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Posted by Gunther Gloop on 06/07/06 09:30
Tricky Dicky wrote:
> "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:4emgsdF1f6oetU1@individual.net...
>> Andy Upton wrote:
>>> I have a system consisting of a 42" Philips plasma TV - Philips
>>> 42PF5520D/10 ( with aeriel extension lead ), an NTL box and a
>>> Philips VCR - VR550/07. My problem is this :
>>> When I tape channels 1, 2, 3,or 4 they are okay, but when I try to
>>> tape a Sky ( NTL ) channel, I get loads of faint but visible
>>> horizontal lines all over the screen.
>>> I have tried all sorts of things including twiddling about with the
>>> RF OUT all to no avail.
>>> Does anyone know what's going on and how to get rid of the lines ?
>>>
>>
>> My mother has the same problem since getting her new (cheap) vcr.
>> Normally she has everthing tuned to channel 1 on the telly, but when
>> she records, the image is distorted on channel 1 as you describe. If
>> she sets it to EXT1 (scart), it shows fine. It does record ok (ie.
>> playback is not distorted), but having to explain to her (every time
>> she is recording anything) is a pain. As above, this happens when
>> viewing/recording 'analogue' cable. She doesn't have satellite, nor
>> does she view via "terrestrial" channels.
>> ...I've tried getting her to watch EXT1 as normal, but once the vcr
>> is switched off -for whatever reason- she's back on the phone
>> wondering why she can't get any reception on the telly.
>>
>> It never happened on the old vcr. I don't have an explanation, but
>> you are not alone. Hopefully someone here will make sense of it.
>>
>> (I can't recall which vcr it is).
>>
>> -Kevin.
>
> Could be that the VCR and decoder are sharing the same channel and
> interfering with each other. Although the setting to change has been
> available in most VCRs for years, it is only recently with the
> proliferation of boxes in peoples living rooms that it has been
> necessary to change it
> I am off out now but the channel number 63 springs to mind - try
> changing this in the VCR set-up
>
Ok. I'll give that a look next time I call up there. Probably at the
weekend.
You should be back by then. :)
-Kevin.
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