How to Use a No Tuner VCR to Record on a TCD TV
A VCR (video cassette recorder) is used to record television but can also record any video signal connected to its video input. A VCR that doesn’t have a TV tuner can record television from an LCD TV which has a “TCD” display panel. Two inexpensive electronic cables are needed but no special tools or skills. The LCD TV will provide the television signal that the VCR will record.
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Instructions
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Place the VCR next to the LCD TV. Plug the VCR’s power cord into a wall socket for power.
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Plug one end of the S-Video cable into the S-Video output on the back of the LCD TV. Plug the other end of the S-Video cable into the S-Video input on the back panel of the VCR.
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Plug the left and right RCA plugs at one end of the audio cable into the corresponding audio outputs on the back of the LCD TV that are below the S-Video output.
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Plug the left and right RCA plugs at the other end of the audio cable into the corresponding audio inputs labeled as “#1” on the back panel of the VCR–typically, this input will be near the middle of the VCR’s back panel.
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Turn on the VCR. Insert a video tape into the front loading slot on the VCR, label side up.
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Press the “Menu” button on the VCR’s remote. Press “left” on the compass pad on the remote until you see “Input” on the LCD screen at the front of the VCR. Press “down” on the compass pad on the remote until you see “S-Video” on the LCD screen at the front of the VCR. Press the “Menu” button.
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Turn on the LCD TV. Press the “Menu” button on the front of the LCD TV. Press the left or right “arrow” buttons to navigate through the menu selections until you come to “Input.” Press the up or down “arrow” buttons to select “Line output.” Press the left or right “arrow” buttons to select “S-Video.” Press the “Menu" button.
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Select a TV channel using the LCD TV’s built-in TV tuner or a cable box or satellite receiver that it is attached to. Press the “Record” button on the VCR to record the television channel being viewed on the LCD TV. Press the “Stop” button on the VCR when you don’t want to record anymore.
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Turn the VCR and the TV off. Disconnect the cables attached between the VCR and TV.
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Tips & Warnings
You will have to attach cables to the VCR's outputs and to a TV in order to see what you have recorded.
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