Anyone had issues getting VCR to work? Just got mine and DVD works with AV cable. VCR sound works, but no picture. I was thinking an s-video cable?
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this dvd player is not a good at all. the time i had order it and recieved it. it did not last long. it only last less than a month---the dvd part on the player stop working. so i only gave it a 1 star.
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Yes, I have the same problem. I have never used a DVD/VCR that was not cable ready. Had I realized that this model was not cable ready, I would not have purchased it. According to the directions, a modulator is required. I purchased one, and still no picture. The unit is in a closet because I have never been able to use it.
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We do not use this one any more, but we always used the remote that came with the VCR (or what ever you have) to play back what you recorded. Also try clicking the VCR button and see if it plays it for you. None of the remotes have a LIST button. You have to write on the disc so that you know what is recorded on it.
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I am kinda having trouble understanding your question, do you mean that your TV has only HDMI input's and the VCR/DVD combo supplies RCA output? If this is the case, I have been using mine to run my VCR/DVD combo through RCA cables, and output as an HDMI. This has done a great job with doing that. Hope this helps.
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Hi there K.........how did this unit turn out for you? I've had mine for a couple of years so far, and it plays DVD's great. I gave up on learning how to copy a tape to a disk, but that is the one feature I needed to rid myself of boxes of old VCR tapes. (See my posts dated 2/21/10.) James says I need a tuner, however the inst. book does not mention that. Thanks for the help, Jeanette
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Thanks for your help and the link to the manual, Mark!Comcast does use a special box, but I talked to a tech today and he said the connections would be the same as for my VCR, I just swap out the VCR and connect the special box to the DVDR instead. Fingers crossed! :-D
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Barbara, unless someone else answers this question before I get home, I'll pull it out and see, but I certainly don't remember having to do anything. I have several camcorders, and I remember that one did not play sound back through the camcorder but did when moving it to DVD, etc., but don't remember if it was this one. I'll update when I get home. Just wanted to let you know that someone was checking into this for you! Edit: My wife tells me we no longer have this camcorder (we originally purchased it in 2007!) Sorry I couldn't help!
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My SD DVDs did not look good either. The upconversion to 1080p cause the picture to "jitter" slightly, but noticeably. I went to "video output settings, selected hdmi (which are the cables I am using), manually set the output to 1080i....and the problem completely went away. My SD DVDs now look as well as they did on my old players.
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Thanks. That answers my question about recording off the TV. Do you know if we can view/play VHS tapes using the Toshiba DVR610? Other people have written saying that they haven't been able to do so. Thank you.
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Update: Watched a dvd last night (the same dvd I first tried) and the picture was perfect - even using HDMI 1080p setting! This time I chose "Anynet HDMI DVD" from the source list on my tv settings, which I don't remember being an option before. I previously chose "DVI". I wonder if that made the difference. Hmm. Anyway....glad my dvd's now look just as great as the HD channels. Thank you for responding C.Woodruff. :)LadyR
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Your Mac won't recognize a +R disc. I have a Magnavox that takes a DVD-R disc and records a vhs tape to the DVD-R disc as DVD+vr and my Mac doesn't even recognize the disc. Big mistake on my part.
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I won't be of much help. I inherited the DVD/VCR sans remote because a roommate couldn't pay rent and I wanted to stay seated while I enjoyed his stuff. I just sat on Google until I found what I hoped would work. It was a total fingers-crossed transaction.
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Do you have your DVD/VCR connected to your television using the A/V jacks on the front of the DVD/VCR? If so, try reconnecting the A/V cables using the audio and video outputs on the back of the combo player.
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I have an old Sanyo VCR hooked up to the DVDO and it works fine. The picture is not great because of the input, analogue, 455 lines and nothing could make it look any better but at least it is converted to the native format of the HDTV. All menu inputs were left in AUTO except the noise compensation which I changed. Does your DVDO work with other inputs?
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Sorry about this mis-remembered thing. Perhaps an s-video to component adapter would solve this.
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I have a dvd vcr player combo and it only had the standard rca connections. I hooked it up and it worked great. Even with a hdmi coupler between hdmi cables. I switched between the 720 and 1080 settings but couldn't tell a big difference but they both worked. It's definitely worth a shot.
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If you found something that did work, could you please tell me what it was? I'm looking for the same thing. I want to connect a Wii (RCA) to my monitor (VGA) since I don't have a TV. I already have the audio thing worked out, but I need a configuration that works for video. Thank you!!
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I tried hooking up my Panasonic DVD/VCR but it does not display correctly. I have no idea what cables to use, I just used the ones I had on my old Sony, but cannot get a clear picture.