I'm actually recording from a VHS recorder to a digital DVD/HDD 
recorder.

Only when I play a VHS tape, the whites on my TV are a bit pinkish.

Can this be due to inexpensive scart cables?

I suppose it's a possibility eh?

Richard wrote:
> I'm actually recording from a VHS recorder to a digital DVD/HDD
> recorder.
>
> Only when I play a VHS tape, the whites on my TV are a bit pinkish.
>
> Can this be due to inexpensive scart cables?
>
> I suppose it's a possibility eh?

It has nothing to do with the price of your Scart cables.

"Adrian"  wrote in message 
news:NN2dnRzOJZGjOSvVnZ2dnUVZ8h2dnZ2d@brightview.com...
> Richard wrote:
>> I'm actually recording from a VHS recorder to a digital DVD/HDD
>> recorder.
>>
>> Only when I play a VHS tape, the whites on my TV are a bit pinkish.
>>
>> Can this be due to inexpensive scart cables?
>>
>> I suppose it's a possibility eh?
>
> It has nothing to do with the price of your Scart cables.

Just to clarify, I'm watching the TV as I record from the VHS recorder 
to the HDD.

And I see the pink when I then play the HDD recorder.

This extra information makes no difference - I guess.

I never seemed to notice the pinkish-white before.

I'll track it down eventually.

Adrian wrote:

>Richard wrote:
>> I'm actually recording from a VHS recorder to a digital DVD/HDD
>> recorder.
>>
>> Only when I play a VHS tape, the whites on my TV are a bit pinkish.
>>
>> Can this be due to inexpensive scart cables?
>>
>> I suppose it's a possibility eh?
>
>It has nothing to do with the price of your Scart cables.

Must be a red sock then :-)
-- 
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In message NN2dnRzOJZGjOSvVnZ2dnUVZ8h2dnZ2d@brightview.com,
Adrian  Proclaimed from the tallest tower:

> Richard wrote:
>> I'm actually recording from a VHS recorder to a digital DVD/HDD
>> recorder.
>>
>> Only when I play a VHS tape, the whites on my TV are a bit pinkish.
>>
>> Can this be due to inexpensive scart cables?
>>
>> I suppose it's a possibility eh?
>
> It has nothing to do with the price of your Scart cables.

Are the SCART cables in contact with the carpet?

It might be if the SCART cables are very thin, and he has a dark-red carpet. 
I have been told it's possible for the colour to be picked up by the cable 
if the insulation if very thin...
Try putting a piece of white paper between the carpet and the cable!

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"ChrisM"  wrote in message 
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> In message NN2dnRzOJZGjOSvVnZ2dnUVZ8h2dnZ2d@brightview.com,
> Adrian  Proclaimed from the tallest tower:
>
>> Richard wrote:
>>> I'm actually recording from a VHS recorder to a digital DVD/HDD
>>> recorder.
>>>
>>> Only when I play a VHS tape, the whites on my TV are a bit pinkish.
>>>
>>> Can this be due to inexpensive scart cables?
>>>
>>> I suppose it's a possibility eh?
>>
>> It has nothing to do with the price of your Scart cables.
>
> Are the SCART cables in contact with the carpet?
>
> It might be if the SCART cables are very thin, and he has a dark-red 
> carpet. I have been told it's possible for the colour to be picked up by 
> the cable if the insulation if very thin...
> Try putting a piece of white paper between the carpet and the cable!
>
>
But then he'll get too much white

Steve Terry

In message <g96f7t$mnu$2@news.albasani.net>, Steve Terry 
 wrote
>>
>But then he'll get too much white
>

Yep, it would be better to modify some speaker cable elevators

<http://www.russandrews.com/lookup/1/region/UK/currency/GBP/customer_id/P
AA2829089308170KHZCNZBNSZKWURBE/product-Cable-elevators-4227.htm>



-- 
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Alan wrote:
> In message <g96f7t$mnu$2@news.albasani.net>, Steve Terry 
>  wrote
>>>
>> But then he'll get too much white
>>
> 
> Yep, it would be better to modify some speaker cable elevators
> 
> <http://www.russandrews.com/lookup/1/region/UK/currency/GBP/customer_id/P
> AA2829089308170KHZCNZBNSZKWURBE/product-Cable-elevators-4227.htm>
> 
> 
> 
But at £30 for 4, wouldn't he be better off spending the money on a 
better quality SCART lead?

