I'm trying to copy an old vhs video onto a dvd with my dvd maker but I don't see a picture on my screen and i don't know if I connected the device properly to my video machine

Try with different files and save your old VHS and if this operation is successfully done without any restriction , then copying to DVD is simple following usual procedure.

Old VHS tapes may have a copy protection in the video that will cause the video to go dark then to go bright making the copy no good. There are devices available that will remove this copy protection. The copy protection is called macro vision I believe.

it won't record dvd's its only a dvd player. only the vcr records
if the vhs movies your trying to record are movies like star wars and stuff like that it's copy protected and no worth the trouble. if it's home movies or something you recorded from tv they might work. if you get a dvd recorder/vhs player.

I bought a device @ walmart for about $40.records to dvd on computor

just play your movies from vhs iput your audio/video to computer with TV CARD and video input. then record it and burn to DVD format after recording.

Read your manual first to make sure the unit will do this.If it does chances are it won't record unless it has a decoder built in.Most VHS tapes have macrovision protection that prevents you from copying them.It will however,record homemade VHS tapes.There are decoders out there you can buy to enable you to copy VHS tapes.

You must buy an Analog to digital converter kit to do this. Here is one such kit. VHS to Digital Video Transfer Device and Software Package

Direct copy VCR to DVD:
- Insert VHS tape you want to copy
- Insert a recordable DVD disc
- Press DVD copy button on front panel or remote control (to DVD).
- To stop recording press the stop button.

IMPORTANT: If attempting to copy copyrighted material the Samsung DVD-VR320 will detect the encoding and will not allow the copy to be made.

It's a protected video. The VRD-MC5 will not burn a VHS or input that has been protected.

I do not think you would have to worry about a way to disable the copy protection that is on the vhs tapes. you are not going to record over them. You are just going to transfer information to the dvd side. jh