Posted by DVDless on 10/11/05 04:47

In Message-ID:<rjF2f.2805$xE1.2083@okepread07>,
"MaryL" <carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote:

>>> Here's the big problem: Now I cannot even get either machine even
>>> to *play* a DVD, let alone start learning how to edit! I'm not
>>> even sure if *I* am the problem or if the cause was the power
>>> outage that I just went through. I live in the area hit by
>>> Hurricane Rita, and I was without power for 7 days. I know the
>>> equipment was not destroyed because the TVs works fine. When I try
>>> to power on the attached DVD players, the light comes on and the
>>> "read" message is clear. If I press "play," the DVD button lights
>>> up, and the DVD shows numbers counting up as if it is reading a
>>> track. However, only the TV channel continues to play (and I did
>>> set the TV channel to 3, which is used when playing the DVD).

Please forgive an uninformed and elementary possible
explanation. My guess is that losing power sent your sets back to
default settings and some setting you (or the installer) made
once, and never unmade, has to be made again.

I don't have a DVD player, but I wonder if they have a switch
similar to one on VCRs. On a VCR it's the TV/VTR button. Set one
say, the VCR doesn't send its signal to the TV; set the other way,
it does. (I'm calling it a switch, but it's usually a button that
turns on or off a light.)

Do you really set the TV to channel 3 to play the DVD? Most
are set up to play DVDs from the AUX VIDEO (or VIDEO IN) because
the quality is much higher.

Rather than playing around with the hardware, I'd spend some
time looking at the manuals. I see you have problems
understanding them, so get a local geek (who you can probably get
for free or, at most, a pizza) to look over the situation.
Certainly cheaper and faster than trying Circuit City, and (IMO)
at least as likely to produce the results you want.

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