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Posted by Paul Heslop on 04/28/06 03:04
Tim Walters wrote:
>
> I can't tune in the video channel properly on either a VCR or a DVD recorder
> (both Panasonics, though I don't think that's relevant). I get a very good
> picture on all television channels tuned directly on the TV. I get a pretty
> good picture on the television stations tuned through the EXT channel of
> both VCR and DVD recorder (though there's a visible pattern of diagonal
> lines here). But on the video channel, the image has light and dark narrow
> bands through it, so that the picture is almost impossible to make out.
>
> The really strange thing about all this is that until this morning I _was_
> able to tune the VCR.
>
> I bought the DVD recorder about 2 months ago. I couldn't tune the video
> channel, so I just reconnected the VCR, intending to find out what was wrong
> with the DVD later on. However, they've recently built something which
> slightly obstructs the line of sight between the transmitter and my aerial,
> so I decided to buy a digital terrestrial receiver. My picture improved at
> once, even before I tuned it, so I postponed doing this. Since I was getting
> a good picture on the VCR video channel, it didn't occur to me there could
> be any problem with it. It was when I tried playing a videotape that up came
> all the bands. As I wanted to see the videotape properly, I disconnected the
> digital receiver. But I haven't been able to get my original setup back. The
> video channel is now all distorted by the bands whether there's a tape
> playing or not.
>
> What on earth could be the cause of this, and what can I do about it?
>
> Thanks for any replies.
>
> Tim
> (PS This may not be the most appropriate ng for this problem. Any
> suggestions for a more technical forum gratefully received.)
Are you trying to connect all this equipment through RF leads or are
you using AV connections? I keep seeing reference to tuning so I am
assuming you are only using RF connections., but you really aught to
connect your equipment via AV leads, RCA or scart depending on where
you live. The RF can go into each of the recorders and into your tv,
which will give you your tv channels, but you shouldn't rely on the RF
signal to watch things from either vcr or dvd.
I hope that isn't too confusing, it's 4 am and I am just on my way to
bed!
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