vcr recording question

[therams1]

I want to record from my audio cassette deck to my vcr. I have the cables hooked up right (out on the cassette deck to the in on the vcr) and I get no audio. any help would be great. thanks.

 

[knightfly]

The type of VCR and make/model would help. Does it have HiFi sound? Are there two different sets of audio inputs, one for HiFi and one for linear tracks? Do you also have a video signal hooked up? some VCR's won't let you record just audio, they also need video or no go. More info should get you more answers... Steve

 

[therams1]

Steve, first let me say thanks for your reply. Okay, don't laugh (especially reading some of the posts here). The VCR is a symphonic vr-60. It's a 4 head hq hifi unit. The audio cassette is a jvc x201. I don't know what a video signal is. I have a kenwood 570 audio video dubbing enahancement unit. Again thanks.

 

[TexRoadkill]

A video signal is, well, a video signal, cable tv or the video out of another VCR. You probably need to hook up your cable box to the RCA video in while you record. It doesn't matter what the video is it just needs it in order to record anything.

All VHS tapes need a control track layed down with the video in order to record audio. That's just a fancy way of saying you can't record audio without video.

 

[therams1]

So there is no way to do it. Hey thanks guys I mean it. jerry

 

[esactun]

No, there IS a way to do it. Hook your audio up to the VCR as you have. Then hook the video part up to your TV as if you were recording a TV show. (If your TV is at all recent it should have separate video and audio outs. Ignore the TV's audio outs.)

So the cassette deck goes to the VCR audio in, and the TV goes to the VCR's video in....

So when you're ready to record, you'll get a tape with the pictures from the TV but the sound from the cassette. Voila, you've accomplished your goal!

 

[jeap]

you dont really know what his goal is.

why does he want to do this?

it seems to me that he wants the cassette tape to be a soundtrack for a video.

maybe something he did with a camcorder?

jerry you gotta tell us the whole story!!!!

 

[esactun]

I want to record from my audio cassette deck to my vcr.

I think that gives me a fair idea of what his goal is.

 

[jeap]

yeah but why?

i think theres more to it.

 

[knightfly]

Yeah, Jerry, why not tell us the WHOLE plan, then we can help find out if you can get there from here... Steve

BTW, TexRoadKill and esactun are right, that was the point of my first answer. Sooo, wat be da plan, stan? Tell us WHY, we'll tell you IF...

 

[jeap]

yeah jerry.

i dont think anybody goes and copies their cassette collection onto vhs tapes so they can sit around and listen to the beach boys from their tv set.

or you wouldnt make vhs copies of your beach boys cassette to pass around to your friends...

i think he wants the beach boys to be the soundtrack for his family vacation at myrtle beach.

its probably easier by now to do that with digital camcorders and cd's and dvd recording drives and some video editing software.