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I paid a TV repair man (who advertised he did set-ups and tuning in) to set up my new dvd recorder.
The problem I have now is that I have no sound on TV( channels BBC 1 & 2, ITV, Ch 4, Ch 5, SKY and VCR). I only have sound when viewing all the above channels via the DVD recorder (Pioneer 420).

I`ve been working long hours and wanted to catch up on my soaps (video tapes) while recording this morning`s soaps (yes... I know I`m sad!) on to the hard drive.

Could it be a simple solution or should I call back the TV man to do the job properly?

Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Oh, by the way, Yes, I have tried the volume settings on my TV.... No change.

Jill.

How do you get your TV channels - you must have Sky or cable?

TBH It sounds like a scart lead isn`t pushed in properly - check your connections are tight.

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How do you get your TV channels - you must have Sky or cable?

Any sound on the old fashion UHF terrestrial BBC1 etc?



I enjoy being wrong and clueless on other subjects - My wife usually alerts me to which ones, as there seem to be an awful lot around the house.

As WRabbit says it sounds like a scart lead (big 21 pin thing) is not properly plugged in. If you`re lucky, programs will have been recorded ok and the only problem is the scart from the dvd recorder to the TV. If you`re unlucky, it could be the scart from the source device (Freevew, satellite?) to the dvd recorder so it will have been recorded without sound.

Make sure all scart leads are plugged in properly and check the recordings. If they are silent, do a new test recording and check if that now has sound.

If that doesn`t help, give us a bit more info of what is connected to what and what you are recording from etc.

John.

This item was edited on Saturday, 22nd January 2005, 10:49

Update...

I have just made sure all the scart leads are all pushed in but no change. I have also just viewed the begining of the programme I am still recording (brilliant thing this chasing play!) and it does have sound.

The scart lead is the (Bright blue) scart lead that came free with the DVD recorder when I ordered it from Peter Tyson.
I am recording on to the hard drive from sky. The DVD is tuned into channel 0 on the TV (i.e. I have to press 0 on the TV remote control but on screen it says `E1` and sometimes `E2`)

This is all so confusing... which is why I paid an `expert` to do it for me!

I also have a TV in my kitchen that I can watch all the `normal` channels, the VCR and sky all with the sound! (aerial splitter from VCR)
Maybe I should call the TV bloke back.

Jill.

These things can be difficult to solve remotely so you may have to get the guy back - especially as you`ve paid him. It would be good to solve it so you are up and running ASAP. It might be worth calling him in case nobody can solve it remotely. You can always cancel if we get lucky!

When you watch Sky and/or the VCR, what do you select on the TV? I can only assume you are watching them via the RF (aerial cable) which is looped through the Sky and VCR (and presumably now through the 420). This must be the way you are watching them on the TV in the kitchen. If your main TV is connected in this way, it could be that the TV is not properly tuned but it is unlikely it would affect all the channels in the same way.

Incidentally, if you are watching Sky and the VCR via aerial lead, you will not be getting stereo or the best picture. The ideal is to watch all of them via scart lead but TV`s normally do not have enough scart sockets on them. Clearly your 420 is conected via scart to the TV. When you press zero on the TV remote, it is cycling through all the External inputs (normally scarts). It would be good if the 420 is connected to one scart (say E1) and the Sky to the second scart (E2). Ideally you`d have a third scart to conenct the VCR to the TV but there is rarely a third scart. This is sometimes why the aerial loop though is used to view the VCR output.

If Sky is connected to the TV via a scart, a possible temporary fix to allow you to watch the tapes is to disconnect the satellite scart lead and connect the VCR to the TV via scart. When you play a tape the TV will show it on the same external input that Sky was on.

Sorry if none of this is any use. Perhaps somebody else has better ideas or more logicalk questions than me.

Feel free to come back with more details or findings.

John.