Hpe-380t and dvd/vcr combo

has anyone connected a vcr, dvd, or dvd/vcr combo to their HPE-380T thru the varios i/o ports on the front of their machine? i have a dvd/vcr combo connected but not sure how the video displayed on the monitor or audio is heard via my speakers.

Hi, What video capture application program are you using since the front ports for input? ROXIO sells a lot of video capture software and h/w dongles.

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Re: DVD/VCR Combo

I ALSO HAVE A DVD/VCR COMBO, THE PICTURE HAS NEVER COME IN ON THE VCR, SO WE TRIED BUYING A NEW TV THINKING THAT THE OLDER TV WAS THE PROBLEM. STILL NO PICTURE ON VCR. PICTURE FINE ON DVD

Just to verify the steps:
1) Insert a VHS tape that already has something recorded on it. Be sure it's not just blank tape.
2) Press the VCR button on the remote. This is the one with the yellow boundary around it, near the bottom of the remote.
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3) Press PLAY on the remote.
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Then see what is on the TV. Are you seeing anything from the VCR, or is it just a blue screen? Press FWD on the remote to see if anything appears on the TV. If you see nothing, and you know it's not blank tape, and you do see a picture when you switch to DVD and play a DVD, I'd say the unit is flawed. I've not experienced this myself.
How are you connected from the Toshiba to the TV? HDMI, RCA cables, or S-Video?
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buster44 -
Thanks for that info, and I suspect the other posters will find that this is the reason.
I don't have the SD-V296, and I had assumed its inputs/outputs were similar to the DVR620, which I do have. But that is definitely not the case.
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I don't own a SD-V296 but I do own other Toshiba units. I do have the PDF of the SD-V296 manual at hand. (Note that I am not a Toshiba employee). Based on other SD-V296 owners that have posted here, it seems the most confusion is from which output connection to use. On page 7 we see the rear panel diagram. If you want to be able to play back VHS, you need to use the connections that are labeled as DVD/VCR. So this means only using audio out L and R (labeled as 6) and video out (labeled as 7). Most newer TVs have component video input with 3 jacks, Y Pb Pr (green, blue, red respectively). If you were to connect from the jacks labeled as number 5 in the diagram, doing color matching, you'd then be able to play DVDs from the SD-V296 on the TV using the component input. However, I don't believe you'll get to view VHS this way. I believe that if you want to view VHS, you must use the video out (labeled as 7) and connect it into the Y component jack of the TV. The other 2 jacks on the TV, Pb and Pr, would have nothing plugged into them. This would then send a composite video signal from the SD-V296 to the TV, allowing for both DVD and VHS playback. The picture quality would not be as good for DVD as component but still viewable. I believe that most newer TVs have this combination input with Pb Pr Y, where Y serves the dual purpose of composite input when it's the only jack used, or Y component video if Pb and Pr are also used. But due to this, you can't use component video for DVDs and composite for VHS with the same connection. Note that later Toshiba models use HDMI as output, avoiding this issue. But the SD-V296 is an older model (I see 2008 on the manual's copyright page) so it doesn't have HDMI.

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