A/V input? has anyone had a problem recording from the TV or DVD or VHS?
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recording from tv is quite easy, not free but not expensive. The camera comes with a RCA A/V cable...if your TV or cable box has RCA A/V output then all you need is a few simple (and fairly inexpensive) parts. I used 3 RCA Y adapters (1 Male, 2 Female) Male goes into either TV (I used a switch box) and both the AV input from Cable Box or similar device goes into one of the females and the Camera AV cable into the other....works like a charm...do note that the camcorder records AV input at low quality only.
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Wendy, I asked my hubby as I had bought for him. He said I should tell you when we had a problem putting VHS on DVD as it was suppose to do, he could not find anyone to look at it let alone fix it. That said, he also says no, it doesn't record without and external digit tuner. He really is NOT happy with the entire unit and Toshiba. He still gets upset thinking I wasted my money on it and it was the one he wanted.
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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.
1677658
Bought this and can tell you, only hookup to TV was the HDMI. When put in the VHS tape, no audio cables involved, the tape audio played fine. No audio cables were connected to anything. Not a thing. Only HDMI from Magnavox to TV HDMI....that
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It has been a loooong while since I used that DVD/VCR (mine broke down and was thrown out years ago), but if I remember correctly it could NOT record DVDs. I think there was a button that could copy the content of the DVD to a VCR tape, but only if the DVD wasn't copy-protected, which most are.
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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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We have had no issues at all with this recorder; however, we have mostly used it with DVD and very few VHS.
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Donna, did you ever find a solution to this? I want to transfer VHS tapes from my VCR/DVD combo machine as well!
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If your VHS tapes are getting old you may have problems like that. Also Head placement with "tracking" sometimes causes loss of audio and/or video.I would say the Video adapter either works or it doesn't work. The rest is either VHS Equipment of conversion software drivers. Those are my thoughts.
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DO you mean USB or cable or plug for power??ALso, I been having issues with the quality of the picture on the screen when I connect my dvd player, or camcorder to the TV. THere is sound and picture, but it is terrible. Do you have this problem also?
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The television is simply a visual output device. The DVD recorder and the VCR can care less if a tv is hooked up. I've done many a VCR to DVD transfer. Once I made sure I had everything set right I hit play on the VCR and record on the DVD. Then I turned my tv off and went about my daily routine :)
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My experience with some older players Like a JVC just wont play the recording ! Try contacting JVC !
2013864
Can you record to the VHS from the TV? I frequently set the VCR to record a show if I'm out, but would not be interested in keeping it forever. I do not have a cable "box" or satellite.
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You can record on either dvd or vcr from the tv. You can also copy your vhs tapes to dvd. In my experience this machine often malfunctions and I would strongly advise against buying it. Good luck.
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Thanks ! well, first I placed a new DVD + R and it shows that it is loading...... then I get an error on the tv about error reading dvd. If place the vhs and play it. I will hit record on the remote control but nothing happened. initially I had input from control to select L1 and EP from the control but still ..... I am able to watch on the tv what I have on the vhs , >>>> thanks
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Yes , connect the output of the cable box to the recorder then out of the recorder to the tv. When a DVD is inserted and you hit record, it will record straight to the dvd
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I would suggest getting a new TV if your budget permits. Newer models have all the inputs you need to hook up DVD player/recorder. Otherwise you need an RF converter to convert the audio-video outputs to a single coax cable which will work with any TV.