vkcpolice Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Hi all. im still having issues finding a monitor for my atari st so i thought id just go out and get an atari st composite cable. i now have this cable but on my monitor/tv i still get no signal using the composite lead? is the composite signal also at a certain sync that modern tvs cant display? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 From what I've seen, most Modern TV's don't have composite video in. Are you sure it can accept composite video ? Check the manual and see what it says for composite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidLittleMan Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 What is exact Atari model ? Early ones, without RF modulator do not have composite out. Then, to what input you connected it on TV ? What is TV model exactly ? If it has RGB input will get much better pic. Assuming that TV can work on Atari's scan frequencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vkcpolice Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 Hi its just a small lcd tv with composite in. its an atari520stfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djglish Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Some composite cables use a different color coding for the plugs. On my cable it's the black lead that actually has the composite signal out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 4 hours ago, TGB1718 said: From what I've seen, most Modern TV's don't have composite video in. Are you sure it can accept composite video ? It's not that uncommon, depending on the age of the TV, Seemed like every TV had composite into the 2010's. Nowadays everything is mostly HDMI, but you can find models with composite or component if you check the specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vkcpolice Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 thx i thought maybe the composite signal is also a 15khz i cant get the composite to work and my atari has the monitor out and the fm in the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Cade Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Composite should be on pin 2 if your ST has FM modulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidLittleMan Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 What about of exact name, model of that TV ? So, we can see it's technical specs, inputs .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 5:40 AM, TGB1718 said: From what I've seen, most Modern TV's don't have composite video in. Strange, I've yet to come across a TV that doesn't have composite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Clint Thompson said: Strange, I've yet to come across a TV that doesn't have composite. Same here. I think we're seeing differences between European and U.S. models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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