Posted by Larry LaMere on 01/15/06 00:39

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:54:07 GMT, John <jlwsecure-usenet5@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Larry LaMere <ljlamere@acd.net> wrote in
>news:sa5is15tahb2np0keub5tt8nheei0p6c5v@4ax.com:
>
>> I know it's a cheapie but even so it should work.
>>
>> When I try to record from a tape, a black box keeps popping up
>> covering the picture. At first I thought it was copy protection. ( The
>> first tape I tried was The Invisible Ray starring Karlof and Lugosi).
>> But it does it no matter what tape I'm recording or even just
>> watching. Even the ones taped off the TV.
>>
>> Is this a known issue with this machine? Is there a setting I might
>> have got wrong in setup?
>>
>> Thanks for any replies.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Do you have the right input selected? When in the "source" selection
>mode, csn you view the tape? You need to do an source selection every
>time you use the recorder. I've never tried to record off tape yet, so I
>don't know.
>
>I do know that you *cannot* simply connect the coaxial RF connector
>between your VCR and the DVD recorder. You'd need an RF modulator
>between the VCR and the DVD recorder.


Hi John, Thanks. I've got the 3 wire composite wires going from the vcr to the dvd and from the dvd
to the tv. I also have the co-axial wires connected. When I select video-1 and watch on the tv's aux
channel I get the black box.

But when I select tuner (the co-ax) and watch on channel 3 ( supposedly this signal is just supposed
to feed straight through to the tv ) I still get the black boxes.

The ILO DVD is doing something to the signal no matter what input or output I use, even the one
that's not supposed to do anything. Yes I also tried tuner as input and watching on the aux channel.

I've e-mailed to ILO support, I'll see if they have anything to say.

Just on the chance that it might have been a bad unit, I've already taken the first one back and the
new one is the same.

By the way, both are DVDR05MU.

Thanks again

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