PS3 no output from SCART socket

[Mad Dave]

Hey Guys,

Just thought i'd pass this on - I bought my PS3 just over a month ago and bought an HDMI cable with it, so never checked the SCART socket. When I took the console to a mate's house and tried to use it, it had no output whatsoever. Sony will fix it under warranty apparently but it might be an idea to check yours out whilst it's still under warranty.

Annoyingly, Dixons only do a straight exchange within 28 days and when i took mine in, i'd had it 29 days, so instead of a painless exchange, i have to arrange to send it off to Sony who will, apparently, take anything up to 60 days to repair it.

Dave

[hodgy587]

Not trying to tell you how to suck eggs but are you sure its broken? The PS3 doesn't output HDMI and scart signal at the same time, so you need to set it before you change to a different TV, or hold the power button to force it into set up mode.

Had this prob after updating a friends PS3 at my house. When he got it home and plugged it into his standard def TV he had no picture as I'd changed it to HDMI output and forgot to put it back.

[Mad Dave]

Oooh!! Now that I did not know! I took it back to the shop and they told me it was broken so I assumed they were right. Ill have a look at the instructions

Thanks mate, you could just have saved me from 2 months without my PS3!!

[sstein]

Mad Dave said:

Hey Guys,

Just thought i'd pass this on - I bought my PS3 just over a month ago and bought an HDMI cable with it, so never checked the SCART socket. When I took the console to a mate's house and tried to use it, it had no output whatsoever. Sony will fix it under warranty apparently but it might be an idea to check yours out whilst it's still under warranty.

Annoyingly, Dixons only do a straight exchange within 28 days and when i took mine in, i'd had it 29 days, so instead of a painless exchange, i have to arrange to send it off to Sony who will, apparently, take anything up to 60 days to repair it.

Dave

I'm no PS3 number 3 since January and each time Sony has replaced the broken one by courier within a few days, and they taken the broken one away

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Stuart

[Kuroblack350]

Mad Dave said:

Oooh!! Now that I did not know! I took it back to the shop and they told me it was broken so I assumed they were right. Ill have a look at the instructions

Thanks mate, you could just have saved me from 2 months without my PS3!!

Yup, I thought mine was trashed too the other week

When using a different TV, you need to configure the PS3 for it, otherwise you won't see anything on the screen. Do this by firing up the PS3 but holding the on button for a few seconds, it should then give a 'beep' and display in basic mode, allowing you to configure for any TV...

ps. Not just scart either, I have to do this when swapping between two near-identical Panny Vieras both 32" but a year difference between the two..!