PS3 SET UP HELP !!

Henrik_is_God

Just bought a second hand PS3 and no instructions came with it . I have everything plugged in except the 3 pin seperate colour cable( whatever its called ) . I only have room for 2 at the back of my tv ???

What do I need to do ?

Yes , I know im an idiot

Kimbot

The 3 pins you are referring to go into a scart adapter and then into a scart slot in your TV.

Captain Chaos

That three pin cable is a SCART cable, red, yellow and white. Those other two connections are audio only cable jacks don't put them in there.

You may need a SCART block, the three cables go into that then that plugs into the TV, its like a rectangular connection with a angular notch sticking out of it.

Henrik_is_God

Does the scart adapter not come with the ps3 ??

Kimbot

Yes, but secondhand cannot be guaranteed.



That is what you need.

Henrik_is_God

:eek:

Ok thanks alot

Henrik_is_God

Would they be sold in Xtra-Vision ??

Kimbot

AFAIK Xtravision do sell them but could be expensive. Most places that sell TV's will have them and Argos do aswell from what I remember.

Henrik_is_God

Any idea how much ??

Kimbot

€5 would be my guess. I wouldn't spend more than €10 on one unless I had to.

Henrik_is_God

Ok , thanks for your help J !!

Kimbot

No problem, if your stuck the only one on the argos website I could find was:

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5343999/c_1/1|category_root|Home+entertainment+and+sat+nav|10391911/c_2/2|cat_10391911|Electrical+accessories|10391935/c_3/3|cat_10391935|Leads%2C+connectors+and+adaptors|10391938.htm

Niall0

Henrik_is_God wrote: »

Just bought a second hand PS3 and no instructions came with it . I have everything plugged in except the 3 pin seperate colour cable( whatever its called ) . I only have room for 2 at the back of my tv ???

What do I need to do ?

Yes , I know im an idiot

What colour are the connections on your tv? There could be one foe the yellow one(video) and one of the red or white ones . If your tv is a newish one you might have options for component or hdmi which would give you a far superior high definition picture.

Stuxnet

throw away your telly and scart, get a hd telly and hdmi lead, otherwise your not doing your ps3 justice !

Retr0gamer

you will probably be better off getting a real scart cable instead of a scart block. You'll get much better picture quality and it will only be a tiny bit more expensive than using the dreadful red yellow white conectors in a scart block.

guil

i got one in game in carlow, ya can use it with xbox ps2 ps3 and it has a scart on the end