very amateur ps1/hd tv question

[Shinra'sMostWanted]

Its been so long I forgot how to fix this - and google searches are just jumbled and don't really solve the problem. I know its a basic fix. I am trying to hook up an original release sqaure ps1 to my girlfriends toshiba smart tv and it comes up in black and white ( so does her dvd player ). I check through all of the tv settins and inputs but I KNOW it has something to do with the rca cables. I just can't remember the simple fix.. something to do with running in component versus compositie i believe. My samsung smart tv doesnt seem to have the problem but i havnt tested it. I have only hooked up a nintendo 64 and it was fine.

What do I need an adapter if the tv doesnt have a setting for it?

 

[Flintlock]

You're probably right: some TVs have shared composite/component ports, and you need to select the input type from a menu somewhere. See if you can find the TV model so we can start Googling for instruction manuals, etc.

I wouldn't bother getting a composite to anything adapter. For the same price, or probably a lot less, you could pick up an actual component cable - they shouldn't be hard to find because the PS2 and PS3 have the same AV port as the PS1. I got one for my PS2 a few years ago for about 10€.

 

[Lex]

Component cables (YPbPr) don't work for the PS1. I say this as a person who read that it didn't work on the internet, didn't believe it and tried it anyway. No go.

Best bet is SCART if your TV has the output (best possible image quality from the PS1), which most US TV's don't (and I have no idea where you live). The only time I've seen an old school console display in black and white was when the console was trying to run an unsupported refresh rate (i.e. NTSC games on my PAL console) and my TV didn't support it.

 

[Shinra'sMostWanted]

I found the solution and its frustrating because its something I did and it didnt work the first time but then it did when I tried it a second.. go figure.. I changed her tv from Color-something HD to Video. worked like a charm