Why can't I down load my vcr tapes to my computer. I thought this was gonna to it. vcr has hdmi out to 3 rca in, hdmi out to hdmi in on computer .
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I've never seen a VCR with an HDMI port... However, tha device simply upscales content. For example, if you had a dvd player with RCA cables (480p), you could plug the dvd player into this device, it would then upscale the signal from the dvd player to 1080p. This is not a means to transfer data like you would with a USB cable - it just up-converts signal.
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You need video capture software, such as Pinnace Studio (I think they are in ver. 17 now). You might also need a usb tv tuner. A tuner might come with video capture software.
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If your VHS tapes are getting old you may have problems like that. Also Head placement with "tracking" sometimes causes loss of audio and/or video. I would say the Video adapter either works or it doesn't work. The rest is either VHS Equipment of conversion software drivers. Those are my thoughts.
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i will try to help, but it is going to be hard for me to explain it all. first off mine works fine , but i have it hooked up to one vhs/dvd combo.an one vhs/ dvd recorder. this is hooked up to about 11 or 12 rca cables an it plays thru the tv, but you have to have this unit pluged in between two vcrs .. i know it is confushing, but you have to figure out the instructions, this might take a while. it took two us to figure this out, but it works fine , great picture an everything. i sure hope this helps. phil
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Sorry James, I sent mine back as it wouldn't eject vcr tape. I bought it used.
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Your Sony TV should have Video/audio inputs meant for VCR operation. Possibly a red, yellow, white RCA connection. You'd probably have to find an HDMI to RCA adapter and that should do the trick. Plan on spending about $25-50 for this piece and make sure it's HDMI to RCA and not RCA to HDMI. Enjoy.
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No, it did not work for me. HDMI is diigital and component RCA is analog. They are incompatible. I was trying to connect my PC to a TV that does not have HDMI input. There is a small chance that if your HDMI source is a computer you may be able to change the computer HDMI output to analog but my understanding is that there are few computers that have the capability. My TV does have a DVI input so I bought a HDMI to DVI cable for the video. Then I use a separate cable from the PC headphone output to get the audio. That does work.
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Ok, that's good to know; but not having a cable box sucks. I should probably do a VCR setup as someone else suggested.
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I bought this to play some old 8mm tapes I made in the late 80s and early 90s. I can also use it to transfer the tapes to regular VHS or a r/w DVD player, but I have not figured out how to transfer them to my computer yet.
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I think this is possible because the VCR has provisions for analog input. Why you would want to do this, I do not know because you cannot make disc recordings. You can only play what is saved on the hard drive.
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Hi there K.........how did this unit turn out for you? I've had mine for a couple of years so far, and it plays DVD's great. I gave up on learning how to copy a tape to a disk, but that is the one feature I needed to rid myself of boxes of old VCR tapes. (See my posts dated 2/21/10.) James says I need a tuner, however the inst. book does not mention that. Thanks for the help, Jeanette
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I'm assuming that your TV has the usb and hmdi inputs. What are the output types for your VCR? If the output has only 3 connectors (yellow, white and red) it is composite and if there are 5 connectors in the output grouping it is component signal. Need to know this before giving an accurate answer.
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Just plug your existing RCA cables from your VCR into this. This does not plug directly into the back of your VCR, so you have to use your existing RCA's.
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I think it depends on what your DVD has as an input vs. what the output from the computer is. Sorry I'm not more help, but without looking at it, it's tough to gauge. Sometimes even when they connect up, the device to which you input won't record.
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There is an adaptor available here on Amazon that works great. Here is the name of it: Etekcity HDMI to AV Composite RCA CVBS Video + Audio Converter For TV PS3 VHS VCR DVD. I have one and all you need is your HDMI cable and some RCA cable and you are ready to go.
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We have been able to record video tapes of old movies that we have so far with no issues. Version 5 of this product works too if your pc has Windows 7. Make sure your VCR has the red, white, and yellow video/sound ports on the back.
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It has been a loooong while since I used that DVD/VCR (mine broke down and was thrown out years ago), but if I remember correctly it could NOT record DVDs. I think there was a button that could copy the content of the DVD to a VCR tape, but only if the DVD wasn't copy-protected, which most are.
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Hi, I assume you are trying to record the VCR to the DVD recorder. There is a yellow (composite) video OUT on the VCR, plug that to the grex IN, then the grex OUT plug into the DVD recorder source IN. Then set your DVD recorder to the source IN you plugged in and record. The DVD recorder HDMI to TV has no purpose in the recording, only for watching the recording so it's fine.