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kj
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject:
Help hooking up DVD |
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I just bought my first DVD player ever (until now I've been using
my laptop to play DVDs), but after hooking it up to my TV according
to the instructions (and every other way I could think of) I still
get no image or sound from it.
Normally at this point I'd call the retailer for help, or search
online for any scrap of information that may tell me what to do.
But I want to learn more about how an DVD equipment expert would
go about *diagnosing* the problem. This way I hope that next time
I may be more able to solve something like this on my own. So
here's the situation prior to the arrival of the new DVD player:
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TV ----- VCR ----- Cable -----|
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The TV is connected to the VCR, which is connected to the cable
box, which is connected to the cable wall jack. All these three
connections are via what look to me like RG6 cables with threaded
F-connectors, all courtesy of the cable company. All this equipment
works fine. The TV set (a CRT-type display) and the VCR are at
least 5 years old. (I have no instructions manuals from any of
this equipment, since I inherited it all from a former roommate.)
The cable box is about 3 years old, and I got it from the cable
company, again, without any instruction booklet.
The cable that came with the DVD player has three RCA-type connectors
at either end, color-coded white+red (audio) and yellow (video).
Using this cable, I connected the DVD player to the TV, as described
in the instructions, but got no image or sound from the DVD player.
I confirmed that the TV is on (it flashes MUTE on the screen if I
press mute on the remote control), and that the DVD is actually
playing (it says so on the player's front panel). Somehow, the
signal from the DVD is not making it through to the TV. (Having
the cable box and/or the VCR on or off makes no difference as far
as the DVD signal goes.)
The instructions for the DVD player make no mention at all of what
to do in the presence of a cable box, but anyway I tried connecting
the DVD player to the cable box instead of the TV set, but still
no signal makes from the DVD to the TV. (The instruction booklet
explicitly says not to connect the DVD player to the VCR, so I
didn't.)
One further clue is that if I press the button labeled "All On" on
the mater remote control (also courtesy of the cable company), it
turns on (or off) the TV, the VCR, and the cable box, but it has
no effect on the DVD player. This is true whether the DVD player
is connected to the TV or to the cable box.
OK, given this scenario, how does an expert troubleshoot the
situation?
(I've been vague about the manufacturers of all this equipment,
because, as I said, my question is more about how one goes about
figuring out the problem, than about the specific problem I have
at the time.)
Thanks!
kj
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NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards;
and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded.
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kj
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject:
Re: Help hooking up DVD |
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In <436a095b.52211671@news-server.houston.rr.com> spam@uce.gov (Bob) writes:
| Quote: | On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:14:28 +0000 (UTC), kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid
wrote:
I just bought my first DVD player ever (until now I've been using
my laptop to play DVDs), but after hooking it up to my TV according
to the instructions (and every other way I could think of) I still
get no image or sound from it.
Because it is a player you cannot loop the composite signal thru it.
You will need to use an A-B box. WalMart has them - the RCA unit is
about $10 and works fine.
Connect the VCR composite signal to A, connect the DVD composite
signal to B and connect the output of the A-B box to the composite
input of the TV. You can leave the TV antenna connection as it is - it
is independent of this separate A-B box composite signal.
You will have to access the output of the A-B box by tuning your TV to
LINE input. The TV connection will work as usual off the other channel
numbers.
If the TV signal was not daisy-chained thru the VCR to your TV, then
you will have to rely on the TV tuner in the VCR for TV reception. Use
the A-B box to access the VCR.
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Thanks for the pointers. After I posted, I decided to do the most
radical thing: unplug everything and just connect the DVD player
to the TV set. Still no signal! It looks like I bought myself a
bum player! By way of warning to others, it is a SONY DVP-NS50P.
(Given that this no-frills player has only one set of RCA-type
output sockets, and my no-frills TV has only one set of RCA-type
input sockets, and given that I tried several different DVDs, and
given that the TV otherwise works fine, I can't think of any other
possible explanation.)
I'll take it back and hope the next one buy works!
Thanks again,
kj
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NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards;
and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded. |
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Bob
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject:
Re: Help hooking up DVD |
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:14:28 +0000 (UTC), kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid>
wrote:
| Quote: | I just bought my first DVD player ever (until now I've been using
my laptop to play DVDs), but after hooking it up to my TV according
to the instructions (and every other way I could think of) I still
get no image or sound from it.
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Because it is a player you cannot loop the composite signal thru it.
You will need to use an A-B box. WalMart has them - the RCA unit is
about $10 and works fine.
