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The simplest, free and best solution is for them to have Foxtel upgrade their box to one with HDMI output.
Sorry but that's not quite convenient to do and after the palaver I went through to get the old Austar STB's replaced, I shudder at the thought of having to call Foxtel ever again.
After Ebay I went onto Jaycar's listings and was blown away by the price differential, ie $25 to $150............and of the two, I am not sure the more expensive one is what we need.
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This will work but the picture will be Horrible and look crap ,I have yet to see one work correctly. (also I have found a lot dont pass the audio correctly) As suggested maybe bite the bullet and talk to foxtel
Thats not the kind of news I want to hear but first we have to see what Inputs the TV does actually have.
The worst is I am doing this by 'Long Distance' and neither of them are really savy on setting things up but I had to learn so can they.
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It should have a component input. If it does, then the yellow (video) RCA should be able to be plugged into the Green (Y) component input.
The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.
According to the advertising of the TV it has USB and HDMI with NO mention of RCA/Composite connections.
All we can do is wait and see just exactly what connections are on the TV.
Taking a 'punt' there are none (RCA) I posted the query now rather than later.
If this is the TV that was chosen for them, its a Kogan 55" 4K LED TV (series 8 MU 8010 10) with an LG panel and 2 X USB and 3 X HDMI connections.
It doesnt mention having a PAL TV socket in the specs so fingers crossed with the others.
Last edited by gordon_s1942; 26-06-18 at 02:15 PM.
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From the pdf manual for that TV.......although I dunno how accurate Kogan manuals are......
The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.
gordon_s1942 (27-06-18)
Thanks for that emf, I did a more though search of the specs and found both RCA and Composite connections are available which if correct, solves all our problems.
Now all we have to do is wait until it arrives to make sure.
I was not surprised to see them NOT listed because like the SCART and that 5 pin, VGA, SGA etc have all had their day as now its all HDMI until something else is devised.
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TV arrived and it does have all the standard types of connections available.
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enf (02-07-18)
Too easy...this time. For the future, another way to connect could be to use an intermediate device like a DVD player or VCR. I've had to do that in the past when component video (RCA) connectors were not available.
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