I am having trouble getting the picture to show on the screen of my television when I play VCR's. The dvd's play fine and the sound is good on both. Help please.
It sounds like you may have your vcr connected via composite cable.
Check the back of your VCR and follow the cable to your TV. You should
see a Red, White and Yellow connection on both ends. The Yellow
connector is the video.
Here is an image to help you find it:
The composite cable ends look like the supplied image. If you can, take a look and the back of your VCR and describe everything that's connected to it here.
Thanks!
Ok, the composite cables are your audio, which is working correctly. The s-video cable should look like this:
Is this cable connected to both your VCR and TV? If not, that will be your culprit.
I have a bit more clear picture of why your vcr video won't show up. If you notice in this image (ignore the black box at the bottom), the dvd side has an s-video out, but the vcr side can only use composite video. You will need to plug a cable from the composite-out (yellow) connector on the vcr to the composite-in connector on the tv. You will also likely need to change your TV input to make it work correctly. Sorry if there was any confusion, and I hope this helps you solve your problem!
Sorry, couldn't find a better illustration in a pinch :( If you're genuinely interested in that fix though, there's a thread that details it here:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view....
Looks like it costs a bit over 20 bucks, so not too bad.
It's also a good thing to note that - if your vcr is as the picture shows - you can just hook up the composite cables and they'll work for both dvd and vcr. The s-video cable gives a better picture quality, but if your tv has s-video and composite video on different inputs, you will have to connect two sets of audio cables (1 to dvd, 1 to vcr) to make them work correctly and you'll have to switch your tv input every time you go from one to the other.
Take a look at the thread linked above for information on getting one of those boxes.
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I don't understand what you mean by I may have my vcr connected via composite cable. What should I do?
What is confusing me is that the dvd works fine ... so shouldn't the vcr also????
On the back of the dvd/vcr are the composite cables and the s-video.
I will go an try this
Talk to you shortly
WOW!! I want one of those copy protection eliminators LOL
I got it fixed. You are going to think I am so ... what um lite in the head lol. I had to put the tv onto channel 3. With all the new gadgetry and chosing from a menu for everything who'd a thought of the good ol'fashioned way. Thank you very much for all you help anyway.
*whisper* where can I get one of those boxes?lol
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