Connect the VCR composite signal to A, connect the DVD composite
signal to B and connect the output of the A-B box to the composite
input of the TV. You can leave the TV antenna connection as it is - it
is independent of this separate A-B box composite signal.
You will have to access the output of the A-B box by tuning your TV to
LINE input. The TV connection will work as usual off the other channel
numbers.
If the TV signal was not daisy-chained thru the VCR to your TV, then
you will have to rely on the TV tuner in the VCR for TV reception. Use
the A-B box to access the VCR.
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
-- George Bernard Shaw |
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Bob
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:
Re: Help hooking up DVD |
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 15:54:43 +0000 (UTC), kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid>
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| Quote: | It looks like I bought myself a
bum player! By way of warning to others, it is a SONY DVP-NS50P.
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No wonder it's a bum player.
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING WITH THE SONY NAME ON IT.
Sony does not support its products, especially when it is OEM, which
is what most of Sony consumer electronics is.
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
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Jim Henry
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Help hooking up DVD |
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kj wrote:
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I'll take it back and hope the next one buy works!
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If the cable box and VCR were hooked up with coax, then they are
probably being picked up on channel 3 on your TV. If you hook up the DVD
player with RCA jacks, then it should come into the TV as VIDEO-IN or
VIDEO-1 or something similar. Try pressing the video input on the TV or
the TV remote control. It may just be that the TV is looking for a
signal from channel 3, not the video in that the DVD player is attached to.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Jim Henry |
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Biz
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject:
Re: Help hooking up DVD |
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The tv is probably still on ch 3 or 4, you need to change teh input on teh
tv to whatever channel or input is required to get to video 1, or input 1,
etc.....
There is usually an input selector button on the remote, and by leaving out
the make and model of your tv, noone can offer any more help, so its always
worthhile including that info
"kj" <socyl@987jk.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:dkcuv4$195$1@reader2.panix.com...
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I just bought my first DVD player ever (until now I've been using
my laptop to play DVDs), but after hooking it up to my TV according
to the instructions (and every other way I could think of) I still
get no image or sound from it.
Normally at this point I'd call the retailer for help, or search
online for any scrap of information that may tell me what to do.
But I want to learn more about how an DVD equipment expert would
go about *diagnosing* the problem. This way I hope that next time
I may be more able to solve something like this on my own. So
here's the situation prior to the arrival of the new DVD player:
|
TV ----- VCR ----- Cable -----|
box |
The TV is connected to the VCR, which is connected to the cable
box, which is connected to the cable wall jack. All these three
connections are via what look to me like RG6 cables with threaded
F-connectors, all courtesy of the cable company. All this equipment
works fine. The TV set (a CRT-type display) and the VCR are at
least 5 years old. (I have no instructions manuals from any of
this equipment, since I inherited it all from a former roommate.)
The cable box is about 3 years old, and I got it from the cable
company, again, without any instruction booklet.
The cable that came with the DVD player has three RCA-type connectors
at either end, color-coded white+red (audio) and yellow (video).
Using this cable, I connected the DVD player to the TV, as described
in the instructions, but got no image or sound from the DVD player.
I confirmed that the TV is on (it flashes MUTE on the screen if I
press mute on the remote control), and that the DVD is actually
playing (it says so on the player's front panel). Somehow, the
signal from the DVD is not making it through to the TV. (Having
the cable box and/or the VCR on or off makes no difference as far
as the DVD signal goes.)
The instructions for the DVD player make no mention at all of what
to do in the presence of a cable box, but anyway I tried connecting
the DVD player to the cable box instead of the TV set, but still
no signal makes from the DVD to the TV. (The instruction booklet
explicitly says not to connect the DVD player to the VCR, so I
didn't.)
One further clue is that if I press the button labeled "All On" on
the mater remote control (also courtesy of the cable company), it
turns on (or off) the TV, the VCR, and the cable box, but it has
no effect on the DVD player. This is true whether the DVD player
is connected to the TV or to the cable box.
OK, given this scenario, how does an expert troubleshoot the
situation?
(I've been vague about the manufacturers of all this equipment,
because, as I said, my question is more about how one goes about
figuring out the problem, than about the specific problem I have
at the time.)
Thanks!
kj
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NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards;
and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded. |
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Gary A. Edelstein
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Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:08 am Post subject:
Re: Help hooking up DVD |
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:14:28 +0000 (UTC), kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid>
wrote:
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I just bought my first DVD player ever (until now I've been using
my laptop to play DVDs), but after hooking it up to my TV according
to the instructions (and every other way I could think of) I still
get no image or sound from it.
