VCD TO VHS

[karlfradley]

Is there a way of putting a film from a cd onto a vhs tape??

Plz help
thanx

[kitty]

Put video & audio outputs of DVD player (or computer with TV out) to inputs of VCR.

[karlfradley]

that did not work as I had already done that

[PigOnWing]

Kitty forgot to mention that you also need to put a blank tape into your VCR (not into your DVD player), and press 'record'.

Oh, and you also need to press 'play' on your DVD player.
Assuming that you're using your DVD player to play the VCD.

Oh, yes, and you need to put the VCD in the DVD player.


And both need to be connected to the electric socket, in the wall.
("Both", means, both the DVD player and the VCR, not the DVD player and the VCD disc)

And don't try to do it while there's a power failure.

-- Piggie, in his first (?) purely cynical post, and in the Newbie section as well.


P.S.
Is it that hard to understand the concept of copying? Have you done VCR to VCR copying before? It's just the same.
Video Out ==> Video In.
Audio Out ==> Audio In.
Press Play, Press Record.
I can't imagine someone expecting the forum helping him to shove a VHS tape into his CD burner and overburn to tape, right?

[vcdfreak]

Usually you need to swtich to the Line-in(aux) channel of your VCR. Refer to your manual for further info. If you hook things up right, you will also see the video display on your TV.

[KingJohn]

Kitty forgot to mention that you also need to put a blank tape into your VCR (not into your DVD player), and press 'record'.

cut.....

Try to be a bit more helpful, this is the "Newbie" topic.

[KingJohn]

Is there a way of putting a film from a cd onto a vhs tape??

Plz help
thanx

Hi

You need to find out what those connections are, you also need to know what is required to switch the VHS to the leads from your DVD player.

Your VHS may have a "Scart" output socket and the DVD may have the same, so a "Scart to Scart" lead is all you will need for the connections, at the same time you need to know what channel to select on your VHS, this could be channel 0 or it may be line 1, Aux 1 or something else.

If the DVD/VHS does not have the same type of sockets, then you need a conversation lead, scart to phono perhaps?.

When you record from the TV onto tape it uses the built in tuner, so you select a channel with that, but when you record from a satellite, or another VHS tape, it then uses the external source, this is the source you should switch too with your DVD player plugged in instead.

If the VHS is connected to the TV by a Scart, you may also need to unplug that, as it may automatically switch the TV as soon as you switch the VHS on...

Hope that is some help

[snowmoon]

Another realted problem that can occur is that some DVD player output Macrovision all the time ( not just when instructed to ). This will lead to the tape being unwatchable or the VCR refusing to record.

You will need to purchase hardware that can sit in between your DVD and VHS to strip the signal if this is the case.