Posted by b on 08/27/05 09:48

Jeremy wrote:
> In article <1125063237.054911.191280@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> reverend_rogers@yahoo.com says...
> >
> >
> >
> >1) what tv have you hooked it up to ? is it multisystem? (i assume you
> >are in N. America)
> >2) what standard is the tape you are trying to play?
> >3) are the symptoms the same on PAL and NTSC tapes? speeds?
> >4) model of machine?? (I have a sharp VC-890ET multisystem deck)
> >5) have you tried it on a different monitor?
> >
> >if still faulty, could be a dry joint on a crytal on the relevant
> >chroma section...but check the above first and post back!
> >-Ben
> >
>
> I think it is a multi-format VCR not multi-system. Multi-system means it has a
> converter built in which this one apparently doesn't because you need a
> multi-format TV to view it or a TV of the format the tape you're playing from
> the VCR is. If you play a PAL tape through an NTSC tv it goes in black &
> white. The vcr model is VC-MH300

Ok. what you have there is a multistandard vcr, but without standards
conversion, since, as you say, you need a Tv monitor of the system you
are playing back.
it is correct then that you're getting a B&W picture with pal to NTSC.
The NTSC colour subcarrier is 3.58 and PAL is 4.43.
what would, however, be incorrect is having b&w from NTSC tapes on the
NTSC set! does this happen?
-B.

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