I know this is prob in the wrong forum. but I need assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv, but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Technical problem re: taping radio from TV
- Thread starter JoeyDee_WOGL
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> I know this is prob in the wrong forum. but I need
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
All you have to do is have the output of the radio with RCA jacks, going into the stereo INPUTS of the VCR, then change the VCR to, for example, VIDEO 1 or somthing (wherever the inputs are)., then put the tape in then record. Should have a decent recording.
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
All you have to do is have the output of the radio with RCA jacks, going into the stereo INPUTS of the VCR, then change the VCR to, for example, VIDEO 1 or somthing (wherever the inputs are)., then put the tape in then record. Should have a decent recording.
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eGillCVI
Guest
> I know this is prob in the wrong forum. but I need
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
If you hear it coming to the TV but it's not there when you record, it definitely is not hooked up correctly.
Run the L&R output from your receiver to the corresponding inputs on the VCR. Then hook the VCR to the TV however you want.
Alternatively, if your TV has L&R outputs, you can run the L&R outputs from the receiver to the corresponding inputs of your TV and then the L&R outputs from the TV can go to the corresponding inputs of your VCR. (I would suggest the first method because this one requires some fumbling with buttons.)
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
If you hear it coming to the TV but it's not there when you record, it definitely is not hooked up correctly.
Run the L&R output from your receiver to the corresponding inputs on the VCR. Then hook the VCR to the TV however you want.
Alternatively, if your TV has L&R outputs, you can run the L&R outputs from the receiver to the corresponding inputs of your TV and then the L&R outputs from the TV can go to the corresponding inputs of your VCR. (I would suggest the first method because this one requires some fumbling with buttons.)
>
> All you have to do is have the output of the radio with RCA
> jacks, going into the stereo INPUTS of the VCR, then change
> the VCR to, for example, VIDEO 1 or somthing (wherever the
> inputs are)., then put the tape in then record. Should have
> a decent recording.
>
Something is wrong someplace...I tried everything and to no avail. I've tried all the possible hookups. I do appreciate the replies, any other suggestions perhaps?
> All you have to do is have the output of the radio with RCA
> jacks, going into the stereo INPUTS of the VCR, then change
> the VCR to, for example, VIDEO 1 or somthing (wherever the
> inputs are)., then put the tape in then record. Should have
> a decent recording.
>
Something is wrong someplace...I tried everything and to no avail. I've tried all the possible hookups. I do appreciate the replies, any other suggestions perhaps?
> I know this is prob in the wrong forum. but I need
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try giving the VCR a video source too. Some VCRs won't record without video. If you have a DVD player, turn it on and plug it in to the video input on the VCR. Just leave the DVD player on its "welcome" screen, start recording the audio from your radio and everything should work.
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try giving the VCR a video source too. Some VCRs won't record without video. If you have a DVD player, turn it on and plug it in to the video input on the VCR. Just leave the DVD player on its "welcome" screen, start recording the audio from your radio and everything should work.
> Try giving the VCR a video source too. Some VCRs won't
> record without video. If you have a DVD player, turn it on
> and plug it in to the video input on the VCR. Just leave
> the DVD player on its "welcome" screen, start recording the
> audio from your radio and everything should work.
>
This is getting very frustrating...I can't seem to catch a break on this. I wonder if this is supposed to be so damn complicated.
> record without video. If you have a DVD player, turn it on
> and plug it in to the video input on the VCR. Just leave
> the DVD player on its "welcome" screen, start recording the
> audio from your radio and everything should work.
>
This is getting very frustrating...I can't seem to catch a break on this. I wonder if this is supposed to be so damn complicated.
> I know this is prob in the wrong forum. but I need
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
Could it be possible it is the cable wire I'm using from the cable box to the VCR? Before I used those ones that just plug in to the jack, now I'm using the wire that screws in.
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
Could it be possible it is the cable wire I'm using from the cable box to the VCR? Before I used those ones that just plug in to the jack, now I'm using the wire that screws in.
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westlife
Guest
> Something is wrong someplace...I tried everything and to no
> avail. I've tried all the possible hookups. I do appreciate
> the replies, any other suggestions perhaps?
With some VCRs, if you want it to record in audio-only mode, you have to physically disconnect all video inputs. And as other people have said, you have to tell it to record from the Line Input. On my Toshiba VCR, this is done by tuning it one channel below channel 2, which shows up as channel "L" (L for Line Input).
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> avail. I've tried all the possible hookups. I do appreciate
> the replies, any other suggestions perhaps?
