No Colour Hi, I'm stuck! Can't get colour on my new Telefunken TEL 4207 TV. Connected to cable via Motorola 5000 Streamliner set top box feeding into an Onkyo TX - SR674 a/v amp and then YRB cable into TV. Many Thanks Andy

I am assuming this should read 'Set top box'. What kind of cable are you using?

Usually the set top box connects via a SCART lead but yours may be HDMI if it is a very new set top box.

If you are using RCA plugs, you may have cross connected the wrong cables. The RCA cables should be colour-coded. RED and WHITE are for audio, Yellow is for video.

Best advice is to switch it all off, remove all the cables you attached, and start again. The instruction manual/user guide usually has an illustration to help you identify what your set up looks like - there are usually several examples.

If the cables you need did not come with the set top box, you will need to purchase them.

When you are connecting audio leads, you should use the 'audio out' on the set top box and the 'audio in' on your TV set.

It would help to know the EXACT model number of LG screen you have and the make and EXACT model number of the set top box.

Good luck.

I suspect that you have connected via componet I would check the red green and blue cables

you may have lost a one of the colors but check the cables first

is it b/w on it's menus?

if it is you have a color element out

It sounds like either the TV or the device is trying to do S video instead of composite video.
see if you can change the output type of the media player and make sure that the TV input is not set to S Video.

All hd-ready tv's only support max 1080i and not 1080p. The default setting on the Xbox is 1080p, that's why you get that message. There is a way to fix this, just follow the steps below:

Connect TV and X box via HDMI cable with units switched off.

Switch both units on.

1. Press the right arrow 7 times (Left top jog knob on game controller)
   

2. Press "A" button 4 times (Green button)
   

3. Press "up" arrow once to set to 1080i
   

4. Press "up" arrow once again to set to 720p.
   

5. Press "A" to store setting
   

Find out what board and circuit is responsible for the color and you have your answer.

this tv can only process 480p and 1080i as hdtv signal. Check your motorola to see if it is outputing something like 720p....

your TV do not disable close caption in composite mode. It may in component mode. Please make sure that the close caption in your TV menu is not set to "text"
Please be advice that CC :Text is the ONLY one that can give you a black box.

Best regards
Circuitcity