I am having problems viewing pre & recorded vhs tapes on my JVC HR-S8965 svhs vcr while it is connected to my Pioneer dvr-5100H dvd recorder and Philips 24PW6407 widescreen tv.

I have the dvd recorder connected with a macrovision remover gold plated scart cable going from the video to the dvd recorder and then a rgb scart lead going from the dvd recorder to the tv.

But when I play back tapes on the vcr when it is connected to the dvd recorder there are blue/black flashes when tape is paused, when the dvd recorder is turned off I have no picture on the vcr. The vcr has to be connected to the dvd recorder so that I can copy the tapes on to the dvd recorder’s hard drive.

Tv, vcr, dvd recorder are all uk pal format.

Thanks for any help.