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Connecting an old VCR to a new TV?

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epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member -  
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Hello.

I swapped my old TV for a flat-screen TV (from 2009) with several color ports on the back

(green, blue, red, white, and another red; then yellow, green, and red)

(+ 1 blue RGB)

On my old TV, I had connected a VCR

Everything worked perfectly

However, I am unable to get my VCR to work on my flat-screen TV

Even though I connected the rooftop antenna and the coaxial cable to the flat-screen TV, it shows "No signal"

Could someone please inform me about the correct connection to make to get the VCR working on the flat-screen TV?

An adapter perhaps?

Or something else?

Thank you

8 answers

  1. sami
     

    Hello,

    this adapter should work with the 3 color cables.

    see the link

    https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41iQJNTJ89S._SL500_.jpg

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    1. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5
       

      Hello

      Thank you very much for your response <3

      Could you please write the link to the Amazon listing?

      (The link sent just leads to the photo of the adapter)

      And could this adapter also work with a TV from after 2009 (the ones currently sold)?

      Thank you

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  2. sami
     

    Here is the link to another model with RCA cables.

    Yes, that's the point of adapters in general and this one in particular.

    https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08TWM9S3R/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B08TWM9S3R&pd_rd_w=4N8B9&content-id=amzn1.sym.ab0fb4be-6e29-4ec3-b1a6-972389fb19fc&pf_rd_p=ab0fb4be-6e29-4ec3-b1a6-972389fb19fc&pf_rd_r=HRN64XJ48E4V98MSXX9X&pd_rd_wg=u5XkB&pd_rd_r=46d8bc37-0c0f-4bab-a666-0555874a58a4&s=computers&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyTUxPSk1MOFJKSk5MJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTI1Mjk4M0dJWjZUVkUwMEJaTiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDYyNzM5MkxRV1lPRzJYVlNURSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbF90aGVtYXRpYyZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU%3D

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    1. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5
       

      Hello Sami

      How can I upload photos of the back of my TV and my VCR?

      So that you can tell me where to plug which cable?

      Thank you

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      1. extempor Posted messages 2168 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   885 > epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member
         

        Hello epsonette,

        as a member of the CCM Forum, to upload a photo you have a bar with a "mountain":

        You click on this icon.

        This label appears:

        If your image is already saved on your PC, use the browse function, retrieve the image and click on OK.

        Check with "Preview" if your message or photo appears: you click on Submit.

        And if there's a problem, come back, there are other solutions.

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      2. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5 > extempor Posted messages 2168 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Thank you very much!

        Could you tell me which cable among those suggested earlier should go where, on the back of the TV and the VCR?

        Thank you ????

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  3. Andy31200 Posted messages 26918 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 208
     

    Well, it's as simple as that: your scope has a SCART output and your TV has a SCART input, but I see that they are occupied, by what? Where do these connections go?

    I call a spade a spade *
         *in French in the text

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    1. extempor Posted messages 2168 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   885
       

      Hello Andy31200,

      it's true we don't see everything.

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    2. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5
       

      What we would like to know is where to connect, if possible,:

      1. an antenna cable,

      2. a SCART cable,

      3. and a coaxial cable,

      both behind this TV and behind this VCR.

      In order to make them work together

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      1. baladur13 Posted messages 47413 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 417 > epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member
         

        Currently, this VCR as well as the television set are completely unable to utilize the DTT signals transmitted by French terrestrial antennas.

        Extract from https://www.lcd-compare.com/moniteur-LGM237WDPZ-LG-M237WD-PZ.htm

        Since April 5, 2016, in France, DTT channels are broadcast in a format NOT compatible with the LG M237WD-PZ.
        This device is compatible with the MPEG2 format (used for SD format channels), but incompatible with the new MPEG4 format used (generally used for HD).

        As for the VCR, it cannot record DTT channels for the same reasons...

        With these devices, you can only play old tapes recorded before April 5, 2016.

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      2. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5 > baladur13 Posted messages 47413 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         

        Thank you very much for this information.

        It is precisely only to read (very, very, very) old tapes (so far before April 5, 2016)

        that we want to connect this television to this VCR.

        But we do not know where to connect what at the back of this television and this VCR.

        The VCR plays the tapes when connected to an older television. We managed to make the connections on that one.

        But since the connections on the LG are different, we do not know where to connect the cables that we know how to connect to the older television.

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      3. extempor Posted messages 2168 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   885 > epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member
         

        To play the tapes, just connect the VCR with a SCART cable to the LG TV, as shown in your images.

        Then refer to the manual that baladur13 has provided for you. Thank you, baladur ^^

        On page 28, select Input on the remote to switch to the VCR source, which could be AV1, AV2, HDMI, USB...

        For older TVs, there is an explanation (from that time), and regarding the recording of current TV shows, I'm hesitant to comment...

        Sincerely

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  4. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5
     

    Alright.

    Thank you again <3

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    1. extempor Posted messages 2168 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   885
       

      According to what I see in the photo <8> you are already connected via SCART ==> from the LG Flatron M237WD TV to a THOMSON VCR.

      .........................

      I currently do not have the TV manual.

      ..........................

      You should check the input sources of the TV so that the VCR is recognized.

      It's certainly explained in the manual, if you have it...

      ........................

      For now, it is unnecessary to buy additional cables.

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      2. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5 > baladur13 Posted messages 47413 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         

        ????

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      3. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5 > baladur13 Posted messages 47413 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         

        Thank you very much <3

        It was the LG Flatron M237-WD-PZJAEUOLUP

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  8. baladur13 Posted messages 47413 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 417
     

    To visualize old tapes, only one Scart cable is needed.

    Excerpt from the television manual on page 15.

    For your information, the VCR manual.

    https://fc.darty.com/notices/DCOM/THOMSON/1819577/1819577_NOTCOMP.pdf

    It's very difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room.
    Especially when it's not there...

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  9. epsonette Posted messages 168 Status Member 5
     

    Hello


    Thank you all <3 <3 <3

    The color adapter

    + the info for me to post the photos

    + the AV settings = it works!!!


    For the settings, it’s true that it was logical to go back to the manual... it didn’t even cross my mind!!!

    I'm really grateful to you.

    It’s nice to see that we are helped by people who know <3 <3 <3 <3


    Thank you really to all the people who provide information on this site <3

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    1. extempor Posted messages 2168 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   885
       

      Thank you for your feedback and have a good week.

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