Posted by Gary A. Edelstein on 04/11/06 17:06

On 9 Apr 2006 08:05:26 -0700, "phaedrus8@hotmail.com"
<phaedrus8@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Got rid of 20 year old set the other day and got a new Insignia
>IS-TV040919 $89 at best buy. Old set had a 2 year old Allegro ABV441
>DVD/ VCR combo hooked up with quite a few adapters to make it work
>with the 20 year old tv but work it did both VCR and DVD played just
>fine.Old system not hooked up to cable. Rabbit ears : ) Hooked up the
>Allegro to the new Insignia and tv works fine, DVD part works fine and
>I can play retail and previously recorded VHS tapes. No cable hook ups
>on this either, rabbit ears.
>
>Insignia has 3 vertical rows in back of tv.
>
>1. In - yellow, white and red
>2. Component - green, blue and red
>3. Out - yellow, white and red
>
>Allegro DVD/ VCR has 4 vertical rows in back of unit
>
>1. VCR In Line 1 - red, white and yellow
>2. DVD/ VCR Out - red white and yellow
>3. Component - red, blue and green
>4. Audio Out - red, white and blue
>
>I made my first connection with the Allegro row 2, DVD/ VCR Out to the
>Insignia row 1, In.
>
>Under this set up everything worked as I mentioned above DVD, TV etc
>except that I was unable to record from the TV to VHS tape, just noise.
>
>I left that connection as is and then hooked up Allegro row 1, VCR IN
>Line 1 to the Insignia row 3, Out.
>
>Still can not record to VHS tape. I could be wrong but I believe that I
>am doing somehting wrong while trying to set up the VHS part of the
>equation if in fact those connections I have made are the right ones.
>Thank you.
>
You want to record from the VCR's tuner, not from the TV.

Hook up your antenna to the VCR/DVD antenna input and then hook up the
RF out from the VCR/DVD to the TV's antenna in.

Then go into the VCR's setup menu, select over the air broadcast and
have it scan for channels.

Also, I suggest you hook up the component out from the VCR/DVD to the
TV's compenent in. That output will probably only work for DVDs, but
it will improve the picture compared to the composite in you are
using.

Gary E
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