Posted by NunYa Bidness on 12/19/05 00:51

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:35:30 GMT, "JohnR66" <nospam@att.net> Gave us:

>I bought a Presidian DVD Recorder (PDR-3222) from Radio Shack. I am using
>the composite jack to connect it to my TV. Everything shows up dim - on
>screen menus, tuner, DVDs - Everything! I took it back and got another one.
>I had them try it in the store and it was fine. I bring it home and it is
>dim as well. When I connect it to my VCR input and the VCR out to this same
>port on the TV, it looks good. I can't keep it this way because when I play
>movies the macrovision copy protection will make the brightness fade in and
>out.
>
>My VCR and other DVD player work fine on this same composite video port of
>the TV. I'm at a loss to understand why this DVD recorder works on the line
>in of the VCR and on other TV's line inputs, and my other devices work on my
>TV.
>
>Anyone out there understand the signals on the line in? Is there some sort
>of gain control that the DVD recorder bypasses?
>
>Thanks for any clues.
>John
>
It is the composite input of your TV that appears at fault.

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