Posted by Bill G on 10/11/05 17:20

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:32:40 -0500, "MaryL"
<carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote:

>
><DVDless@example.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>
>You're right about channel 3 (I was reverting to VCR there). I use Video 1
>with my setup. I'd like to find a local geek but so far haven't found any
>among my friends! The irony is, I'm usually the person who wants to read
>manuals -- but I haven't found a solution to this one.

What part of the world do you live in? If you turn out to be one of my
neighbors, I'll be happy to walk over and take a look at it.

--
Bill

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