Problem connecting S-VHS player to DVD recorder?
 

Hi friends

I've bough a s-vhs player jvc hr-s6600eu but when I connect it to my dvd recorder via SVHS out connection I get this image

http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/imag...23635854-1.png

but when I connect it using RCA video out I get this

http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/imag...23637544-1.png

Why the SVHS has a strange interlaced and the RCA is a clear image? How could fix the SVHS out? I've tried with different cables but keeps the same error :(

I have had other SVHS players and haven't had this kind of problems :(

Thanks for your help !

It's a quirk of the jvc (and possibly other brands) menu screens and is normal behaviour. The player doesn't separate Chroma/luma properly when outputting the menu through s-video for whatever reason. It doesn't have any impact on playback though.

Good and accurate answer from hodgey (see above).

Your post is confusing at first. Probably some difficulty with terms.

By "RCA video out" I think you mean composite output. Do I surmise correctly?

There is no such thing as "SVHS output". SVHS is a tape format, not an electronic circuit. I think you mean "s-video".

Sorry for my poor english and bad terms :depressed:

Yes, when I talk about RCA video ouptut I'm refering to composite video, with this connections
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ite-cables.jpg

and you're right again, when I say SVHS output is s-video connector, sorry again :unsure:

So, do you recommend always to use s-video than composite, isn't it? s-video is better than composite, sure?

Here you have an example of a capture using s-video directly from player to recorder
http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/imag...24052664-1.png

and now using a Videonics MX-1 between player and recorder, always using s-video connector
http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/imag...24052894-1.png

Which do you prefer? Can you see the problems I had in the blue screen image? I'm really doubting what to do about that... :(

Thanks in advance and sorry for my boring post...

Use S-Video if you can.

The problems in the blue screen menu isn't present when playing tapes. The menus on these players are just like that, it's nothing to worry about.

Thanks again, Hodgey

Seeing the last 2 samples, the direct-capture and the videonix-between... which do you prefer?