Posted by J Brockley on 04/28/06 07:51

>Tim Walters" <tim.walters@terraform.es> wrote in message
>news:e2rpuq$85h$0@pita.alt.net...
>I can't tune in the video channel properly on either a VCR or a DVD
>recorder
> (both Panasonics, though I don't think that's relevant). I get a very good
> picture on all television channels tuned directly on the TV. I get a
> pretty
> good picture on the television stations tuned through the EXT channel of
> both VCR and DVD recorder (though there's a visible pattern of diagonal
> lines here). But on the video channel, the image has light and dark narrow
> bands through it, so that the picture is almost impossible to make out.
>
> The really strange thing about all this is that until this morning I _was_
> able to tune the VCR.
>
> I bought the DVD recorder about 2 months ago. I couldn't tune the video
> channel, so I just reconnected the VCR, intending to find out what was
> wrong
> with the DVD later on. However, they've recently built something which
> slightly obstructs the line of sight between the transmitter and my
> aerial,
> so I decided to buy a digital terrestrial receiver. My picture improved at
> once, even before I tuned it, so I postponed doing this. Since I was
> getting
> a good picture on the VCR video channel, it didn't occur to me there could
> be any problem with it. It was when I tried playing a videotape that up
> came
> all the bands. As I wanted to see the videotape properly, I disconnected
> the
> digital receiver. But I haven't been able to get my original setup back.
> The
> video channel is now all distorted by the bands whether there's a tape
> playing or not.
>
> What on earth could be the cause of this, and what can I do about it?
>
> Thanks for any replies.
>
> Tim
> (PS This may not be the most appropriate ng for this problem. Any
> suggestions for a more technical forum gratefully received.)
>
Sounds a bit like the VCR channel is conflicting with an off air channel.
Might be worth setting the VCR to a different output channel.

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