MI + Component Cables= No PS1 Or MI setup Screen worky

I have a really bizzare(or maybe not?) problem going on with my PS2. First let me break down my gear first so you all know what i'm working with:

PS2 V10 Japanese ceramic white
MI FW 1.88
Viewsonic N3250W 32" LCD
Sony brand PS2 component cables
Pelican component switcher
Acoustic Research component cables from switcher to tv

Ok. i just found out a few weeks ago that for some reason, i cant play PS1 games, or manage the MI config screen whilst my PS2 is hooked up to my tv. I've had this PS2 modded for a year w/o probs, its just that about 4 months ago i got this LCD tv, and since then i never played a PS1 game or went into the MI config screen. up until a few weeks ago that is.

I freaked out. The MI config screen comes up and then just seems to freeze. its not "frozen" but it looks like it is. nothing you doon the controller actually happens on screen.

Ps1 games - the ps1 boot up is fine. then after, some games i've tried start for a few seconds, then the video freezes and audio keeps going. some games stay black after the ps1 boot, but again you hear the audio.

When i switch to S-video or composite, everything is peachy keen.


I dont understand. What gives?


Another weird thing is that my PS2 works fine with PS1 and MI config screen on component cables at my friends house. . .BUT he has the ps2 hooked up directly to the TV with his component cables, and he also uses some Tsunami brand cables...


Please help!

I get similar results with a PS2, regardless of what chip I have it - it has to do with the PS2 settings itself. If you use component cables, you need to make sure you hook up your PS2 to a standard TV using the Svideo first and then go into the Sony Browser settings, and change the settings to from RGB to the other setting. Then turn off the PS2, hook it back up to the LCD TV with component cables and you should be set. If that doesn't work, let me know - that's how I get mine to work. My xbox doesn't have this problem though, it auto detects and changes accordingly. I wish the PS2 had this same option.

Yeah thats definitely not it. its already on the component setting in the browser. Let me say again that ps2 games work perfectly fine on my LCD with the configuration i mentioned above