Hey Everyone!
My name is Bob and I've been a lurker here for a long, long time. I've gotten a lot of information off these boards over the years and now that I'm back to collecting, I am looking for some help.
I'm trying to hookup my classic consoles through my VCR so I can record sessions for my blog. I'm working with a couple versions of the 2600, a Colecovision, and an Intellivision. For the sake of discussion, I'm using the 2600 right now and trying to get the signal to pass through the VCR to my LCD HDTV.
When I run the signal directly from the console to the cable input on the television, it works fine. Not the greatest signal, but playable. However, no matter how I run it through the two VCRs I've tried, I get no signal on the TV. I feel like I've tried everything to get it to work, but I'm hoping that maybe someone here might have an idea that I may have missed.
I've tried switching channels, changing the TV/VCR settings, using different cables...lots of things, but anything I try to put into the AV inputs on the television, I get no signal at all. I've tried both AV inputs as well. One thing that might be helpful in diagnosing this is that I know there must be SOME signal going through, because as you know on modern TVs, some of them like mine have a little floating box that says "No Signal" that appears kind of like a screensaver when there's nothing coming in. Sometimes when I switch the console on and off, that box will disappear then come back again after a couple minutes. So it almost seems like there is something going through...but I still see black on the screen.
Does anyone have any suggestions for things to try, especially on the television? It almost seems like that's where the issue is. However, one other thing...I did try to run the signal through my Yamaha AV reciever using the HDMI output to the television and could never get a signal there either.
So...I know that's not a lot to go on, but does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Bob
My name is Bob and I've been a lurker here for a long, long time. I've gotten a lot of information off these boards over the years and now that I'm back to collecting, I am looking for some help.
I'm trying to hookup my classic consoles through my VCR so I can record sessions for my blog. I'm working with a couple versions of the 2600, a Colecovision, and an Intellivision. For the sake of discussion, I'm using the 2600 right now and trying to get the signal to pass through the VCR to my LCD HDTV.
When I run the signal directly from the console to the cable input on the television, it works fine. Not the greatest signal, but playable. However, no matter how I run it through the two VCRs I've tried, I get no signal on the TV. I feel like I've tried everything to get it to work, but I'm hoping that maybe someone here might have an idea that I may have missed.
I've tried switching channels, changing the TV/VCR settings, using different cables...lots of things, but anything I try to put into the AV inputs on the television, I get no signal at all. I've tried both AV inputs as well. One thing that might be helpful in diagnosing this is that I know there must be SOME signal going through, because as you know on modern TVs, some of them like mine have a little floating box that says "No Signal" that appears kind of like a screensaver when there's nothing coming in. Sometimes when I switch the console on and off, that box will disappear then come back again after a couple minutes. So it almost seems like there is something going through...but I still see black on the screen.
Does anyone have any suggestions for things to try, especially on the television? It almost seems like that's where the issue is. However, one other thing...I did try to run the signal through my Yamaha AV reciever using the HDMI output to the television and could never get a signal there either.
So...I know that's not a lot to go on, but does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Bob