Posted by Cliff Hartle on 12/27/06 22:59

Since you say its a combo unit, I wonder if the built-in copy protection is
somehow being turned on.

I have seen similar things happen when a PS2 tries to play a DVD on a TV/VCR
combo. If a tape is inserted, the copy protection kicks in and the output
either DVD or game is messed up.


"Dong" <edongliu@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167256366.931265.195550@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com...
> Thank you, Larry. I tried another VCR, and the problem disappeared. It
> is puzzling that my VCR can play the tape recorded by the other VCR. It
> can also record from DVD (it is a combo), and play it. However, the
> other VCR cannot play the tape that my VCR recorded from DVD.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dong
>
> On Dec 27, 2:10 am, Larry in AZ <usen...@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com>
> wrote:
>> Waiving the right to remain silent, "Dong" <edong...@gmail.com> said:
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > I just tried to copy video from a Panasonic PV-GS29 camcorder to a VHS
>> > tape. I connected the DV with the VCR using the av cable with the
>> > camcorder. Everything seemed OK, but when I play the VHS tape, the
>> > video was extremely unstable, and the audio was not continuous. And the
>> > VCR displayed some error code at the beginning of playing. I tried to
>> > change the configurations of the VCR and the camcorder, and nothing
>> > changed.
>>
>> > Can someone give me some hints.Tried another VCR..?
>>
>> --
>> Larry Jandro
>> Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
>> Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
>> [Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to reply]
>

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