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Re: Vertical lines in TV's AV mode--cause?

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***My question is, what is causing this distortion?

Most often the regular vertical bars are caused by reflections in the cables. But it is more common in the RF cable system. I personally have not seen it with the S-video channels. As far as what is defective - that is hard to answer. Could be the driver in the DVD, theconnectors, or the TV receiver. Often a poor connection will cause it.

***My theories include electrical interference from power cords, signal from nearby devices (receiver, VCR, DVD, CD player), or the TV itself in which case it's going back!

There are some possibilities there too. I would try disconnecting all cables from the TV except te S from the DVD. If this is clean, start connecting the other ones one at a time.

***The S-video cable is a quality Monster Cable I picked up for a direct DVD-to-TV connection. I am using an F-connector from my VCR for the cable channels. (A second question: would using a cable with RCA connectors from VCR to TV improve the picture?)

Generally speaking using the video cables in place of the RF should improve it.





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