Sanyo TV Each time I switch the TV on, it says "welcome to your new Sanyo TV, please wait while we tune in your channels". This started about 3 months ago. I've had the TV about 3 years

The tuner on your TV is not tuned to the output channel of your cable or satellite box. Usually this is channel 3 or 4.

You can't tune a analoge VCR on a TV that is digital. If the TV has a scart socket then pressing the AV button on the TV remote should show the playback. Please not certain TV models will have different indications of "AV" buttons. Check the user guide of your TV. If you only have one scart socket and it's being used for another device, you can get a Scart Switching Box see below from places like Amazon.

Test the signal strength using analogue tv mode and teletext page 284. If this shows no issue open up the TV tuning menu and use 'Manual Tume' until the missing channel shows on the screen and then Save.

Hi:
This may be due to the possiblity that the you are on the wrong input source, If you watch HD Channels then the input source would either be componet or HDMI input. Try changing the input source of the television with the TV's remote until you see the Channels again. IF you are not watching HDTV then the television is on the wrong reception channel for the Direct TV's box. Try channel 4 or 3 or even 73.

Hi, check the tv tuning menu for channel 3 - it may have been set to "Skip"
This can be proven if your remote has numeric keypad.
3 will be accessible through this but not through program + or -

Check and replace the tuner.
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it either needs new front switch panel or new signal module, turn the tv on and disconnect the front switch board if it quits doing things on it's own you need a new front switch panel, if it still does functions on it's own you need a new signal board.

you need to press the channel up button 3 times if yo get message as please connect av sources. then do the manual channel search for 2 times. it should solve the problem.

Turn on power to TV, and DVD/VCR, set TV to channel 3 or 4
Insert video cassette
Select desired channel by using CH/TRK
Set the desired recoring speed (SP or EP)
Press REC once
Press STOP to stop recording.

Timer Recording,
Press Menu and the Main menu will appear.
Use up and down arrows to choose the Timer record menu
Press Select/Enter to go to the Timer Record menu.
Use arrows to choose the program no. (1-8)
Use down arrow to choose Month option
Use arrows to choose the desired month
Use down arrow to choose the Day option
Use arrows to choose the desired day
Use down arrow to choose Start Option
Use arrows to choose the desired start time
Use down arrow to choose the Stop option
Use arrows to choose the desired stop time.
Use down arrow to choose the Channel option
Use arrows to choose the desired channel (Channel, Line1 or Line2)

Cable users: If you have Cable TV and used Cable Box in Connecting Antenna/Cable TV to DVD/VCR using a cable box converter, you must set the channel in this step to match the cable box output channel (usually 3 or 4). Change channels on the cable box instead of the DVD/VCR

Press both channel buttons simultaineously for 3 seconds it will automatically tune your programmes press ok when ok flashes on vcr screen display