Ten years ago I bought an international televison (there’s a switch that will change it from SECAM to PAL to NTSC) from a friend of mine. It’s been in storage the last five years or so and I can’t remember how to tune the damn thing.
On a normal television channel 2 is on channel 2, and channel 4 is on 4, and 9 is on 9. On this TV, to tune it, you hit the “Auto” button and the first channel it finds is channel 1, the second channel it finds is 2, etc. and so on, up to channel 29.
This was not a problem when I had 12 channels, but now I’m living in a house with cable and have inherited a VCR. I know there is a way to tune the television to pick up the VCR signal (and, ergo, run the cable stations off of it.). I also know that with the VCR on and running, selecting “auto tuning” should allow the television to pick up the VCR signal. It’s not working, and I can’t remember how to make it work. I just remember two things:
Whatever it is I have to do is really, REALLY simple.
When my friend explained it back then I remember thinking to myself, “Self, you should write this down on this connection sheet thingie so you don’t forget it.”
For the record, the television is a Panasonic TC2160EX and the online manual is useless. The VCR is a Symphonic. The cable signal runs into the VCR and out to the television via coax, although I’ve tried using AV cables between the VCR and TV to no avail.
Yes. With a little bit of manual tuning I got rid of all the public access, sports, and religious channels - I deleted the channels I didn’t like and tuned in the ones I do.
Put a tape in the VCR and play it. Then try to “find” the channel it’s playing on. Whether through manual tuning or just searching all the channels. When you find that channel, then try auto tuning your VCR.
How about disconnecting the cable, so only the VCR is connected to the TV. Then try playing a tape and doing an auto search for channels. See what it finds.
Briefly, you must (1) assure that the TV/AV button (TV or remote) has been pressed to select “AV”; (2) if using RF connectors, you must make the VCR channel “0” on the TV.
