I have just acquired a Power Mac 5400 with a TV tuner card. One problem - the tuner part seems to be NTSC only, and the country I am in uses the PAL standard The video image I get through the tuner is offset down and to the right, and in black and white, and there is only weird sounding static - are these the right symptoms? The composite and S/Video inputs work fine (I can change their input modes). Would there be any way of getting around it - or would I need a new tuner?
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Make sure that the monitor is set to a correct resolution. I can't remember what the maximum resolution is, but it is something like 800x600. Maybe lower. Try different resolutions and see if that helps.
IC
ah typical problem, and its not resolution.
search google for PAL to NTSC converter. should solve the issue
Don't bother getting a converter. They're waaaay too expensive. Get a used VCR, hook it up to the video-in card, set the card to PAL in the preferences and use the VCR as a tuner instead of the built in tuner card.