nymphetamine:
How does the picture look when using the VCR as a tuner to select cable
television channels and feeding the television with the A/V inputs? If the
cable television channels look good then it is just about certain that the
Sony tuner and/or IF modules are bad.... maybe cracked solder joints.....
not that expensive at most shops unless a newbie do-it-yourself botched
repair attempt is made first.
You can either get them fixed or just continue using the VCR tuner to get
your channels and view them via the A/V inputs on the television... thus not
using the Sony tuner.
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Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
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snipped:
wrote in message , not dvds or games or videos.

Connecting the cable through the vcr doesn't change it, still just two
slowly scrolling lines and static noise.