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Problem recording VCR from Chorus Sagem box

  • 13-05-2009 3:37pm
    #1
    Gingervitis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I'm trying to record a programme this weekend, but I'm having trouble recording it onto a video cassette.
    I have the VCR connected to the Chorus box, which works fine when playing videos. However, when I try and play back anything I've recorded, I just get a blue screen and a hissing sound. I've tried pressing the record button on the VCR, and also the immediate recording from the Chorus menu, but no joy.

    The VCR's about 15 years old, it's a Mitsubishi HS-641V, and the Chorus box is the small green one. Any ideas?


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  • #2
    Sonic_exyouth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭Sonic_exyouth


    Gingervitis wrote: »
    Hi, I'm trying to record a programme this weekend, but I'm having trouble recording it onto a video cassette.
    I have the VCR connected to the Chorus box, which works fine when playing videos. However, when I try and play back anything I've recorded, I just get a blue screen and a hissing sound. I've tried pressing the record button on the VCR, and also the immediate recording from the Chorus menu, but no joy.

    The VCR's about 15 years old, it's a Mitsubishi HS-641V, and the Chorus box is the small green one. Any ideas?

    Can you connect the VCR to the TV and record the line-in?


  • #3
    Gingervitis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭Gingervitis


    Sonic_exyouth wrote: »
    Can you connect the VCR to the TV and record the line-in?

    Do you mean via the antenna? Yeah, hooked the cable up between the RF-out on the VCR to the antenna slot on the TV (It's a modern Toshiba LCD TV, loads of SCART connections and the like), and the exact same result. Blue screen, and static. Also tried just about every combination on the AV1-AV2 slots.

    The current set up for playing videos is the Chorus box connected the AV-1 slot on the TV, and the aux slot on the Chorus box connected to the Euro aV1 in/out slot on the VCR. When I play videos while on the Chorus box, it automatically switches to the VCR.

    I've only recorded in 10 second bursts or so, but whenever the 10 seconds is played back, it goes quiet after those same 10 seconds.

    Pretty stumped...:confused:

    PS. it's only a once off, I'm not interested in DVR alternatives, especially because the circumstances won't allow it (time, sending the video to a friend overseas etc)


  • #4
    steveon
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    U will need to select the channel on your VCR to the scart input u have the chorus box connected to. You say you have a Mitsubishi vcr and if my memory is rite you would need to select L1 on your video in order to be able to record.

    This can be achieved by pressing the number 1 button and then hitting the channel down button until L1 is displayed on the front of the vcr...hope that helps...


  • #5
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    If your VCR has two SCART sockets you should have the first socket connected to your TV and the second one connected to the first SCART socket on your cable box i.e. your cable box should not be directly connected to the TV, but it will operate normally when your VCR is not playing a tape or in standby.

    I forget exactly with the Sagem box but it may only output video on one of the SCART terminals, probably the first one. You can also configure it to output either composite video or s-video - unless you have a S-VHS VCR (would have cost £600+ 15 years ago!) the latter is useless to you for recording (you'll only get a black & white picture).

    To record you will have to choose the appropriate AV input on the VCR (instead of a channel number) as steveon said.
    ...sending the video to a friend overseas etc
    Where does your friend live? If he lives in an NTSC region (North America, Japan, some other countries), it is unlikely they will be able to play your tape with a typical consumer VCR.


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