(£7.50 each for wooden spacers? There must be some really stupid people 
out there!)

Terry

In message <CdAtk.174633$ah4.24884@newsfe15.ams2>, Terry Casey 
<k.type@example.invalid> wrote
>Alan wrote:
>> In message <g96f7t$mnu$2@news.albasani.net>, Steve Terry 
>> wrote
>>>>
>>> But then he'll get too much white
>>>
>>  Yep, it would be better to modify some speaker cable elevators
>> 
>><http://www.russandrews.com/lookup/1/region/UK/currency/GBP/customer_id>>/P
>> AA2829089308170KHZCNZBNSZKWURBE/product-Cable-elevators-4227.htm>
>>
>But at £30 for 4, wouldn't he be better off spending the money on a 
>better quality SCART lead?
>

Russ Andrews wants £187 for a fully wired 1 metre SCART cable so the £30 
for his cable elevators is exceptionally good value for money.

Anyone care to guess what is packaged up in:
<http://www.russandrews.com/lookup/1/region/UK/currency/GBP/customer_id/P
AA2859082308473SHGMUOEVUSMUOVIB/product-The-Zapperator-3380.htm>



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It sounds as though the output of the VCR is mismatched in some way to
the input expected by the DVD-R, perhaps because you have connected
S-Video out from the VCR to an RGB input on the DVD-R.  S-Video
Chrominance and RGB Red share the same SCART pins:
	http://tinyurl.com/6d953a
... standing in for ...
http://www.cemh.eclipse.co.uk/JavaJive/AudioVisualTV/SCART/SCART.html

You may be able to correct this by either using a different socket, or
configuring the one you're using in the setup menus, to match the
output from the VCR.  Take a close look at the DVD-R's manual
regarding the wiring of its sockets and their configuration in menus. 
If you change the configuration away from RGB In, it'd probably be
best to restore the setting once the job is done.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:35:31 +0100, "Richard" 
wrote:

> I'm actually recording from a VHS recorder to a digital DVD/HDD 
> recorder.
> 
> Only when I play a VHS tape, the whites on my TV are a bit pinkish.
> 
> Can this be due to inexpensive scart cables?
> 
> I suppose it's a possibility eh?

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:20:24 +0100, Alan 
wrote:

>In message <CdAtk.174633$ah4.24884@newsfe15.ams2>, Terry Casey 
><k.type@example.invalid> wrote
>>Alan wrote:
>>> In message <g96f7t$mnu$2@news.albasani.net>, Steve Terry 
>>> wrote
>>>>>
>>>> But then he'll get too much white
>>>>
>>>  Yep, it would be better to modify some speaker cable elevators
>>> 
>>><http://www.russandrews.com/lookup/1/region/UK/currency/GBP/customer_id>>/P
>>> AA2829089308170KHZCNZBNSZKWURBE/product-Cable-elevators-4227.htm>
>>>
>>But at £30 for 4, wouldn't he be better off spending the money on a 
>>better quality SCART lead?
>>
>
If the cable is on the carpet then it needs to be good quality and
well insulated. Otherwise the carpet could be damaged by a salt water
leak next time you watch Coast.

