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dugui · 12-22-2001, 05:35 PM

I recently purchased a playstation 2, mainly to be able to play film dvd's, with the hope of using the Region X software to play a bunch of American Region 1 DVDs I have been given and bought. I have installed the Region X software and am using a SCART RGB cable for the video link to the TV, and have entered all the annoying number-letter codes in the Region X setup, and despite all of this the Region 1 DVDs still play in black and white. I have also tried watching the DVDs with the original cable that comes with the PS2 and that doesn't work either. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?? Otherwise the sound and image are fine. I had read that this was only a problem in the other direction, for playing PAL movies on a NTSC dvd player, but alas, I am having the problem in this direction. Thanks!

cw2000 · 12-22-2001, 08:11 PM

Are you sure your tv supports RGB Scart.

gafferboy · 12-23-2001, 01:05 AM

Could it be that your television is not NTSC compatible. If you send an NTSC signal to a PAL only TV the picture will be black and white. I know because my brother has that exact problem. I know that with the Playstation 2 in Australia that the machine can output an NTSC signal because some DVD's here are released in NTSC despite them being local Region 4 releases and as long as the TV is NTSC compatible the picture plays fine. If your TV is NTSC compatible then I don't know why you're getting a black and white picture sorry.

dugui · 12-23-2001, 06:18 PM

thanks for your advice guys...can you believe how silly the solution was: i was connecting the scart cable through a euroconnector port on the TV set, of which there are two on my philips TV set...well, all it took to solve the problem was plugging the SCART into the other euroconnector instead of the first one i had chosen....i have no idea why this would make any difference...the VCR for instance works through either...so now i have the playstation2 running any type of DVD and in full color with great image and sound quality....highly recommendable once you get it working!

cw2000 · 12-23-2001, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by dugui
thanks for your advice guys...can you believe how silly the solution was: i was connecting the scart cable through a euroconnector port on the TV set, of which there are two on my philips TV set...well, all it took to solve the problem was plugging the SCART into the other euroconnector instead of the first one i had chosen....i have no idea why this would make any difference...the VCR for instance works through either...so now i have the playstation2 running any type of DVD and in full color with great image and sound quality....highly recommendable once you get it working!

Many European tvs with 2 scart sockets only one that supports RGB (some technical reason to do with S-Video comaptabilty via scart)

12-22-2001, 05:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
dugui Supporting Actor Join Date: Dec 2001	playing R1 DVD's on an R2 PS2 with Region X I recently purchased a playstation 2, mainly to be able to play film dvd's, with the hope of using the Region X software to play a bunch of American Region 1 DVDs I have been given and bought. I have installed the Region X software and am using a SCART RGB cable for the video link to the TV, and have entered all the annoying number-letter codes in the Region X setup, and despite all of this the Region 1 DVDs still play in black and white. I have also tried watching the DVDs with the original cable that comes with the PS2 and that doesn't work either. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?? Otherwise the sound and image are fine. I had read that this was only a problem in the other direction, for playing PAL movies on a NTSC dvd player, but alas, I am having the problem in this direction. Thanks!

12-23-2001, 06:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
dugui Supporting Actor Join Date: Dec 2001	problem solved thanks for your advice guys...can you believe how silly the solution was: i was connecting the scart cable through a euroconnector port on the TV set, of which there are two on my philips TV set...well, all it took to solve the problem was plugging the SCART into the other euroconnector instead of the first one i had chosen....i have no idea why this would make any difference...the VCR for instance works through either...so now i have the playstation2 running any type of DVD and in full color with great image and sound quality....highly recommendable once you get it working!

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12-22-2001, 08:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
cw2000 Actor Join Date: May 2001	Are you sure your tv supports RGB Scart.

12-23-2001, 01:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
gafferboy Supporting Actor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia	Could it be that your television is not NTSC compatible. If you send an NTSC signal to a PAL only TV the picture will be black and white. I know because my brother has that exact problem. I know that with the Playstation 2 in Australia that the machine can output an NTSC signal because some DVD's here are released in NTSC despite them being local Region 4 releases and as long as the TV is NTSC compatible the picture plays fine. If your TV is NTSC compatible then I don't know why you're getting a black and white picture sorry.