No Picture I bought this dvd recorder over a year ago from American, moved and never really tried to hook it up. Then, after settling, tried to hook it up through a cable box and then just with a coax cable. NOTHING. I stopped at American 3x asking them to just hook it up and make sure it works. They didn't and said they were too busy. I then stopped by on the last day of the warranty and they told me what "THEY" thought I was doing wrong and said they would honor the warranty if it didn't work this time. Anyone with suggestions on why I can't even get a picture through cable, dvd or tape. I stopped by American and, believe it or not, they couldn't get it to work. Shocker. They won't honor the warranty like they said. Any suggestions.

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Hi,

How are you hooking it up to yur TV for the output?

Hi there,

The default password is 3-3-0-8

regards,

James

Here is the owner's manual for your DVD machine. This is a VHS recorder but not a DVD recorder. To record VHS tapes to DVDs, you will need a DVD recorder.
You will plug the yellow video out connector on the VHS to the yellow 'Video in' connector on the DVD Recorder. Do the same for the red and white audio connections, out on the VHS, IN on the DVD Recorder. Connect your TV to the DVD recorder so you can see the picture you are recording.

Hi, If the DTV does not have Video IN, then you can't. Thanks, Mike

I had the same problem. Solved it by going to Set Up, Video Selection, then choosing the S- Video input jack, vs the default. Now if I could just get it to pass video when the unit is off...

there is really little information on this series. the website has nada on it..we'll try to ask for a user's manual. do you have a s/n you can provide?

Okay...sounds like you have a lot of signal splitting as well as devices that may also weaken your signal. With digital cable, you won't see snow or what would be a dead give-away to a weak signal. Only analog signals do that. Digital signals give you crisp clear picture or they drop out.

Try taking the cable directly from the wall to the DVD-Recorder. If you are able to watch channels and manipulate the device, then you can start from there as the source is good and the recorder is good.

Try to place the DVD-Recorder after the first splitter and see if you still receive stable signal. You'll probably need to leave the unit in this part of your A/V chain.

It really sounds like you need a signal amplifier for all the splitting you've done, or to re-work your A/V stack into something more manageable. It is entirely possible that the built-in tuner of the new DVD-Recorder is not as sensitive as the old unit.

Sounds like the disk loaded new firmware, and new isnt always better. If you can get the older firmware file you may be able to flash it again and put it back to it's former self.
Check with Panasonic's website under support.

Sounds like a hardware issue. Given that the device is 2 years old, I would suggest buying a new one. Dvd recorders are not too expensive these days and you might save yourself a lot of headache by doing that. You might also try TIVO or some other form of dvr service, or set your computer up as a dvr if you know how.