Posted by tomswiftsenior on 10/01/05 01:02

Please help.

I live in the northeastern United States of America.

I recently bought one of the Sharp DV-NC80 Region-Free Multisystem
DVD/VCR Combo which seem to be for sale all over the internet. (Just
try a Google search). This units seems to have been originally
intended for Regions 3 and 4.

I have the unit physically set-up properly with all the PAL to NTSC
adaptors. The set-up is from my Satellite Receiver into the Combo unit
then into my TV itself.

The PROBLEM I am having is I cannot get the "Adjusting the Video
Channel" (p. 19 of the manual) to work. This means I cannot get a
set-up screen on my TV to work with nor can I get any playback picture
for DVD or VHS tape on my TV.

I can get as far as the channel selector options to appear on the unit,
but all the channels given seem to be UHF ones. At this point, I do
NOT know what to do!

The manual says I am suppose to get an RF pattern to appear on my TV
screen. I am not sure what that is, but it is NOT all the static/noise
I am getting on my TV.

I tried calling Sharp USA and they don't even know about this DVD-NC80
model!

Would someone PLEASE walk me through this? Thanks very much.

-Tom Sr.

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