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Posted by Marty on 11/04/05 19:56
Somewhere around Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:14:28 +0000 (UTC), while reading
rec.video.dvd.players, I think I thought I saw this post from kj
<socyl@987jk.com.invalid>:
>I just bought my first DVD player ever (until now I've been using
>my laptop to play DVDs), but after hooking it up to my TV according
>to the instructions (and every other way I could think of) I still
>get no image or sound from it.
>
>Normally at this point I'd call the retailer for help, or search
>online for any scrap of information that may tell me what to do.
>
>But I want to learn more about how an DVD equipment expert would
>go about *diagnosing* the problem. This way I hope that next time
>I may be more able to solve something like this on my own. So
>here's the situation prior to the arrival of the new DVD player:
....
One trick is to plug the audio cables up to the input (TV), but don't hook
up the other end of the cable to the DVD, turn the volume to a normal level,
then touch the ends of the cables (the part that sticks out). You should
hear hum coming from the TV speaker when you touch it.
You can try hooking the 3 cables up to your VCR, which you know works, and
plugging it to the TV. Disconnect the coax cable from the VCR so it won't
fool you into thinking it works, then try to get the VCR picture on the TV.
As others mentioned, you will need to "tell" the TV to switch to the
composite video inputs, or external inputs, or AV in, or something similar.
Maybe even TV/VCR switch. Possibly tuning to channel 0 if that's possible
(some VCRs work that way, so maybe the TV does, too).
--
Marty - public.forums (at) gmail (dot) com
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...
well, I have others." - Groucho Marx
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