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Old 20th Jan 2019, 1:24 pm   #12
mhennessy
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Default Re: RGB signals from a VCR

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Originally Posted by Red to black View Post
The Grundig VS500 series used the G-deck IIRC, the VS510 and VS520 had teletext for definite, I cannot remember if the VS500 had text though.
There was also the 530, 540 and 550 in this range of machines, however whether they had text or not I cannot recall for sure but I suspect they did
Yes - those look like the thing! I'm not sure which exact model we had, but the photos of the innards of the 510 certainly look very familiar. Thank you

Now, I can't grab the service manual from Elektrotanya until tomorrow, but I'm hoping that this did output RGB from the teletext character generator - it would make sense, as the complicated user interface came from this. As mentioned, we didn't have anything with Scart, so we used it via the modulator - so at the very least it contained a PAL encoder - and if it did output RGB, it would need a PAL decoder (or use pin 16 to put the TV back into composite mode).

Thanks again,

Mark
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