Tony, I wonder... Power off these days really means standby. Also, a lot of VCR's use solid state switching, and amps to "improve" picture quality even when they are in standby.
Just a thought, Derek. "Tony J. O'Hara" wrote: > Regarding your new VCR problems! The one thing you said that makes the > least "technical sense" is that "This was, of course, true even when the > VCR was turned off." > When a VCR is turned off, the RF signal from your cable is switched > directly to the output RF cable that goes to your TV cable input. Therefore > as long as the coax cables are OK, you should see the same results, > regarding picture quality etc., that you had before you installed the new > VCR. > I would bet that you had/have a bad cable/connector problem. I can't > imagine any modern VCR being that susceptible to emissions from what-your > TV? > What did a tape playback from the VCR look like? If Ok, then the cable to > TV is OK and the TV & VCR output are on the same channel! > In a "previous life" I worked on TV & VCR systems so if you still need > help, call or e-mail me! > Regards > Tony > Colorado > 303-948-2577 > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