With some VCRs, if you want it to record in audio-only mode, you have to physically disconnect all video inputs. And as other people have said, you have to tell it to record from the Line Input. On my Toshiba VCR, this is done by tuning it one channel below channel 2, which shows up as channel "L" (L for Line Input).
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MattB
Guest
> > Try giving the VCR a video source too. Some VCRs won't
> > record without video. If you have a DVD player, turn it
> on
> > and plug it in to the video input on the VCR. Just leave
> > the DVD player on its "welcome" screen, start recording
> the
> > audio from your radio and everything should work.
> >
> This is getting very frustrating...I can't seem to catch a
> break on this. I wonder if this is supposed to be so damn
> complicated.
>
Joey,
What the previous poster posted about a video source being needed is true. At a few of my old stations we used a VCR for a logger w/ 8 hour tapes. What you need to do, if you don't want or have a video signal to input, is purchase a white noise generator. That will plug into the Video-IN rca jack and basically make the VCR think it has a video signal. You should be able to get one from BSW or from a video supply vendor.
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> > record without video. If you have a DVD player, turn it
> on
> > and plug it in to the video input on the VCR. Just leave
> > the DVD player on its "welcome" screen, start recording
> the
> > audio from your radio and everything should work.
> >
> This is getting very frustrating...I can't seem to catch a
> break on this. I wonder if this is supposed to be so damn
> complicated.
>
Joey,
What the previous poster posted about a video source being needed is true. At a few of my old stations we used a VCR for a logger w/ 8 hour tapes. What you need to do, if you don't want or have a video signal to input, is purchase a white noise generator. That will plug into the Video-IN rca jack and basically make the VCR think it has a video signal. You should be able to get one from BSW or from a video supply vendor.
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> Joey,
> What the previous poster posted about a video source being
> needed is true. At a few of my old stations we used a VCR
> for a logger w/ 8 hour tapes. What you need to do, if you
> don't want or have a video signal to input, is purchase a
> white noise generator. That will plug into the Video-IN rca
> jack and basically make the VCR think it has a video signal.
> You should be able to get one from BSW or from a video
> supply vendor.
>
> MB
>
I'm seriously at my wits end. I'm ready to throw it all out the window and screw this hobby. Nothing is working, and I had the hokups exactly how it was on my old set up. This is beat.:-(
> What the previous poster posted about a video source being
> needed is true. At a few of my old stations we used a VCR
> for a logger w/ 8 hour tapes. What you need to do, if you
> don't want or have a video signal to input, is purchase a
> white noise generator. That will plug into the Video-IN rca
> jack and basically make the VCR think it has a video signal.
> You should be able to get one from BSW or from a video
> supply vendor.
>
> MB
>
I'm seriously at my wits end. I'm ready to throw it all out the window and screw this hobby. Nothing is working, and I had the hokups exactly how it was on my old set up. This is beat.:-(
> What the previous poster posted about a video source being
> needed is true. At a few of my old stations we used a VCR
> for a logger w/ 8 hour tapes. What you need to do, if you
> don't want or have a video signal to input, is purchase a
> white noise generator. That will plug into the Video-IN rca
> jack and basically make the VCR think it has a video signal.
> You should be able to get one from BSW or from a video
> supply vendor.
I think at this point, a $30 DVD player is a better buy than a white noise generator, unless you REALLY like white noise.
> needed is true. At a few of my old stations we used a VCR
> for a logger w/ 8 hour tapes. What you need to do, if you
> don't want or have a video signal to input, is purchase a
> white noise generator. That will plug into the Video-IN rca
> jack and basically make the VCR think it has a video signal.
> You should be able to get one from BSW or from a video
> supply vendor.
I think at this point, a $30 DVD player is a better buy than a white noise generator, unless you REALLY like white noise.
> I know this is prob in the wrong forum. but I need
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
To everyone who participated in this thread, thank you all for your help. The problem is fixed. I took the suggestion of Matt, and all is well. Good to know there is good people willing to help out. Again, many thank and "Good Radio".
JoeyDee_WOGL
> assistance. I am recieving audio from the radio on my tv,
> but when I record, no sound. All the hookups are the same
> except it's a new HI-FI Stereo VCR. I have the jacks plugged
> into the vcr audio input correctly as wel las the back of my
> stereo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
To everyone who participated in this thread, thank you all for your help.
The problem is fixed. I took the suggestion of Matt, and all is well. Good to know there is good people willing to help out. Again, many thank and "Good Radio".JoeyDee_WOGL
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