Jumping reds on JVC when playing SVCD

[tastypoison]

I have a JVC XV-S300BK that I bought specifically for playing SVCD's. The player works very well, but on some SVCD's the red colors will "jump" up and down while playing. The same disks play perfectly (no jumping) on my PC through PowerDVD. It doesn't bother my wife, but it bugs the hell out of me (My brother-in-law noticed it right away too). All the SVCD's were created by someone else. I just download them from the newsgroups and burn them to disk.

I sent an e-mail to JVC about this, but got no reply at all.
I'm wondering if this is some sort of Macro-vision type effect that has made it through the DVD ripping process?

Anyone else seen this? Any ideas what is is and if I can do anything about it?

TIA.

[Gazorgan]

That may be a sign that your video level is too high. There is no simple way to test for this. Normal video level is 1 volt peak-2-peak. You would need a good oscilliscope to measure this, or dedicated video test equipment.

If you are using an RF adapter, try another. Try switching between s-video and composite video, to see if there is a difference. You can also try a longer patch cord (over 30 feet) to drop the video level.

On your TV, try the menu and see if you can lower your color level a little bit.

[tastypoison]

By RF Adapter...do you mean something that takes the video output of the dvd player and modulates it to channel 3/4 for a TV with no video inputs? If so...I'm not using one of those

I am using the standard A/V connection because that is all my television has (No S-Video or Composite). I can try a longer cable as you suggested - and I will also try adjusting the color level of my TV.

Thanks,
I'll post back once I've tried both.

[tastypoison]

OK...I came up with over 60 ft of rca cable by using one really long set connected to a bunch of short sets with female rca jumpers...no change at all in the jumping reds.

Adjusting the color of the TV did help, but to make a difference I had to turn the color down to almost nothing - unwatchable in my opinion - I'd rather have the jumping reds than that much lack of color.

I have a second DVD player (Panasonic) that will not play SVCD's (won't play them smoothly...the video studders) but I ran the disk anyway...the video was jerky, but no jumping reds. The red places that jumped on the JVC did not jump on the Panasonic, but they did seem a little bit brighter than the surroundings.

So then I thought maybe it was a difference between the two video inputs of the TV - switched the cables - no difference.

So I'm stumped here...Is this thing faulty, or is it just the way this player does SVCD, or is it something on the SVCD disk that messes with the JVC brand?

[tastypoison]

Anyone ???

[tastypoison]

Still hoping for some advice