Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on April 12, 2003 at 19:10:56

In Reply to: Denon VCR video connection problems posted by Morgan383 on April 11, 2003 at 19:40:46:

From the receiver's "monitor out" to the television, do you have BOTH an S-video AND a composite cable?

If you don't, this may be the problem. For your receiver, each type of signal needs to remain the same from the source to the receiver to the television (VCR > composite cable > receiver I/O > composite cable > television, DVD > S-video > receiver I/O > S-video > television).

If you do, then it's possible your television disables the composite input if you have an S-video cable hooked up to the same input (both composite and S-video connected to Video 1, for example). There may be a selection in the television's menu to disable the S-video input when you want to use the composite input.

Generally, you should bypass the receiver and connect the video outs from the sources directly to the television. It's only if you have too many sources that you would use the receiver as a switcher.