DVDs blue through component (1 Viewer)

[Jon Mahoney]

I just bought a new HDTV Samsung last night. Everything was working fine until I plugged my DVD player (also Samsung) using the component cables. I can see the DVD playing and everything however everything is blue. I tried adjusting all the settings on the TV and DVD player still nothing. It works fine using svideo and regular RCA cables. Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

 

[Bob McElfresh]

Step 1: With the component cables, check the connections to make sure you dont have them crossed and connected correctly.

Step 2: Test the component cables. These are just 3 Composite cables in a bundle. Test each individual cable by hooking it up with the Composite output and see if it works. One of the cables could be bad. (I'm assuming this is a brand-new cable).

Hope this helps.

 

[Jon Mahoney]

I'll try that after work. I did notice that if I only have the video cable in and the other 2 not plugged in the picture is greyscale and not in color. Is that normal?

 

[John Royster]

That's normal. You were seeing the lumanince (sp?) part of the video signal...black and white. The other two cables are Pr and Pb for red and blue color difference I believe (i'm a video newbie, forgive me )
So on your TV and DVD player you'll have three component connections Y, Pb, Pr. They may even be colored red, green and blue. Make sure you match Y to Y, Pb to Pb, Pr to Pr on the player to TV connections. Also read your manual and see if you have to change the input type to YPbPr instead of RGB on your TV.
hth
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[Scott Merryfield]

I'll try that after work. I did notice that if I only have the video cable in and the other 2 not plugged in the picture is greyscale and not in color. Is that normal?

All three of the cables in a component connection comprise the video signal. You are confusing component video with a standard audio/video cable which consists of a single composite video cable and two analog audio cables. John Royster's response above outlines each cable's function in a component video signal.