On Fri, July 22, 2005 23:53, Graeme Hilton said: > Hanno Mueller wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Scart cable connections have the nasty habit of turning on the TV and >> switching to AV when a video source is swichted on. Very annoying, >> especially when my Linux vdr turns itself on in the middle of the night >> to record a tv show and the tv awakes from standby, too, blasting sound >> in the living room. >> >> >> So far, I found out that Pin 8 is the reason for this. But I also read >> that I should not just disconnect it, as Pin 8 is used for both the >> "look at me" signal (12 volts) and the "this is widescreen" signal (6 >> volts). >> >> Is there any software or driver setting I can use to avoid this? Wouldn't a simple switch stop this from doing its job. Place the switch inline with the Scart cable to the TV so you can switch off the signal (by grounding pin 8 on the TV side, when you go to bed and the TV will never receive its wakeup call. Perhaps have the switch link pin 8 to pin 17 to disable the signal and back to pin 8 to restore it. Its a very low tech, temporary solution to your problem. -- John
