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PS3 not sending signal through AV cables...

winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
edited September 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So i bought a HD LCD Television, set up my PS3 with new HD cables. All was good. Problem is i dont have my HD cable any more so ive been trying to run it through the tv with the standard AV cables. I plug it all in and theres no picture displayed. Is this because the system is still set to run in HD and it cant send HD through the AV cables? Or should the system be able to detect that there are AV cables plugged into it?

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  • DeShadowCDeShadowC Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Is your tv set to the proper input setting? It'll be a different one since you're not using hd.

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    yeh its plugged into the proper standard ports, not the HD ports. Just tested old PS2 cables, still doesnt work...

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  • DeShadowCDeShadowC Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Well what I'm saying is on the TV itself theres normally an input option. Where you'll switch from HDMI to AV1/2 etc.

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Yeah ive tried switching through all of them. Not working. Im going out to buy a HD cable. Hopefully its the AV cables that just can send a signal, and not a busted PS3. I LOST MY RECIEPT!!!

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  • eternalbleternalbl Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Hold the power button for 5 secs or so when you turn on the system and that'll reset your video settings to default.

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    eternalbl, you're a champ! Works fine now. CHeers DeShadowC for your suggestions too! Solved!

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    For the record, what this was was that the PS3 was trying to output in HD and not SD, but you only had the SD cables in.

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