I have this small screen old General Electric TV and I'm trying to connect a VCR to it. It seems that you can receive the standard TV channels only on the prescribed numbers - like Channel 7 will be on the 7 dial on the TV. I was wondering if there is a reserved channel on the TV to connect to the VCR. I hope I'm explaining myself properly - thanks for any help.
"Paul"
** Depends on the TV set.Some old ones did, some did not.
How about you pull your finger out and TRY the channels the VCR uses for output.
....... Phil
most vcr's use the UHF channel 36 to output the signal. many old teles only did vhf (0 - 12)
As it sounds like the TV doesn't have A/V in, you'll need to check that the VCR has an RF out and what channel it outputs on.
It might be 0, 1 or somewhere in the UHF range. If the latter and the TV lacks have UHF then you won't be able to use it unless you have a converter (which Tandy sold many moons ago).
Thanks guys I found the VCR on the UHF channel. This TV is pretty old and yet still looks great to watch. Regards
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All VCRs (all newere ones anyway) are sending output on UHF band.
I can not remember this particular GE you are talking about, but some really old TVs had separate antenna plugs for UHF and VHF.
If TV has a dial, there is a "rotating knob" in the dial control to allow for fine tuning. You may only have one UHF setting on dial, so tune your VCR in there.
BTW, if you manage to tune your TV to VCR, you can use VCR as a tuner to accept all other channels.
Rudolf
Thanks Rudolf - I fixed the problem when somebody told me to search the UHF channel.
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