If your decoder supports s-video connections, you should not need any settings. It's plug and play.

Check whether the s-video pins is bent or not. Remove the cable and swap it opposite, meaning, remove the decoder end and connect to the tv and vice versa.

Probably the cable is faulty.

Have you select the correct AV channel on your TV?

Make sure you connect the svideo and 2 rca cable on the same av channel at the back of your TV, and select that av channel via remote control.

eh, seriously? what model is the latest?

i just got my astro (non-byond) installed yesterday. i got the new dish (dark gray) & philips DSR4201.





can only connect s-video & composite cables.. unluckily, my bravia ex400 dun have s-video port , so stucked with composite la..

This post has been edited by deathscyther: Apr 20 2010, 11:05 AM

wah, u got ur new astro installed yesterday, yet u got not the latest decoder?

This must be refurbish decoder from byond user
If u want new decoder with component output, you must ask astro. But you need to pay full installation fee, no free installation iinm.

humm.. mebi la.. coz i took the discounted package $50 for recond decoder. if take new one, must pay $199. never thought of the model difference b4..

Simple solution: Subscribe to Byond for free*, you'll get component output + HDMI output






*additional RM20 per month apply

what the functioning of parallel port and serial port....
just want to know...hehehehe...

component output is only for HD right?

I was willing to sell my old decoder and buy a new decoder because of a few issues that bothers me..
old decoder
-remote response is crappy.. If I push a number on the remote, it is not necessarily the decoder can capture
the number. I cannot push numbers very fast.. it won't capture or capture the wrong number. If I push very slow, the numbers shown on the tv will immediately gone, and I have to reenter the channel number..
-I swear I already had more than 10 astro remotes. The remotes won't last long. Yeah.. more than 10 broken remotes (over 6 years of astro subscription), I'm not kidding..

I think that's among the major reason why astro introduce newer decoder..

Can we ask Astro to change to the new decoder without upgrading to Astro Beyond?
Do we need to pay?

existing astro customer can upgrade their old box to byond free of charge, but need to pay compulsory RM20 per month HD fee

astro may have change their term and condition, call astro to inquire the latest offering