Comments on: Component cables only see in black and white?

Question: Component cables only see in black and white?

joshuaconner — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:15:50 -0800

HomeTheaterFilter: I have a Sony SLV-360 connected to an EIKI LC-X60 projector with component video cable. When I try and watch a DVD on the Sony, it only shows in black and white. How can I fix this?

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:37:03 -0800

Stop the disk, press the Setup button, and you should find a menu option to enable component out in there somewhere.

By: crabintheocean

crabintheocean — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:53:19 -0800

When I set up our projector and the image was black and white, it was because I'd plugged the RCA video cable into the wrong jack on the DVD player. It has one output jack where the video is carried on one cable, and one set of jacks where the video is carried on several. If you only get a part of the video signal it can show up as black and white, or with the colors messed up. Check that connection.

By: SpookyFish

SpookyFish — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:20:48 -0800

Of the three component cables, the Y is not really green, but all the luminosity information - red and blue (PrPb) carry the differences in color for that signal.

If for some reason, the red and blue are not connected to the proper red and blue outputs, a black and white picture will occur.

Alternatively, if the component output is set to 480i, and the Y signal was inadvertently connected to the composite RCA jack on the projector (likely yellow), a black & white picture could result. Since only Y has sync, auto-input detect would skip component and find a valid composite signal (that has no color information).