Problem W/S-link and sony S-VHS.

I'm using the AD3 System with a SLV-R1000 S-VHS VTR. And S-Link doesnt
work.

Mark P.

I'm in the same boat you are. I've got a AC3 Sony DSS and can't make the
S-Link work either. There are respectable sounding folks on this news
group that  swear it will, but I've had no luck. I've given up and use
the IR Blaster. The trick with the Blaster is to NEVER cancel a timed
event while recording. If you do, it will screw up the VCR control from
the DSS receiver from that time forward. The only known fix is to turn
off the DSS receiver for 10 minutes so it can "reset" the timer. There
have been several threads on alt.dss over the past few months about
this. No doubt they will be repeated when somebody gets the energy to go
through it all over again. The IR Blaster problem looks like a mistake
by Sony when writing the timer program. I don't know about the S-link
issue. Maybe is was designed only to turn on a Sony TV. And it might
work on all other Sony VCR's/DSS combo's except mine. But on the S-Link
issue, Sony is at fault for not clearly stating in the VCR or DSS
manuals what functions the Control S/S-link features should be able to
perform. I you make any discoveries about this, please do post them. A
lot of people are watching for a fix.

In article <6lipls$a7 @newsd-113.bryant.webtv.net>,
SUPER-DRA @webtv.net (Mark Pollard) says:

Which DSS model, which S-VHS model? I have an AD-2 reciever and an SLV-R1000
deck, and have none of these problems, nor with my SLV-975 or -795.

Are you using a mono or stereo S-link cable?

        -Kenny

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I'm not sure which model you are using, but i have my A2 receiver
hooked via "headphone" type cable in the the control s into my sony
vcr, and it works great...