In message lj3gb4ppsic6injmce9jts2r5ofo7mdt3c@4ax.com,
nemo@definitelyinvalid.net  Proclaimed from the 
tallest tower:

> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:20:24 +0100, Alan 
> wrote:
>
>> In message <CdAtk.174633$ah4.24884@newsfe15.ams2>, Terry Casey
>> <k.type@example.invalid> wrote
>>> Alan wrote:
>>>> In message <g96f7t$mnu$2@news.albasani.net>, Steve Terry
>>>>  wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>> But then he'll get too much white
>>>>>
>>>>  Yep, it would be better to modify some speaker cable elevators
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.russandrews.com/lookup/1/region/UK/currency/GBP/customer_id>>/P
>>>> AA2829089308170KHZCNZBNSZKWURBE/product-Cable-elevators-4227.htm>
>>>>
>>> But at £30 for 4, wouldn't he be better off spending the money on a
>>> better quality SCART lead?
>>>
>>
> If the cable is on the carpet then it needs to be good quality and
> well insulated. Otherwise the carpet could be damaged by a salt water
> leak next time you watch Coast.

Now you're

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Chris.
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In message lj3gb4ppsic6injmce9jts2r5ofo7mdt3c@4ax.com,
nemo@definitelyinvalid.net  Proclaimed from the 
tallest tower:

> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:20:24 +0100, Alan 
> wrote:
>
>> In message <CdAtk.174633$ah4.24884@newsfe15.ams2>, Terry Casey
>> <k.type@example.invalid> wrote
>>> Alan wrote:
>>>> In message <g96f7t$mnu$2@news.albasani.net>, Steve Terry
>>>>  wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>> But then he'll get too much white
>>>>>
>>>>  Yep, it would be better to modify some speaker cable elevators
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.russandrews.com/lookup/1/region/UK/currency/GBP/customer_id>>/P
>>>> AA2829089308170KHZCNZBNSZKWURBE/product-Cable-elevators-4227.htm>
>>>>
>>> But at £30 for 4, wouldn't he be better off spending the money on a
>>> better quality SCART lead?
>>>
>>
> If the cable is on the carpet then it needs to be good quality and
> well insulated. Otherwise the carpet could be damaged by a salt water
> leak next time you watch Coast.

Now you're being silly. Everyone knows that the ink that travels down the 
SCART cables doesn't contain saltwater...!

-- 
Regards,
Chris.
(Remove Elvis's shoes to email me)

In message , ChrisM 
 wrote

>> If the cable is on the carpet then it needs to be good quality and
>> well insulated. Otherwise the carpet could be damaged by a salt water
>> leak next time you watch Coast.
>
>Now you're
>

Seaside programmes can be a pain but programmes with pubs and breweries 
make up for them. Pint glasses make the ideal cable elevators and have 
the added benefits of catching the leaks

-- 
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"Java Jive"  wrote in message 
news:a6hfb4lk9av0uao6fcj91stk5rlrp96beu@4ax.com...
> It sounds as though the output of the VCR is mismatched in some way to
> the input expected by the DVD-R, perhaps because you have connected
> S-Video out from the VCR to an RGB input on the DVD-R.  S-Video
> Chrominance and RGB Red share the same SCART pins:
> http://tinyurl.com/6d953a
> ... standing in for ...
> http://www.cemh.eclipse.co.uk/JavaJive/AudioVisualTV/SCART/SCART.html
>
> You may be able to correct this by either using a different socket, or
> configuring the one you're using in the setup menus, to match the
> output from the VCR.  Take a close look at the DVD-R's manual
> regarding the wiring of its sockets and their configuration in menus.
> If you change the configuration away from RGB In, it'd probably be
> best to restore the setting once the job is done.
>
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:35:31 +0100, "Richard" 
> wrote:
>
>> I'm actually recording from a VHS recorder to a digital DVD/HDD
>> recorder.
>>
>> Only when I play a VHS tape, the whites on my TV are a bit pinkish.
>>
>> Can this be due to inexpensive scart cables?
>>
>> I suppose it's a possibility eh?

I'm now using the other VCR I have. Whites now pretty much white, 
although whites "over exposed" somewhat on this other VCR.

Not a scart problem as one poster said.