On 16/03/2010 10:39 PM, William Sommerwerck wrote:
Does a channel tuned with your VCR show on the TV? If so,
pressing "PLAY" on the VCR's remote should replace the tuned
program with the program being played back. If not, find out why
you can't get the VCR tuned program to appear on your TV. That
will solve your playback problem, too.

Absolutely correct, in principle.

I'm also puzzled how changing the /cable channel/ lets you select the
channel to record on the VCR. Unless you have a video output from the cable
converter feeding the VCR, you need to select the channel to record on the
VCR itself.



You probably still have to selected the right channel - being the video
input - on the VCR. Conceivably the VCR is usually 'tuned' to its video
input, and the OP has inadvertently changed that. The result, if there's
no antenna input, or the selected channel is not tuned to a broadast
channel, will either be a recording of static, or a blank screen on
playback, depending on the VCR.

Either way, the increasing numbers on the front panel likely indicate
nothing more than the passage of time, and not that a real signal is
being recorded.

Sylvia.