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I am having problems setting up a home theater system and REALLY need help.
My job takes me to many different countries which means that AV equipment gets bought, over time, in different places. Currently I can't get my VCR to tune TV programmes.Equipment is a Sony KV-28FX60B television, connected to Sony SLV-E1000 VCR. Both were bought in the Netherlands about three years ago.
(Both are multi-system)I am currently living in Beijing, China. TV is provided by a local cable company. When linking the TV directly to the aerial (RF aerial) sound and picture are perfect. But if I try to tune the aerial through the VCR, I get picture but the sound is just a hiss.
The TV has RF connector and three SCART/EURO-21 connectors.
The VCR has a single SCART connection and the usual Line Out connections (sorry I don't know the technical name...composite?)Why can't I tune the VCR into the TV channels? Is this something to do with RF modulation? Or is it to do with the connectors (I actually have a cable which is SCART at the TV end and composite at the VCR line out?)
This problem became apparent when trying to get the TV into a home theater set-up. I bought a Marantz SR6200 AV receiver, and video tapes play back fantastic.
Anyway, my attempts to discuss this with Sony have failed (their China call center people don't speak English - unsurprisingly - and I can barely discuss this technical issue in English, let alone Chinese).
Can anyone help?
Follow Ups:
Odd problem... If I understand, you can't run your antenna wire into your VCR & get a signal, correct? I would check all the wire & connections to make sure they are clean and there are no broken wires. Then check all the settings on the VCR, you may need to switch it to antenna or "air" to get a signal.
Indeed. odd problem. I have now partially solved the problem by running the signal (and tuning through the TV) then using a SCART cable to the AV receiver.
No matter how I try (and I have tried four times now) and I simply cannot get a signal through the VCR. I do remember when I lived in the US that I bought a multi-system TV which allowed you to change channel settings manually (there was a choice of 4, 5.5 and 6...would that be Hz or KHz??) By switching for one to the other I was able to get a perfect picture in the US. I think I have run into the opposite problem here in China. The TV is set for Europe with no way to manually change to a different setting for Asia.Does this sound plausible?
Mark
Yes it does. There are several systems worldwide:NTSC- covers North America & Japan
PAL- covers most of Europe Except France
SECAM - France and most the rest of the world. Secam also comes in different verisions. The question is what is used in China? You may need a vcr made for China.
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