timer recording problem

[racquetman]

Alright, I'm bumping myself down to newbie status for this question.

I have a JVC HR-3600U SVHS player. I have never been able to get the thing to timer record a program. All I get is static. I've tried everything I can think of. It will record a program if I hit play/record simultaneously, but that's the only way. I don't have a cable box or anything complicated going on. Just the cable feed straight into the VCR via coax.

I swear this thing is 10 times more complicated than my DVD player. Of course I had a DVD player before I had a VCR. How many of you can say that?!!

Thanks

 

[markw]

Just a thought...

When you set the timer, does it offer a choice of what to record, such as the internal tuner or perhaps an external input? Kinda sounds like you're recordng from a non-existant external input.

 

[breaks911]

I ran into same issue. Had to specify in the timer setup to use a different input, b/c it defaults to using the coax connection. In my case, my cable box runs RCA into L2 on the VCR. Maybe for some reason your VCR isn't set to use coax.

 

[racquetman]

Thanks

Thanks guys.

I'll check it out when I get home from work and post an update tonight.

 

[racquetman]

set to record from a cable box

I actually spent more than 2 minutes trying to locate the problem and found out it was set to timer record from a cable box. I had a cable box hooked into it about 5 years ago. I must have gone a long time without trying to tape something after that (I probably only try to tape something 2 or 3 times a year) and forgot I had it set that way.

Anyway, thanks markw and breaks911 for putting me on the right track.