NEW Mitsu VCR no Stereo

How about doing some basic user troubleshooting? Do prerecorded hifi tapes playback correctly in hifi mode? Answer this and it may narrow down the problem a lot. Is there a user menu setting to change the audo playback/record mode?

Could be the one tape that was played left some dirt on the drum... Or maybe it is new defective... or maybe it was not really a new machine... or???....

Check the on-screen programming. My Mitsu has a section for audio. Here, you can select linear, Hi-Fi or a mix of both. There are no switches on my machine to select the audio, has to be done using the on screen menu.

No, fresh, prerecorded tapes also do not play in HiFi. I searched the menu settings (as I assumed that MUST be it), but couldn't find anything about stereo or HiFi there. I will check it out again.

Thanks!

Oh, my email is actually snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com

Dumb question, but need to ask:

Does it say "HI-FI" on the tape door or cabinet of the VCR?

If not, then it's just a "linear" stereo VCR, of which many were built in the mid-late 80s. It was a "step up" from monaural VCRs but will not play back HI-FI tapes in stereo.

Sorta like an "Extended-Def" TV set today - not *quite* HD. :P

-CC

John wrote:

Yes, it's definitely HiFi ! It worked great as HiFi at first. I bought it as a spare for my other aging HiFi units and have it hooked to my high end stereo system, so I definitely know the difference! - I think it is model HSU-422UR and is only a few years old.

Yes, it's definitely HiFi ! It worked great as HiFi at first. I bought it as a spare for my other aging HiFi units and have it hooked up to my high end stereo system, so I definitely know the difference! - It is model HS-U575 and is only a few years old.