What if my new TV has no SCART socket? If your TV doesnât have a SCART socket, then you can get an âRF Modulator boxâ â it converts a SCART feed to an aerial feed. It creates a âModulatedâ TV channel that your TV can tune into. Plug a SCART socket in one end, and an aerial lead to your TV in the other, and then tune in the TV.
Below you see the pin connectors of a fully switched 21 pin scart cable. If you are fine with your present VCR/DVD to TV setup and don't want to spend more money, you can mutilate the scart connector pins. First of all check that your Alba TV allows to choose AV input manually (remote or on set). If it does, sever the pin connection 8. Furthermore, theyâre super simple to set up. All you need to do is plug the red, white and yellow RCA cables of your retro console into the adapter and connect it to your TV via HDMI. There are tons of these on the market, and most are well under $20. Ideally, you want to connect your N64 to your HDTV via RCA composite connectors (AV IN 2 in photo) or a SCART port (AV IN 1 in photo). A SCART to RCA adapter will be required for this task. An N64 can be connected to an AV connection on the back of a television. In addition, you can also connect the N64 directly to the TVâs antenna connector.The option you're looking for specifically is using a a scaler with SCART in, such as an OSSC or one of the RetroTINK scalers, alongside with an HDMI to VGA DAC. You won't get much for visible scanline gaps though, unless you use a filter built into your scaler, though that will also darken the image. The other option is, of course, a computer.
Get one with one Group A input and one Group E input and you should be in business. Otherwise you are going to need a form of TV tuner on the cable box output to convert the cable signal (s) to a format suitable for SCART. Which is where the old VCR can come in. Plug it's aerial into the cable and a SCART to the TV. IElIf.