competence eludes me

[low_delta]

A couple of weeks ago I asked for help with my electronics. A couple of you suggested an A/B switch for RCA plugs. I had forgotten that my VCR had RCA jacks, so that was the suggestion I needed. I finally got around to hooking it up and I got nothing.

The VCR apparently doesn't put signal out through those jacks. It still works through the coaxial cable, but not the RCA.

Before I tried this, I had to unhook the coax and attach the RCA cords from the DVD player. Now that doesn't even work. I get no picture from the DVD player, even though I have it set up like I did last week.

I imagine there's something simple that I'm missing with regards to the DVD player, and something complex, like some settings on the VCR, but I really have no idea. And since I can no longer even connect the coax to the back of the TV, we are completely without moving pictures.

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[low-delta.livejournal.com]

They're all JVC. Do you want more specific than that? The TV is about ten years old. The VCR is HR-J610U. DVD is XV-N50.

What I really don't get is why the DVD worked before and not now. I'd swear I've got it hooked up the exact same way that I did last week.

I connected the VCR directly to the TV with the RCA cords and it didn't work (I've used coax all these years).

The A/B switch would be nice, but right now I'd settle for having to remove the coax and plug in the RCA to watch a DVD.

Thanks.

[dwivian]

No luck on models.... do you have a digital camera? Care to take pics of the jack locations on all equipment? Oh, and send me a reuben, as I'm hungry.

Hey, as long as I'm asking......

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I'm still checking on your suggestion about the input selection. There's a menu item that sounds suspiciously like that (sorry no sandwiches), but that remote is missing, so I'll have to do some more digging.

Thanks, I'll keep you posted.

[dwivian]

Yah -- that is a seperate 'tuner', or lack thereof, and so you have to switch to that 'channel' (often called LINEIN, L1, or something similar).

Good luck finding a way to do it, or getting a universal remote with the function.