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I have no specific knowledge about the TV you specify, but from your
description, and a recent experience I had with an old piece of video
equipment, I wonder if it might be a BNC connector.  If it is the metal
barrel of the connector should have two small bumps on the outside, 180
degrees apart, and the white piece of plastic in the middle should have a
small metal lined hole in the center.  (the bumps are for the twist lock,
the metal lined hole in the plastic is for the center contact pin.)

If it is a BNC connector, I believe you can easily get a RCA (phono) to BNC
adapter at Radio Shack and the like, and run your usual composite connection
that way.

Good luck!

(My apologies if this is too obvious an answer, and you know what a BNC is
and this ain't one.)

On 28-Jun-98 11:28:06, Cheng_Lee@hotmail.com <cheng_lee@no.spam.hotmail.com> said about Trivia question:

> For all you guys that think you are A/V experts, here's a question for
> you.

> I recently found in the attic an old National TC-431HR television that
> hasn't been used for years.  It is maybe 12-15 years old.  I got the
> idea to set it up in my kid's room, so that he can play his Sony
> Playstion without hogging the living room set.  The only problem is, the
> video input jack is one I've never seen!

> What I can tell you is that it is neither a composite "yellow" jack, or
> an RF in, or a cable jack.  Strangely enough, the audio input is a
> composite white.  The video jack looks a bit like a RF in, but the metal
> circle is smaller and the inside has a small white looking piece of
> plastic.  Anybody knows what this is?

> I know, you can suggest that I buy a VCR and then hook up the Playstion
> to that, and then hook the VCR to the TV with the RF out.  I've done
> that, but the TV doesn't pick up the VCR signal very well and it's very
> snowy.  So the weird video jack is my last and only option.

> Any ideas?

> Cheng Lee


It sounds like you may have a BNC (video) connector on the set, in which
case I would say you have a video monitor rather than a tv set (or it could
be both)

You can get these from places like Radio Shack/Tandy together with adaptors 
for conversion, eg. to phono, if necessary.

Maurice


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Could possibly be a BNC connector.  If so, get an adapter at Radio Shack.

z wrote:

> I have no specific knowledge about the TV you specify, but from your
> description, and a recent experience I had with an old piece of video
> equipment, I wonder if it might be a BNC connector.  If it is the metal
> barrel of the connector should have two small bumps on the outside, 180
> degrees apart, and the white piece of plastic in the middle should have a
> small metal lined hole in the center.  (the bumps are for the twist lock,
> the metal lined hole in the plastic is for the center contact pin.)
>
> If it is a BNC connector, I believe you can easily get a RCA (phono) to BNC
> adapter at Radio Shack and the like, and run your usual composite connection
> that way.
>
> Good luck!
>
> (My apologies if this is too obvious an answer, and you know what a BNC is
> and this ain't one.)


By jove, that's it!  Yes, it was a BNC connector plug, and I easily found a BNC
to RCA converter at one of the many electronic stores here in Hong Kong.
Thanks.  You are the official winner of this trivia question, and it took you
all of twenty minutes to respond!

Cheng Lee

z wrote:

> I have no specific knowledge about the TV you specify, but from your
> description, and a recent experience I had with an old piece of video
> equipment, I wonder if it might be a BNC connector.  If it is the metal
> barrel of the connector should have two small bumps on the outside, 180
> degrees apart, and the white piece of plastic in the middle should have a
> small metal lined hole in the center.  (the bumps are for the twist lock,
> the metal lined hole in the plastic is for the center contact pin.)
>
> If it is a BNC connector, I believe you can easily get a RCA (phono) to BNC
> adapter at Radio Shack and the like, and run your usual composite connection
> that way.
>
> Good luck!
>
> (My apologies if this is too obvious an answer, and you know what a BNC is
> and this ain't one.)


By jove, that's it!  Yes, it was a BNC connector plug, and I easily found a BNC
to RCA converter at one of the many electronic stores here in Hong Kong.
Thanks.  You are the official winner of this trivia question, and it took you
all of twenty minutes to respond!

