Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 01/10/38 11:50

"Greg" <GreggHall@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1150479827.888862.176570@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

> Bought a Zenith Z20LA7R 20 inch LCD ED TV.
> Hooked it up to a Philips DVP 3050V DVD/VCR Player - no problems.
> Later decided that I also needed to record TV programs.
> Bought a Philips DVD 3390 DVD Player/Recorder.
> Followed the generic instructions for connecting the DVD/VCR
> Player to the DVD Player/Recorder, spent a lot of time fiddling
> with possible options, but I'm unable to view or hear anything
> from the DVD/VCR Player.
>
> A. Does anyone know if the marriage of these two Philips products
> is in fact possible? Is there some magic switch I'm overlooking?
>
> B. If it is possible to connect these two Philips products, will
> it then be possible to play a Video or DVD on the DVD/VCR Player
> while recording a program on the the DVD Player/Recorder?
>
> Thanks for any input on this issue.

You should be able to do both of these things, so I suspect you are
indeed overlooking something. You might have a problem with some DVDs
or tapes because of copy protection, but otherwise it should work.

Try to give a reasonably detailed description of how you hooked things
up, and someone might spot the problem...Maybe not me, but someone who
knows a bit more :-)

Gino

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