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Posted by Tim Walters on 04/28/06 09:20
"J Brockley" <jbrockley@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e2shgj$k1o$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> >Tim Walters" <tim.walters@terraform.es> wrote in message
> >news:e2rpuq$85h$0@pita.alt.net...
> >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.)
> >
> Sounds a bit like the VCR channel is conflicting with an off air channel.
> Might be worth setting the VCR to a different output channel.
That did it! Great! Thanks a lot.
Tim
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