Digital Camera Help

chalky_bertie

Hi there,

Santa very nicely got me and Mrs chalky_bertie a dvd player and a digital camera. After spending an hour trying to get the dvd player going on the telly, which we did, we took it back to Currys as very few discs would load up on it - it was soooo close to be going through the window!!

Now then then camera. We have got going but I need to know what the lead is for. I have used the one to connect it to the PC but there is 1 left. It has a USB thing to connect to the camera and then on the other end there is 1 yellow thingy and 1 white thingy. What are they for? If they are for something then if you are going to explain something then make it simple!!

albertross_2

probably to connect it to the telly/video

chalky_bertie

Thanks, but no red one. How does that work then?
:eek:

albertross_2

The manual should elaborate, but most modern tellies/video's have composite inputs - yellow lead, and sound input's red/white, may only be mono, so no red, plug the camera in, and switch to the AV channel on the TV.

wonka

If you haven't got composite inputs on your telly, you'll need a Composite-to-Scart adaptor. I assume your telly takes Scart inputs...

Cypher

Your camera may be capable of recording short movies with Mono audio hence only the white connector and not white&red

You can also use this lead to playback slide shows of your images on to the TV, or to record them on to video / DVD.

chalky_bertie

Plugged them into telly but cant switch the camera on at the same time as plugged in, so nothing came up. When you mean AV channel do you mean the channel we watch the video on?

stevemcol

yes, if you press the AV button on your remote, it should cycle between your av1,2 3 etc. if you turn your camera on first, then plug in, does it work?

You may need to switch off your video/DVD/digi box in case they clash with your camera.

espresso

chalky_bertie wrote:

Plugged them into telly but cant switch the camera on at the same time as plugged in, so nothing came up. When you mean AV channel do you mean the channel we watch the video on?

When you have connected the lead to your TV and to the camera, switch the camera on in playback mode i.e. to view the pictures that you have taken. On your TV you need to cycle through the AV inputs until you find the input that you have plugged the cable into. i.e. AV1, AV2, AV3 etc. (nothing to do with your video). You should then see on the TV screen, the same image that is displayed on the camera screen.

terrierlady

once the photos are playing on the tv could one record the image straight on dvd recorder?
Guess who else got a super duper camera but cant operate it>>>>>>.

Cypher

terrierlady wrote:

once the photos are playing on the tv could one record the image straight on dvd recorder?
Guess who else got a super duper camera but cant operate it>>>>>>.

you would need to ensure the DVD Recorder could see the images. On my TV I can select what is displayed on screen is also output on AV2 (this used to go to the Video to AV2 on the video) so I could record the TV by selecting AV2 on the video.

An easier Method is to plug your camera into the DVD Recorders auxillary inputs, then select your standard AV input on the TV as if watching a DVD to ensure you can see the photo slideshow. You may need to change the DVD Recorder to the Aux Input channel. Once the slide show is showing on the TV you can simply press RECORD on the DVD Recorder to record it to disk.