Freeview+ box - Scart to HDMI adapter - tech advice please

[Paul_B]

Hi everyone,

I'm a bit rubbish when it comes to stuff like this but in short; bought a new TV which has no scart connection. Want to connect our Freeview+ box to it which is only scart connection. So I bought a scart to HDMI adapter from Maplins (£50!!). Connected it up as follows; aerial from wall into Freeview+ box > scart from Freeview+ box to adapter > HDMI lead from adapter to HDMI port in TV. Selected relevant source on TV and it just shows 'no signal'. Tried on all 3 HDMI ports the same.

Am I missing something or doing something wrong? I have phoned Maplins and the chap I spoke to was pretty useless tbh. I' m going to return it and speak to someone in person but I want to make sure I'm not doing anything glaringly obvious beforehand! I've tried to google it etc but not found anything relevant. Not sure if it's a faulty adapter or me?!?!

Seems pretty trivial but it's really annoying not being able to record stuff.

Any advice/suggestions much appreciated.

[bigandclever]

Massive assumption that it's this box ... http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-scart-to-hdmi-ada...

A reviewer says "The bit which took me a day to figure out is that when you TV stubbornly says "No Signal", you need to try the 3 little buttons next to the coaxial slot, and presto, signal."

[Ultuous]

Paul_B said:

So I bought a scart to HDMI adapter from Maplins (£50!!)

Take it back and put the £50 towards a new Freeview+ box - sorry if that doesn't sound particularly constructive, but SCARTs pretty dreadful by modern TV standards, and I'd be surprised if you can even get a TV signal through such an old device, given that Freeview SD was switched off years ago!

[Paul_B]

bigandclever said:

Massive assumption that it's this box ... http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-scart-to-hdmi-ada...

A reviewer says "The bit which took me a day to figure out is that when you TV stubbornly says "No Signal", you need to try the 3 little buttons next to the coaxial slot, and presto, signal."

Yep that's the one. I have had a fiddle with those buttons but to no avail. I'll have another go...

And my brother in law suggested getting a new box too. However, on having a quick look, decent ones are more than I want to spend and there's stuff stored on our current one which we want to watch...

Cheers for the replies :-)

[bigandclever]

£50 is a bit steep too, but that's Maplin for you. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161946513986

[Paul_B]

bigandclever said:

£50 is a bit steep too, but that's Maplin for you. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161946513986

Yeah I thought so too but was a bit of a hurried purchase! I guess they can fleece people with no clue, like me! Think I'll be taking it back regardless of whether it works or not!

Appreciate your help!

[megaphone]

What TV? Does it have an AV input? Yellow video, red and white audio? You can use that with a SCART adaptor.

[Paul_B]

Right, all sorted. I pushed a few of the buttons on the adapter and after a few goes it came up!

So I've bought the identical adapter on ebay for £20 and I'm going to return this one to Maplins and get my £50 back!

Cheers PH!

[gareth_r]

Paul_B said:

Yep that's the one. I have had a fiddle with those buttons but to no avail. I'll have another go...

And my brother in law suggested getting a new box too. However, on having a quick look, decent ones are more than I want to spend and there's stuff stored on our current one which we want to watch...

Cheers for the replies :-)

If you decide to buy a new DVR, you could look for a BT Humax 4000T on eBay/Amazon. I recently bought a 1TB version for £135, and a £95 500GB one for my sister (NB: the Now TV app is movies only).