If there is no option in the user menu, there is no easy way. The software
for this is written in to the firmware code of the uPC. Get a colour black
source such as from a TV sync generator, or use a video camera with the lens
cap on it as a black source going in to the external input of the machine.
As long as it sees video coming in, it should not give you a blue screen.

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"Scott Ehrlich" wrote in message
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I have two different working cable-ready consumer-grade VCRs I use for
cable (they also act as the cable converter).

If I flip to a channel I shouldn't get, since the tuner cannot lock onto
a clear picture, the VCRs flips to a blue screen. How do I defeat the
blue screen on either VCR? The VCR menus are very basic, and the
external switches are few. I presume there must be a switch, maybe
inside, to permit me to see the scrambled or poor quality picture
instead of the blocking blue screen.

One VCR is a Panasonic, the other is an RCA. I've seen the same effect
from many other VCRs, and some cable-ready TVs, too.

How can the blue screen be defeated without the use of an external cable
box?

Thanks in advance.

Scott