ive got a 50inch pioneer plasma tv,do i need a media box,or is there another way to get it working,any help will do please.

ive got a 50inch pioneer plasma tv,do i need a media box,or is there another way to get it working,any help will do please.

To do what? To get what working? What model TV? You haven't actually given any indication as to what the problem is, so helping's going to be hard.

If you just have the display, you may need a seperate tuner and controller, that was often the case with older (the first) plasma TV's, for the newer ones it's all built in, just plug it into the wall, plug in your DVD player, Ariel and/or sky etc and off you go.

Its a PDP 504 PE, I NEED TO KNOW HOW I CAN GET A PICTURE ON IT.DO I NEED A MEDIA BOX OR IS THERE ANOTHER WAY ROUND IT PLEASE.

Ther's only one 24 pin plug in the back of it.

Have you got a manual or is it nicked??

I'm still struggling other than suggesting you plug it into the mains, insert a source input from freeview box, sky box, hdmi connection from dvd or media center etc

maybe fire it up and hope it does an auto scan to find source signals otherwise switch all of the sources on and use the remote to flick from one to the other to see it working?

I've had a quick look on avforums and it does look like this may be just a display and a seperate media box is required so if you haven't got that you need a freeview, freesat or sky box to see anything. Good luck

alternatively contact the poor sap who's lounge it probably came from during the hours of darkness :)

there's no ariel connection

Its not nicked,its was bought from a club that was shutting down.
i agree it does sound dodge.

its not a tv its a monitor so you need a tuner or a sky box or virgin and the right cable

Ther's only one 24 pin plug in the back of it.

scart has 21 pins normally can you google and post a link for something which has this kind of connection? I've just had a quick look and lots of motherboard connection and psu sites come back

its a 24 pin system lead,where's the best place to get one from,and can u get a sky lead with a 24 pin at one end

its a 24 pin system lead,where's the best place to get one from,and can u get a sky lead with a 24 pin at one end

'system lead' is like I said, it's simply a plasma panel, you need an external box/decoder/tuner with the correct connection on it to set it up and get it working...

you need one of these... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pioneer-PDP-R04E-%1A-Plasma-TV-Media-Receiver-HD-(4G)-_W0QQitemZ400048232019QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ2009050 7?IMSfp=TL090507121004r16718

if its classed as a monitor (like my panasonic was) you may need a scart board as well as a source for the picture ie sky, freeview etc.

whats a scart board,sorry.

google it.