No sound when playing a tape in the rca vcr player

* check your warranty and call for service.(But it looks like this is a very old unit if it's a VCR/DVD combo.
* Pull plug and count to 10. Reconnect.
* check power lights. Does it say Ready, blinking time (12:00), any indication that power is on? No lights? Bad unit. Discard.
* If power okay, press open tray. Opens? Remove Disk. Insert "Known" working DVD (use a new store bought DVD that the kids did not play.) Press play.
* Is the disk reading? The DVD display should have changed while searching disk. No? Discard unit.
* Is it playing (the movie time should change as the movie plays). No video? Check cables to TV
* No sound? Check audio cables to TV (Red and White RCA Plugs)
* DVD and VCR plays disks or tapes but nothing on TV? Does the TV have an "Analog" input? Newer 2018 TVs may only accept Digital input like HDMI. A few may have the Video/Audio RCA plug input (usually used by the DVD player) though Digital TV's tend not to have this input.)
* You may need to have your old VCR tapes digitized (especially family tapes) There are "Analog to Digital" cable sets available at your electronics store or online at Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XJKSJZ8/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B06XJKSJZ8&pd_rd_wg=gXyiO&pd_rd_r=YRNMX4PQ9FDXJNVGV81H&pd_rd_w=AMvcC

https://www.amazon.com/EAS-Grabber-Capture-Converter-Digital/dp/B077GPNXYJ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1529364181&sr=8-4&keywords=Analog+to+digital+video+cable&dpID=41fex8sIlEL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

* You may still find DVD players at thrift stores for under $20. I'm not sure if you can still find a new player.
* Try WalMart (Humm... no price given.)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/LG-DVD-Player-with-USB-Direct-Recording-DP132/33396346

Aloha, ukeboy57

tried to record coming from other tape and replace the audio cord.

no picture after clean up head

Have you switched your Video Source on the TV to match the input from your player? Vid 0, Vid1, Svideo, DVD Etc?

it sounds like the video head is dirty and needs cleaning, buy a vcr cleaning tape and follow directions on how to clean the heads... Radio Shack should have the cleaning tape....hope this helps.

sr you can disconect hdmi cable and use a litle speaker and check for audio in rca cables output , when you put your vcr play you can have audio in rca red cable and rca white cable i think when you put hdmi your loose in rca the audio , remember in hdmi you have audio and video , if you dont have audio in vcr the audio head are bad thias is used only in vcr mode. good luck

try to find a multi-video selector swicth that the best you can do

Check your "tracking" If the tape played fine in the old machine, then tracking is the answer, provided that the new machine records good.

If you were using RCA cables, you may have had them hooked up wrong. I know this may sound like an easy fix, but I still hook them up wrong from time to time. Especially if there are more than one set of RCA hook-ups on the back of the unit. If you were using a S-video cable you shouldn't have to use RCA cables, if you had both hooked up that could cause your DVD/VCR unit to not work properly and only get a partial feed to the TV. I hope this helps a little. Good luck.

hey lindalu if you and i put our tv's together we might have one whole working tv/vcr/dvd combo that plays in color! Seriously though, i feel your pain. RCA i'm not impressed.