Hi, I am new here. I bought the Emerson DVD recorder, the single unit, no dvd or vhs player on it. My question deals with the quality and maybe how it is hooked up. We have it hooked up so the three DVD recorder plug into the front of our TV. Now when I put a disc into record something and hit game to begin, the screen takes a very dark color turn. Upon hitting and unhitting game you can tell the darkness by a considerable margin. Anyway to fix this? Is it hooked up wrong? Also once I finalize a disc it seems to play back a bit choppy on my computer or PS2. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help improve my quality of recording.
You do know that this is A/V cable input to "Play", on your TV not record thru, right? If you're talking about "Game mode" on the TV, then plug the A/V cables "composite out" (red, white, yellow,) cable from your DVDR into the back, or front (input) of your TV! Then when you hit game you will be able to view the DVDR display. This is usually called "Video mode" on most TV's, earlier TV's called it "Game". This is the between channel "auxilary" input for displaying various devices that use A/V composite cables, like gaming systems, or DVDR's.
Yes we run through the A/V jacks, but once I hit GAME to record the quality goes to a darker state. We are picking up some component jacks. Will those help quality?
Ok, If you have the incoming cable (RF, or Coax cable) going into the DVDR from the antenna, or cable box,,, then have the cable (RF, or Coax) out of the DVDR, into the TV (RF, or Coax) connection,,, Then, Unplug the A/V cable going into the "Game" jacks temporarily, then try putting your TV on channel 3,or 4, then record, or, play a DVD, and see if the view is any better that way.
You do have the DVDR A/V "OUT", composite cables plugged into the front A/V "IN" TV (Game input), right?,,, What are you using for the "Input" on the DVDR?,,, The RF/Coax cable, or A/V composite cable in? Also, from what source are you recording, a cable box, VCR, or a DVD player??? This would help to know.
We have a Tivo through DirecTV. I just want the DVD recorder to be able to record from the Tivo. We are running the "in" cable to the Tivo and the out cable to the TV I believe. We re hooked last night a different and now have a line running through the picture, but it isnt quite as dark? Sorry we are pretty confused...
Well then, with RF/Coax -(meaning cable). And, A/V composite meaning -(red, white, & yellow plugs), Then, take the output line from the TIVO, and send it into the proper input on the DVDR, be it either (RF/Coax, or A/V composite), Then take the output line from the DVDR, be it (RF/Coax, or A/V composite), and send it into the input of the TV (Game-composite),or (RF/Coax,antenna connection.) The Cable, or cable box, or TIVO is the Source (signal)! The DVDR, has to be getting the signal (source) first, then it relays the picture info to the TV (which is just a viewer/player)