Cheng Lee

Maurice R Fleisher wrote:

> On 28-Jun-98 11:28:06, Cheng_Lee@hotmail.com <cheng_lee@no.spam.hotmail.com> said about Trivia question:
>
> > For all you guys that think you are A/V experts, here's a question for
> > you.
>
> > I recently found in the attic an old National TC-431HR television that
> > hasn't been used for years.  It is maybe 12-15 years old.  I got the
> > idea to set it up in my kid's room, so that he can play his Sony
> > Playstion without hogging the living room set.  The only problem is, the
> > video input jack is one I've never seen!
>
> > What I can tell you is that it is neither a composite "yellow" jack, or
> > an RF in, or a cable jack.  Strangely enough, the audio input is a
> > composite white.  The video jack looks a bit like a RF in, but the metal
> > circle is smaller and the inside has a small white looking piece of
> > plastic.  Anybody knows what this is?
>
> > I know, you can suggest that I buy a VCR and then hook up the Playstion
> > to that, and then hook the VCR to the TV with the RF out.  I've done
> > that, but the TV doesn't pick up the VCR signal very well and it's very
> > snowy.  So the weird video jack is my last and only option.
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> > Cheng Lee
>
> It sounds like you may have a BNC (video) connector on the set, in which
> case I would say you have a video monitor rather than a tv set (or it could
> be both)
>
> You can get these from places like Radio Shack/Tandy together with adaptors
> for conversion, eg. to phono, if necessary.
>
> Maurice

No, it's a tv set alright.  But yes, it is a BNC connector, I got an adapter yesterday.  I understand that a
BNC plug is superior to RCAs.  So why don't they use BNCs anymore?

Cheng Lee

Cheng Lee <cheng_lee@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote:



>Maurice R Fleisher wrote:

>> On 28-Jun-98 11:28:06, Cheng_Lee@hotmail.com <cheng_lee@no.spam.hotmail.com> said about Trivia question:
>>
>> > For all you guys that think you are A/V experts, here's a question for
>> > you.
>>
>> > I recently found in the attic an old National TC-431HR television that
>> > hasn't been used for years.  It is maybe 12-15 years old.  I got the
>> > idea to set it up in my kid's room, so that he can play his Sony
>> > Playstion without hogging the living room set.  The only problem is, the
>> > video input jack is one I've never seen!
>>
>> > What I can tell you is that it is neither a composite "yellow" jack, or
>> > an RF in, or a cable jack.  Strangely enough, the audio input is a
>> > composite white.  The video jack looks a bit like a RF in, but the metal
>> > circle is smaller and the inside has a small white looking piece of
>> > plastic.  Anybody knows what this is?
>>
>> > I know, you can suggest that I buy a VCR and then hook up the Playstion
>> > to that, and then hook the VCR to the TV with the RF out.  I've done
>> > that, but the TV doesn't pick up the VCR signal very well and it's very
>> > snowy.  So the weird video jack is my last and only option.
>>
>> > Any ideas?
>>
>> > Cheng Lee
>>
>> It sounds like you may have a BNC (video) connector on the set, in which
>> case I would say you have a video monitor rather than a tv set (or it could
>> be both)
>>
>> You can get these from places like Radio Shack/Tandy together with adaptors
>> for conversion, eg. to phono, if necessary.
>>
>> Maurice

>No, it's a tv set alright.  But yes, it is a BNC connector, I got an adapter yesterday.  I understand that a
>BNC plug is superior to RCAs.  So why don't they use BNCs anymore?

>Cheng Lee

	Mainly because the manufacturers don't want to spend the extra few
cents!!

Probably a BNC type.
Robert

On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:28:06 +0800, "Cheng_Lee@hotmail.com"
<cheng_lee@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote:

>For all you guys that think you are A/V experts, here's a question for
>you.
>
>I recently found in the attic an old National TC-431HR television that
>hasn't been used for years.  It is maybe 12-15 years old.  I got the
>idea to set it up in my kid's room, so that he can play his Sony
>Playstion without hogging the living room set.  The only problem is, the
>video input jack is one I've never seen!
>
>What I can tell you is that it is neither a composite "yellow" jack, or
>an RF in, or a cable jack.  Strangely enough, the audio input is a
>composite white.  The video jack looks a bit like a RF in, but the metal
>circle is smaller and the inside has a small white looking piece of
>plastic.  Anybody knows what this is?
>
>I know, you can suggest that I buy a VCR and then hook up the Playstion
>to that, and then hook the VCR to the TV with the RF out.  I've done
>that, but the TV doesn't pick up the VCR signal very well and it's very
>snowy.  So the weird video jack is my last and only option.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Cheng Lee
>
>
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