Bruce Esquibel wrote:
In sci.electronics.repair HiC wrote:


I've fiddled with the Std/CATV switch on the back, the VCR/TV switch
on the front, nothing seems to have an effect. On newer VCR's I've
had, going in to the RCA's is accomplished by selecting "Line" on the
channel selector, but this old Sears doesn't have a "Line" channel,
only 2 - 13.


The RCA in's must be there for a reason, any suggestions as to what I
need to do?



It's probably just one of those non-obvious things.

If it's only going from 2-13, that is sort of a tip off something isn't
right. Even the oldest 1st generation machines had uhf tuners. Since it
seems to use an electronic tuner (digital display) chances are it needs to
be programmed in.

I remember I think it was RCA that used off channels like 97, 98 or 99 for
the aux inputs.

I think I had something like that RCA VCR around 1990 and if I remember
right, there were 4 cable signal settings. I remember they had letter
names like "C" "I" "H" and something else which corresponded to channel
ranges like 2-13, 14-26, 27-54, and 55-62 (these are just apprx.) and
the VCR only went up to channel 62 or something near. It took me a while
to sync it with the cable signals. Good Luck.