audio problem

[harariman]

I bought Samsung DVD-VR355 which DVD-VCR combo recorder from Future shop In December 2007 and I have not used the VCR section until recently. I have lots of VCR tapes that I want to convert to DVD using this machine and have started doing so. However I have a problem both in video and audio while recording from VCR to DVD. I can hear the sound of the video but it is distorted in that, it makes hissing or rattling sound when VCR tape is playing. Some the video also seems to be shaking sometimes and flickering. I tried to clean VCR head-I mean I have cleaned the VCR head without any success and continue to have the same problem. Anyone knows how to fix this or anyone knows what causes this kind of problems. Please help. I use Sony DVD-R media and the VCR tape is Memorex SHQ T-120.

[guns1inger]

Are these commercial tapes or very old tapes ?

[minidv2dvd]

could be the tape was recorded with dolby, and is being played back without? video shaking can be tracking error.

you might have better luck playing the tape back on the unit that recorded it into the dvr.

[harariman]

bought and used the tape in 2003 and i guesse u could say they are old tapes

[harariman]

could be the tape was recorded with dolby, and is being played back without? video shaking can be tracking error.

you might have better luck playing the tape back on the unit that recorded it into the dvr.

I don't remember how i recorded it, whther it be dolby or not. I do know i did not use the machine to record it first to the tape. I used jvc vcr and it was not dvd-vcr combo

[harariman]

could be the tape was recorded with dolby, and is being played back without? video shaking can be tracking error.

you might have better luck playing the tape back on the unit that recorded it into the dvr.

I would assume it would play without problem with the vcr i used to record (JVC) the program. But the issue is now i want to convert it to dvd using samsun dvd vcr combo

[minidv2dvd]

does the samsung have video/audio inputs you can use to hook the jvc to it?

[harariman]

does the samsung have video/audio inputs you can use to hook the jvc to it?

Sorry i am not familiar with the term u used and thus i don't know-the Samsung model is DVD-VR355

[filmboss80]

There were 2 audio schemes in the VHS format. Originally, sound was recorded on linear tracks at the bottom of the tape using recording heads similar to those on audio tape recorders. The fidelity wasn't great and there was a bit of tape his, so VCR manufacturers came up with VHS Hi-fi, putting audio heads on the same spinning drum as the video heads, which laid down helical sound tracks between video tracks. The sound was much better, but problems occurred when tracking got a bit off. This was especially troublesome with head alignment variances between different VCRs.

From your description, you may be getting distorted noise from misaligned hi-fi audio tracks. Try either adjusting the tracking or switching your playback audio to the linear, non-hi-fi tracks (usually called Normal audio).

See if that works.

[harariman]

There were 2 audio schemes in the VHS format. Originally, sound was recorded on linear tracks at the bottom of the tape using recording heads similar to those on audio tape recorders. The fidelity wasn't great and there was a bit of tape his, so VCR manufacturers came up with VHS Hi-fi, putting audio heads on the same spinning drum as the video heads, which laid down helical sound tracks between video tracks. The sound was much better, but problems occurred when tracking got a bit off. This was especially troublesome with head alignment variances between different VCRs.

From your description, you may be getting distorted noise from misaligned hi-fi audio tracks. Try either adjusting the tracking or switching your playback audio to the linear, non-hi-fi tracks (usually called Normal audio).

See if that works.

Thank you filmboss80 for your reply. But i have no idea what u r talking about. I am not a tech savy so i did not get it. how do u adjust the tracking or switching the playback audio to the linear, non-hi-fi tracks (usually called Normal audio)?

[guns1inger]

Tracking wil be covered in the your manual, but usually you will also have buttons marked Tracking on your remore. Switching audio may have to be done via a menu, so again, you will have to read through the manual.