Dave said:
Four pins? This is only wired for S-Video - no audio or control lines?
Just fit another plug - they're cheap enough.
Had it been a fully populated SCART it might have been worth just
replacing the damaged pins - if you could find a plug of identical
construction to pinch them from.
Tenista, is it an S-video connector or a SCART connector? They are
different. The Scart (Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils
Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs) connector is used for combined audio
and video connections. The connector is also known as a Peritel
connector or Euroconnector. It has 21 pins in 2 rows. If you are in
Europe you can easily buy another connector and use one of the pins in
that. (They are usually removable). Open the plug by unclipping the 2
halves of the shell from each other. Identify the wire to the broken
pin. Pull out the broken pin by pulling on its wire or by
gripping/pulling with narrow nosed pliers. Do the next thing outside
the plug to avoid melting any plastic. Unsolder the wire from the pin.
Bare and tin the wire appropriately. Solder the wire to the new pin.
Push pin into its slit in the Scart connector. Reassemble shell.
If, on the other hand, you have an s-video plug on the end of the lead,
these are otherwise called mini-DIN plugs you can buy these in many
places. It would be easier to cut the whole plug off and prepare the
cable and cores for soldering on the new one.
It is crazy to put cables in a drywall!!!
Scart plugs cost from 1 to 5 euros where I live, and s-video plugs are
around 6 euros
