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Connecting a VCR I bought a TV

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baladur13 Posted messages 47322 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -

Hello,

I bought a TCL television and I would like to connect my Sharp VCR to the TV, so I purchased a SCART to HDMI converter but it is not working. I can't connect to the TV; what should I do? Thank you very much for your response.


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  1.
    Lekhalife Posted messages 1 Status Member
     

    Hello

    use an in-out/put jack cable

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  2. Anonymous user
     

    Thank you, but which cable do you need exactly? There are several models. Thank you very much for your reply, and I'm sorry to bother you again.

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  3. baladur13 Posted messages 47322 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 387
     

    Hello,

    Can you provide us with the complete references of your devices:

    • TCL TV model
    • Sharp VCR model
    • Brand and model or link for the Scart to HDMI converter

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

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  7. baladur13 Posted messages 47322 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 387
     

    OK for the television and the VCR.

    We still need to know the specifications of the converter.
    It is indeed a Scart to HDMI converter and not the other way around, and it is compatible with Secam signals (which was the standard in France at the time), right?

    What do you plan to do with your VCR? Probably read already recorded tapes.

    Where did you plug in your converter? Scart socket to Line1 input of the VCR and HDMI output of the converter to one of the two HDMI inputs of the television.

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

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  8. Anonymous user
     

    I tried both the SCART connections for the VCR and both HDMI ports on the TV, but nothing, no signal.

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    1. baladur13 Posted messages 47322 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 387
       

      At the risk of repeating myself, what are the references for this converter?

      If you do not answer the questions asked, it will be impossible to try to help you.

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  9. Anonymous user
     

    Actually, I don't know, everything is written in Chinese

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    1. baladur13 Posted messages 47322 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 387
       

      Your converter is not the right one; you have an HDMI to SCART converter.

      You need the opposite, as mentioned earlier, meaning a SCART to HDMI converter or SCART to HDMI.

      Also, make sure that this converter is compatible with SECAM and not just PAL or NTSC.

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  10. Anonymous user
     

    Okay, thank you. I will look into buying another one. Thank you very much for your help. Have a good evening.

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  12. Anonymous user
     

    Thank you very much for your help and for taking the time. Do you perhaps have an idea of what I can do with the other converter? Can it be used for something else? Thanks again, have a great day.

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    1. baladur13 Posted messages 47322 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 387
       

      The converter in your possession can only be used to transform a video signal from an HDMI output (a PC, for example) for transmission to a system with a SCART input (to record a video from your PC on your VCR, for example).

      However, do not expect miracles with this type of device (SCART to HDMI or HDMI to SCART); the videos, if it works, will always be of poor quality.

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