Thanks Tom, found the menu and set it to 'Autoselect'. Now the vcr selects PAL, but with no video--black screen. Anybody have a schematic for this vcr? Kevin Wilks Kevin's TV and Video Repair Penticton BC Canada kevinstv@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Sherman" <bayside.electronics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:50 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: AIWA HV-MX1C PAL to NTSC vcr, won't recognize PAL tapes. > > Kevin, I had one of these a couple of weeks ago with the same problem. I can't remember exactly where in the menu it is located, but somewhere there is a setting to auto detect the type of tape being played. You'll have to go through the menus until you find it, like I did. > Tom. > > kevinstv wrote: > > > AIWA HV-MX1C PAL to NTSC vcr, won't recognize PAL tapes. > > > > Hi fellow techs, > > > > Does anyone have experience with PAL to NTSC vcrs? This one plays NTSC tapes OK, but plays PAL tapes with no color. It says on the vcr display that it is playing an NTSC tape, when the tape is recorded in PAL format. Seems the vcr is not recognizing the PAL encoding on the tape. Thanks. > > > > Kevin Wilks > > Kevin's TV and Video Repair > > Penticton BC Canada > > kevinstv@xxxxxxx > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ > > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > > Submit Repair Tips here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > -- > Tom Sherman > Bayside Electronics > 305 Highway 303, Unit 4 > Digby, Nova Scotia > Canada B0V 1A0 > Phone/Fax (902) 245-5375 > > > > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/