Can any of youse experts tell me, IN PLAIN ENGLISH, how to wire up a DVD to a TV-VCR1-VCR2 combo so that I can copy a DVD to VHS (for archival and preference purposes)?
There may be a small prize for the best answer.........
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Shaun?
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Simple if you use scart leads.
The scart from DVD goes into the VCR2
The scart from VCR1 also goes into VCR2
The scart from VCR1 goes into the TV.
This will only work if all your appliances have twin scart sockets, if not you're f****d, and will need to spend some money at Mapins etc getting some adaptors.
HTH
The scart from DVD goes into the VCR2
The scart from VCR1 also goes into VCR2
The scart from VCR1 goes into the TV.
This will only work if all your appliances have twin scart sockets, if not you're f****d, and will need to spend some money at Mapins etc getting some adaptors.
HTH
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Lizard
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Rule of thumb, all outputs go to inputs, so depends if you want to have this set up permanantly! if permanant,everything starts at the VCR,ariel into vcr, scart from output on vcr to input scart on TV. You should also have a input scart on your VCR, this is where you connect the DVD,s output to. course if you have satellite as well, this changes, mail me: you should check the tuning on your vcr to make sure its recording the signal from the DVD player as well.
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Steven
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What make/model are the DVD and VHS machines? There are a hell of a lot of different combinations of connectors they might have on them. Most modern VCRs have scarts on them but if you go back to more than about 10 years ago (when VCRs were quality, well built items) you will find all kinds of BNC, Phono, DIN, Co-axial screw on, Hitachi 9-pin amongst others.
be aware that unless you have macrovision copy protection disabled on your DVD player, you will not be able to record DVD to VHS anyway.
be aware that unless you have macrovision copy protection disabled on your DVD player, you will not be able to record DVD to VHS anyway.
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Steven
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DVD players dont have RF output so its nothing to do with your VCR's tuning. It will come through on an external line - 'A' (on panasonic) 'Line' (on sony) 'AU' (on sanyo) 'AUX' (on ferguson/JVC) 'L' (on mitsubishi) and god knows what other names other manufacturers have for it. Could just be called 'channel 0' on some videos.
Pretty impossible to say without knowing what equipment you have. If you only have 1 scart socket on your videos you'll have to end up using phono connections. A lot of video recorders nowadays have 3 phono sockets on the front (red, white and yellow) for connecting a camcorder. Virtually all DVD players also have phono outputs. Simply getting a 3-way phono lead (may be supplied with some dvd players) and connecting these 3 sockets on front of vcr and back of DVD will be a simple method of avoiding unecessary use of scart sockets (you will need one free on the back to connect to the other VCR).
If you only have 1 scart socket and no phono connectios then you have to get into complicated scart to phono cables, so you can use 1 scart socket for input and output at the same time.
Pretty impossible to say without knowing what equipment you have. If you only have 1 scart socket on your videos you'll have to end up using phono connections. A lot of video recorders nowadays have 3 phono sockets on the front (red, white and yellow) for connecting a camcorder. Virtually all DVD players also have phono outputs. Simply getting a 3-way phono lead (may be supplied with some dvd players) and connecting these 3 sockets on front of vcr and back of DVD will be a simple method of avoiding unecessary use of scart sockets (you will need one free on the back to connect to the other VCR).
If you only have 1 scart socket and no phono connectios then you have to get into complicated scart to phono cables, so you can use 1 scart socket for input and output at the same time.