Tuning an old VCR

[arden]

I have an 8yr old Grundig GV9110 VCR. I have lost the manuel and cant' remember how to tune it into the TV. Any ideas? Have phoned Grundig and was given a discontinued number.

[Cockney_si]

I'm sure you can probably google the make and model number and put user manual or setup guide at the end and get something.

[garfield]

there should be a switch on the back, one of its settings will be test, put it on that and then tune the tv til you get two vertical white lines.

[Buenchico]

Assuming that you just want the TV to recognise the output from the VCR (rather than needing to tune in analogue channels in order to record them on the VCR), there's no tuning necessary.

In the days before equipment had Scart sockets the only way to get a signal into a TV set was via its aerial socket. That meant that VCRs were fitted with 'modulators', to change the 'composite video' signal from the tape to 'RF' (which is what the aerial socket requires). The TV then converted the signal back to composite video, in order to send it to the screen. Getting things set up correctly meant switching on a 'test signal' from the VCR (= those vertical white lines, referred to by Garfield) and then tuning the TV (not the VCR) into that signal.

With the advent of Scart sockets there was no longer a need for any tuning. The AV signal from the VCR is fed directly into the TV set. (A quick bit of googling has shown that the Grundig GV9110 is equipped with a Scart socket).

So, all you need to do is to connect a Scart lead between the VCR and the TV. Most TV sets will recognise the input and automatically switch to show the output from the VCR. If yours doesn't, you simply need to press the 'AV' (or 'Ext'/'Line') button on the TV's remote control, so that the TV will display the signal it's receiving from the external source.

Chris

[arden]

Thank you to Cockney, Garfield and Buenchico. I will have a go this afternoon.