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Q: B&W output from muliformat VCR

Author
24 Aug 2005 10:18 AM
Jeremy

Author
24 Aug 2005 10:58 AM
Mark D. Zacharias
"Jeremy" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> I've got a Sharp mulitformat VCR (pal, secam, NTSC) that seems to want to
> only
> playback in black & white.  I'm sure I had it playing back in color
> before, but
> as I don't have the manual for the machine I don't know if this is a
> setting I
> can't find yet (hopefully) or something has broken in the VCR.  I've never
> heard of a VCR losing it's ability to display color - is that possible,
> and if
> anyone have any idea which component would be responsible??
>
> Thanks for any help!  Please followup to the group or email
> che***@gmail.com
>
> thanks again!!
>

Many of these multi format models have a switch on the front panel for color
/ black-and-white. A newer model might have it in the menus.

Mark Z.
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Author
24 Aug 2005 3:58 PM
Andy Cuffe
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:18:45 GMT, spam@spam.com (Jeremy) wrote:

>
>I've got a Sharp mulitformat VCR (pal, secam, NTSC) that seems to want to only
>playback in black & white.  I'm sure I had it playing back in color before, but
>as I don't have the manual for the machine I don't know if this is a setting I
>can't find yet (hopefully) or something has broken in the VCR.  I've never
>heard of a VCR losing it's ability to display color - is that possible, and if
>anyone have any idea which component would be responsible??
>
>Thanks for any help!  Please followup to the group or email che***@gmail.com
>
>thanks again!!

Make sure you have it set to output the correct format for your TV.
If it's outputting PAL and you have an NTSC TV, you will see a B/W
picture.  Even a multi standard TV might not be able to display all
formats in color. 
Andy Cuffe

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Author
25 Aug 2005 8:49 PM
Jeremy
Author
24 Aug 2005 3:59 PM
Jona Vark
Are you using an SVideo connection by any chance?
"Jeremy" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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>
> I've got a Sharp mulitformat VCR (pal, secam, NTSC) that seems to want to
only
> playback in black & white.  I'm sure I had it playing back in color
before, but
> as I don't have the manual for the machine I don't know if this is a
setting I
> can't find yet (hopefully) or something has broken in the VCR.  I've never
> heard of a VCR losing it's ability to display color - is that possible,
and if
> anyone have any idea which component would be responsible??
>
> Thanks for any help!  Please followup to the group or email
che***@gmail.com
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>
> thanks again!!
>
Author
24 Aug 2005 10:21 PM
Jeremy
Author
24 Aug 2005 11:20 PM
Jona Vark
"Jeremy" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> In article <VP0Pe.7561$A%1.3***@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
noem***@all.com
> says...
> >
> >Are you using an SVideo connection by any chance?
>
> I'm using the yellow rca video connector, if that's S-video (sorry for
being so
> dumb, but thanks for all the replies!)


ok.. that's a composite video connector.. Sometimes a bad S Video cable can
result in B/W images..

sorry..
Author
26 Aug 2005 10:56 AM
Laurence Payne
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:20:18 GMT, "Jona Vark" <noem***@all.com> wrote:

>ok.. that's a composite video connector.. Sometimes a bad S Video cable can
>result in B/W images..

Or a good one, feeding an input that doesn't recognise the chrominance
signal.    Many domestic SCART inputs are like this.   The pin's
there, but it's not connected to anything.
Author
26 Aug 2005 1:33 PM
b
Jeremy wrote:
> I've got a Sharp mulitformat VCR (pal, secam, NTSC) that seems to want to only
> playback in black & white.  I'm sure I had it playing back in color before, but
> as I don't have the manual for the machine I don't know if this is a setting I
> can't find yet (hopefully) or something has broken in the VCR.  I've never
> heard of a VCR losing it's ability to display color - is that possible, and if
> anyone have any idea which component would be responsible??

a few basics first....

1) what tv have you hooked it up to ?  is it multisystem? (i assume you
are in N. America)
2) what standard is the tape you are trying to play?
3) are the symptoms the same on PAL and NTSC tapes? speeds?
4) model of machine?? (I have a sharp VC-890ET multisystem deck)
5) have you tried it on a different monitor?

if still faulty, could be a dry joint on a crytal on the relevant
chroma section...but check the above first and post back!
-Ben
Author
26 Aug 2005 8:04 PM
Jeremy
Author
27 Aug 2005 9:48 AM
b
Jeremy wrote:
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> In article <1125063237.054911.191***@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> reverend_rog***@yahoo.com says...
> >
> >
> >
> >1) what tv have you hooked it up to ?  is it multisystem? (i assume you
> >are in N. America)
> >2) what standard is the tape you are trying to play?
> >3) are the symptoms the same on PAL and NTSC tapes? speeds?
> >4) model of machine?? (I have a sharp VC-890ET multisystem deck)
> >5) have you tried it on a different monitor?
> >
> >if still faulty, could be a dry joint on a crytal on the relevant
> >chroma section...but check the above first and post back!
> >-Ben
> >
>
> I think it is a multi-format VCR not multi-system.  Multi-system means it has a
> converter built in which this one apparently doesn't because you need a
> multi-format TV to view it or a TV of the format the tape you're playing from
> the VCR is. If you play a PAL tape through an NTSC tv it goes in black &
> white.  The vcr model is VC-MH300

Ok. what you have there is a multistandard vcr, but without standards
conversion, since, as you say, you need a Tv monitor of the system you
are playing back.
it is correct then that you're getting a B&W picture with pal to NTSC.
The NTSC colour subcarrier is 3.58 and PAL is 4.43.
what would, however, be incorrect is having b&w from NTSC tapes on the
NTSC set! does this happen?
-B.
Author
30 Aug 2005 12:27 PM
Dimitrios Tzortzakakis
My VCR, sony EE-150E has two switches or playback standards:1.color system
:auto/pal-mesecam/ntsc and playback:on pal tv/ntsc 4.43.Have you checked
that your VCR has a similar switch, maybe in the back panel, that can
playback on the standard your tv is?

--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering, freelance electrician
FH von Iraklion-Kreta, freiberuflicher Elektriker
dimtzort AT otenet DOT gr
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> Jeremy wrote:
> > In article <1125063237.054911.191***@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> > reverend_rog***@yahoo.com says...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >1) what tv have you hooked it up to ?  is it multisystem? (i assume you
> > >are in N. America)
> > >2) what standard is the tape you are trying to play?
> > >3) are the symptoms the same on PAL and NTSC tapes? speeds?
> > >4) model of machine?? (I have a sharp VC-890ET multisystem deck)
> > >5) have you tried it on a different monitor?
> > >
> > >if still faulty, could be a dry joint on a crytal on the relevant
> > >chroma section...but check the above first and post back!
> > >-Ben
> > >
> >
> > I think it is a multi-format VCR not multi-system.  Multi-system means
it has a
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> > converter built in which this one apparently doesn't because you need a
> > multi-format TV to view it or a TV of the format the tape you're playing
from
> > the VCR is. If you play a PAL tape through an NTSC tv it goes in black &
> > white.  The vcr model is VC-MH300
>
> Ok. what you have there is a multistandard vcr, but without standards
> conversion, since, as you say, you need a Tv monitor of the system you
> are playing back.
> it is correct then that you're getting a B&W picture with pal to NTSC.
> The NTSC colour subcarrier is 3.58 and PAL is 4.43.
>  what would, however, be incorrect is having b&w from NTSC tapes on the
> NTSC set! does this happen?
> -B.
>

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