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PS3 display in classic black and white...

dantreedantree Registered User regular
edited September 2008 in Games and Technology
...and if I was watching some Chaplin it would be OK.

I finally decided to hook up the Sony component cables to my PS3, I have been swapping wires like crazy trying to figure it out, for a while there was a black and white display and no sound, eventually I got the sound, but the display is still B&W. I was using a system selector. Now I have my PS3 connected directly into the TV. All the cables colors match up, I have swapped the two red wires a couple of times, still no color.

Is it something in the PS3 I need to reset? Bad cables? I am watching Dexter season 2 on it and I want to see the blood!

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  • JohnDoeJohnDoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I think playing games in B/W would be a cool novelty. But as I don't have a PS3 I have no idea what the issue is.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Does your composite still work OK? And have you changed your output settings to component in the PS3 system menu?

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    JAEF wrote: »
    And have you changed your output settings to component in the PS3 system menu?
    This might be the solution to your problem. That or the TV settings.

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  • CobellCobell Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    dantree wrote: »
    ...and if I was watching some Chaplin it would be OK.

    I finally decided to hook up the Sony component cables to my PS3, I have been swapping wires like crazy trying to figure it out, for a while there was a black and white display and no sound, eventually I got the sound, but the display is still B&W. I was using a system selector. Now I have my PS3 connected directly into the TV. All the cables colors match up, I have swapped the two red wires a couple of times, still no color.

    Is it something in the PS3 I need to reset? Bad cables? I am watching Dexter season 2 on it and I want to see the blood!

    Try autodetecting the new cables. When you turn on your PS3, keep your finger on the power button until you hear a single beep (after the one signaling it's turning on). This should tell the PS3 to autodetect video settings based on your currently connected cables. This should do the trick.

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  • ChildrenChildren Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    you could play resistance, so you would barley notice.

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  • RaynagaRaynaga Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Children wrote: »
    you could play resistance, so you would barley notice.

    I'll be charitable and say it was your spelling that made this a stupid post.

    EDIT: For the OP, this was all I could find. Third paragraph down, looks like a loophole way to pull off the B&W

    http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=blog&blog_id=400000040&blog_post_id=1160007116

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  • dantreedantree Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    OK so I got it figured out, it was the TV that had to be set up I was just having a hard time finding it in the menu with the remote.

    Thanks for the help!

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