Re: Buying a VCR

2000-01-10 Thread Derek Walton
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

Re: Buying a VCR

2000-01-10 Thread Stephen Phillips
More likely an impedance mismatch problem, isn't it? I'm not an RF person, but it would seem that even if: 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, that

RE: Buying a VCR

2000-01-10 Thread mkelson
, January 10, 2000 2:08 PM To: 'mkel...@es.com' Cc: 'emc-p...@ieee.org' Subject:RE: Buying a VCR Max, I think you have either a bad cable or poor internal connection in the VCR. There should

RE: Buying a VCR

2000-01-10 Thread Lacey,Scott
Max, I think you have either a bad cable or poor internal connection in the VCR. There should be no effect on signal when the VCR is off - the signal is bypassed straight from the input connector to the output connector. Your local Radio Shack sells an inexpensive adapter which couples two cables

Re: Buying a VCR

2000-01-10 Thread Derek Walton
Hmm... at my last meeting, the FCC said an immunity spec wasn't needed Maybe you'd like to forwad you results to them Derek. mkel...@es.com wrote: I recently bought a VCR. After connecting it up to cable, I noticed interference on all the broadcast channels. In addition, the