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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 04/10/06 19:10
On 4/09/2006, phaedrus8@hotmail.com posted this:
> Got rid of 20 year old set the other day and got a new Insignia
> IS-TV040919 $89 at best buy. Old set had a 2 year old Allegro ABV441
> DVD/ VCR combo hooked up with quite a few adapters to make it work
> with the 20 year old tv but work it did both VCR and DVD played just
> fine.Old system not hooked up to cable. Rabbit ears : ) Hooked up the
> Allegro to the new Insignia and tv works fine, DVD part works fine and
> I can play retail and previously recorded VHS tapes. No cable hook ups
> on this either, rabbit ears.
>
> Insignia has 3 vertical rows in back of tv.
>
> 1. In - yellow, white and red
> 2. Component - green, blue and red
> 3. Out - yellow, white and red
>
> Allegro DVD/ VCR has 4 vertical rows in back of unit
>
> 1. VCR In Line 1 - red, white and yellow
> 2. DVD/ VCR Out - red white and yellow
> 3. Component - red, blue and green
> 4. Audio Out - red, white and blue
>
> I made my first connection with the Allegro row 2, DVD/ VCR Out to the
> Insignia row 1, In.
>
> Under this set up everything worked as I mentioned above DVD, TV etc
> except that I was unable to record from the TV to VHS tape, just noise.
>
> I left that connection as is and then hooked up Allegro row 1, VCR IN
> Line 1 to the Insignia row 3, Out.
>
> Still can not record to VHS tape. I could be wrong but I believe that I
> am doing somehting wrong while trying to set up the VHS part of the
> equation if in fact those connections I have made are the right ones.
> Thank you.
Have you connect a TV source (rabbit ears) to the VCR's F-type (Antenna
in) connector?
Sounds like not, but I can't be sure, since you don't mention where the
antenna is hooked up...
HTH,
Gino
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