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Sony S-Link Problem
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Post 1 made on Thursday December 30, 1999 at 11:10
Glenn
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I currently have a Sony TV, VCR, and DVD player all with S-link functionality. The DVD S-link works great (if I insert a DVD into the player, the TV turns on and automaticaly switches to the correct "input" channel).

However, when I put in a VHS tape and push play, the TV turns on and switches to the VIDEO 1 input which just gives me a blank screen; I have to cycle past VIDEO1-3 to get the picture to show up (on the TV Channel 3 which I normally tune to (without S-link) before playing a tape). Any ideas on what might need to be changed?

Thanks!

Glenn
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OP | Post 2 made on Thursday December 30, 1999 at 11:30
David B.
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I'd suggest getting a SIMA SVS-4. You can route the video output of the DVD AND the VCR thru it, and then into the video1 of your TV. This way you'll view either DVD or VCR on Video1 and your S-link will work fine.

The SIMA has 4 inputs, both Svideo and RCA video and stereo RCA audio. It has two outputs, also both Svideo and RCA video and stereo. It internally converst Svideo to RCA and vice-versa. It includes a GREAT sound compression circuit that takes out the high and low volume surges from your sources. The four inputs mean it will let your system grow to DSS and a GAME or maybe a DVR (digital video recorder) They'll all use the same single input on your TV. You can use the second output of the SIMA to route back to a VCR input and record whatever you're watching.

I have a Sima and love it. It solved a huge problem for me in my home theater setup. They list for $199 but can be found for around $125.

The only other hope you have is to dig into the VCR's manual and see if there is any way to reprogram the Slink properties to select TUNER instead of Video1 on your TV. Good luck.

Dave
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday December 30, 1999 at 13:08
n-vision
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Is the VCR connected to the TV by RCA cables, or just through the cablevision wire? If you are only using the cablevision wire, then you will need to add a set of patch cords from the output of the VCR to an open input on your TV. This will likely solve your problem, as well as well as improve your picture. if this doesn't solve your problem, give us more info (all equipment being used, as well as how each is connected). Generally speaking, minor changes in hook-up can solve these types of problems.
OP | Post 4 made on Thursday December 30, 1999 at 13:22
Glenn
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Thank you all for your suggestions.

As for the SIMA device, that's a more elaborate (and expensive) solution than I'm really interested in.

Here are more details on my set up (all Sony):
TV: WEGA KV36FV-1
VCR: SLV-M20HF
DVD: S530D

The VCR is hooked to the TV via RCA cables, with the L/R audio and Video output of VCR connected to the "VIDEO 1 IN" (L/R audio and Video) RCA jacks on the back of the TV. The S-Link on the VCR is connected to the S-Link jack immediately below the VIDEO 1 IN jacks above.

The other input jacks on the TV include VIDEO 3 IN (same as above), and color component (Y, PB, PR) jacks to which the DVD player is attached.

So, since the TV tunes to VIDEO 1 when the VCR is started, and those are the jacks to which the VCR is connected to the TV, it would seem it is working "correctly." Unfortunately, the VCR isn't viewable on VIDEO 1.

I've scoured the manuals (which are skimpy!) and there is virtually no mention of the S-Link feature (literally only a single sentence).

This isn't a major issue, but I sorta stuck with all Sony components to take advantage of this capability.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!
OP | Post 5 made on Thursday December 30, 1999 at 18:21
n-vision
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Your connections all seem to be fine. It is possible that you have a bad interconnect. Can you hear the sound, but not see the picture? If so, your video interconnect is likely bad. Try using the cables from your DVD to test. You could also try moving everything to Video 2, to make sure that you don't have a bad input jack.

I don't think it should matter, but try disconnecting the S-Link cables, and so your switching manually. Any luck now??

keep me posted.
OP | Post 6 made on Saturday January 1, 2000 at 13:11
Glenn
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FYI, I've partially solved my problem. Before if I pushed play on the VCR, the TV would turn on, but I was getting only a blank screen. Turns out I also had the S-Video jack plugged in to hook up a camcorder; when I unplugged that cable, the regular VCR signal came through fine...

One more question though. Currently, the TV only comes on automatically when I press PLAY on the VCR. Is there any way to get the TV to come on when the VCR is powered on (without playing a tape)? I sometimes like to watch the TV through the VCR tuner, since the VCR has a nifty programming Guide built in to it.


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