Qosmio G40 and S-Video Input

Hello there my friends,
i have a problem here :( ...
What i want is simple, in theory. I have a VHS VCR that i have some tapes i want to convert to DVD. I noticed that G40 has a S-Video In, so what i did was, buy a cable that in one end is SCART and in the other is S-Video, i connected the VCR to the G40, pressed play in the VCR, started Ulead Factory for Toshiba, but nothing happens, i can't record anything, even getting any picture....the problem is not in the cable because i connected the VCR to the TV the same way (with the same cable) and it shows fine.
Does anyone have any idea of how to do this ? I'm really desperate, i've searched foruns and googlled it but can't get any answer.
Kind regards,
Ricardo Monteiro

Ricardo this is not solution for you. Using S-Video cable can be used for video signal transfer only.
Do you want to have picture without sound. I don't think so.
I have made similar experiments and I have copied old VHS cassettes to my old Qosmio G30. Later I have converted recorded material and created DVDs.
My Qosmio G30 has antenna in port and I have connected my VHS recorder to this port and transferred video and audio signal. I have for example started video on VHS recorder and started Windows media centre and scanned all channels and on channel 33 I saw my recorded material that comes from connected VHS recorder.
I have tested recording with Qosmioplayer and MCE. Using both options I was able to use record option and have video material on HDD.
I am sure the same can be done with G40. Check it out.

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