Samsung HDTV setup troubleshooting

Sep 02, 2008 4 Replies
J

Sorry if this question is too basic for this group; I am new to this (as you will see from my question, not super-tech-savvy).



My wife & I bought a Samsung 32=94 flat-screen HD TV. We have digital cable TV at home, in addition to a DVD player. We were able to successfully hook up the TV so that digital cable comes through just fine, but the DVD player (which runs through the =93Component 2=94 channel) comes through only in black & white. The sound is good and the picture is good, but there is no color. We are using brand new A/ V cables, and though the DVD player is several years old it worked fine on our old (standard) television set.



What are we doing wrong? Is this a set-up issue or is it a problem with the TV itself? Any suggestions would be welcome =96 thank you. JGT


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U

Try it in the "COMPONENT 1" position instead. If it works there, it's your TV or your setup. Do you have an HDMI output/input?

Double check ALL of your connections and color settings, too.

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D

To ask a possibly dumb question... how many cables do you have connected between the DVD player and the TV?

There should be three for the video, plus two for the audio for a total of five.

Assuming there are three cables for the video, what colors are the jacks they're plugged into on the DVD player? On the TV set? Are they the same on both ends? (is the blue jack on the DVD connected to the blue jack on the TV, and the red jack on the DVD connected to the red jack on the TV?)

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S

What is the component 2 connection used for? I'm probably not understanding what you wrote, but it seems the component 2 connection has no use.

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