Sound but no picture on DVD player

Martyn_H

My young son has a habit of playing around with the settings on our DVD player, model Sony DVP NS-29. The result is that I can hear the audio but not the video when I play a DVD disk.
The last time this happened, I managed to restore the vision but don't know how I did it.

I have looked in the Sony Manual to no avail. Does the fact that we have a Freeview box make any difference? I've tried turning the TV, DVD and Freeview box off and on again but it hasn't solved the problem.

Thank you in anticipation.

Savermidget

Hi there,

9 times out of 10 if you have 1 without the other, it is the SCART lead that is loose in either the back of the TV or DVD player. Try removing the connection and then pushing back in securely at both ends and this should do the trick.

The trick with SCART leads is that one side of pins controls the sound and the other side, the picture so if you are missing one or the other then the connection may be slightly loose or though not necessarily obviously loose when you look at it.

I used to work in a cable TV fault centre and this was a very common complaint...

HTH:D

Martyn_H

Thank you for your very timely reply! I did check the scarts before but I'll recheck them as I was unaware how they work.

Rechecked the scart leads and DVD player now working okay.

Thank you, Savermidget.