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Default Sony VCR SLV-E20 PAL: no colors

Matti wrote:
This vcr is from 1994. Picture is good and crisp with SCART cable, and
nearly as good with antenna cable, but no colors. Only b/w.

Tried also with other cables and other TV, no difference.

What could be the problem?

M


Does tunning a channel on the VCR show color? If b/w picture is only
from tape it could be the heads have clogged or the recording is weak.
Try another tape or try to make a recording and play it back. The
chroma signal is recorded separately on the tape as a low frequency AM
signal.