Normally at this point I'd call the retailer for help, or search
online for any scrap of information that may tell me what to do.
But I want to learn more about how an DVD equipment expert would
go about *diagnosing* the problem. This way I hope that next time
I may be more able to solve something like this on my own. So
here's the situation prior to the arrival of the new DVD player:
|
TV ----- VCR ----- Cable -----|
box |
The TV is connected to the VCR, which is connected to the cable
box, which is connected to the cable wall jack. All these three
connections are via what look to me like RG6 cables with threaded
F-connectors, all courtesy of the cable company. All this equipment
works fine. The TV set (a CRT-type display) and the VCR are at
least 5 years old. (I have no instructions manuals from any of
this equipment, since I inherited it all from a former roommate.)
The cable box is about 3 years old, and I got it from the cable
company, again, without any instruction booklet.
The cable that came with the DVD player has three RCA-type connectors
at either end, color-coded white+red (audio) and yellow (video).
Using this cable, I connected the DVD player to the TV, as described
in the instructions, but got no image or sound from the DVD player.
I confirmed that the TV is on (it flashes MUTE on the screen if I
press mute on the remote control), and that the DVD is actually
playing (it says so on the player's front panel). Somehow, the
signal from the DVD is not making it through to the TV. (Having
the cable box and/or the VCR on or off makes no difference as far
as the DVD signal goes.)
The instructions for the DVD player make no mention at all of what
to do in the presence of a cable box, but anyway I tried connecting
the DVD player to the cable box instead of the TV set, but still
no signal makes from the DVD to the TV. (The instruction booklet
explicitly says not to connect the DVD player to the VCR, so I
didn't.)
One further clue is that if I press the button labeled "All On" on
the mater remote control (also courtesy of the cable company), it
turns on (or off) the TV, the VCR, and the cable box, but it has
no effect on the DVD player. This is true whether the DVD player
is connected to the TV or to the cable box.
OK, given this scenario, how does an expert troubleshoot the
situation?
(I've been vague about the manufacturers of all this equipment,
because, as I said, my question is more about how one goes about
figuring out the problem, than about the specific problem I have
at the time.)
If you hooked it up to the TV with the A/V cable and the TV has A/V |
inputs (are they inputs or outputs?), then you need to switch in that
input with the TV remote or switch on the TV. Normally, that's a
TV/Video button or similar or you need to tune in a special station
number. Do you have your TV manual? If not, which TV make and model
number?
If the TV only has an output, then you need an RF modulator. They are
$20-30 and available at places like Best Buy and Radio Shack.
I'd doubt the DVD player is defective and you just need to hook it up
and switch it in correctly.
Gary E
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Marty
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:56 am Post subject:
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Somewhere around Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:14:28 +0000 (UTC), while reading
rec.video.dvd.players, I think I thought I saw this post from kj
<socyl@987jk.com.invalid>:
| Quote: | I just bought my first DVD player ever (until now I've been using
my laptop to play DVDs), but after hooking it up to my TV according
to the instructions (and every other way I could think of) I still
get no image or sound from it.
Normally at this point I'd call the retailer for help, or search
online for any scrap of information that may tell me what to do.
But I want to learn more about how an DVD equipment expert would
go about *diagnosing* the problem. This way I hope that next time
I may be more able to solve something like this on my own. So
here's the situation prior to the arrival of the new DVD player:
.... |
One trick is to plug the audio cables up to the input (TV), but don't hook
up the other end of the cable to the DVD, turn the volume to a normal level,
then touch the ends of the cables (the part that sticks out). You should
hear hum coming from the TV speaker when you touch it.
You can try hooking the 3 cables up to your VCR, which you know works, and
plugging it to the TV. Disconnect the coax cable from the VCR so it won't
fool you into thinking it works, then try to get the VCR picture on the TV.
As others mentioned, you will need to "tell" the TV to switch to the
composite video inputs, or external inputs, or AV in, or something similar.
Maybe even TV/VCR switch. Possibly tuning to channel 0 if that's possible
(some VCRs work that way, so maybe the TV does, too).
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
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I am just tonight trying to hook up my 2nd DVD recorder, a Sony
RDRGX315. My previous DVDR, a Phillips, stopped turning on~ but before
that I had no trouble hooking it up as progressive scan to my Sony TV.
The Sony DVDR isn't recogizing the progressive scan and worse, has gone
into a scrambled mode that I cannot get out of because I can't see the
menu to read it!
Is there a fix for this that I don't know about? I am using it with
Scientific Atlanta 8000 DVR.
Thanks for any help.
Rosemary |
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