This may habe been done to death previously, in which case I apologise.

Can anyone please explain where I am going wrong with this?

When I connect my VHS video recorder via scart using R&W audio & S-VHS leads
to my camcrder, the signal is recorded in black & white? If I substitute the
S-VHS for yellow video cable, no problem - full colour.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

DG

On Sun, 29 May 2005 13:20:31 +0100, "DG" wrote:

This may habe been done to death previously, in which case I apologise.

Can anyone please explain where I am going wrong with this?

When I connect my VHS video recorder via scart using R&W audio & S-VHS leads
to my camcrder, the signal is recorded in black & white? If I substitute the
S-VHS for yellow video cable, no problem - full colour.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

DG



s-video only works if both pieces of equipment can handle s-video.
very few if any vhs decks use s-video.
what you are getting is the luminance ( b&w) part of the s-video which
uses the same pin as the composite usually uses.

if you don't have

a hi8 recorder ,
a svhs recorder ,
a dv recorder ,
or
a dvd recorder

with s-video in , you won't gain anything by using the s-video cable
from the camcorder

On Sun, 29 May 2005 13:20:31 +0100, "DG" wrote:

This may habe been done to death previously, in which case I apologise.

Can anyone please explain where I am going wrong with this?

When I connect my VHS video recorder via scart using R&W audio & S-VHS leads
to my camcrder, the signal is recorded in black & white? If I substitute the
S-VHS for yellow video cable, no problem - full colour.

Do you mean S-video?

And do you mean you substitute the yellow composite video cable for
the S-video lead? Then it works?

There are pins on SCART allocated to S-video signals. But they are
commonly not connected to anything useful on a domestic video
recorder.

You have discovered the solution. Use the composite video connector.

"DG" wrote in message
...
This may habe been done to death previously, in which case I apologise.

Can anyone please explain where I am going wrong with this?

When I connect my VHS video recorder via scart using R&W audio & S-VHS
leads to my camcrder, the signal is recorded in black & white? If I
substitute the S-VHS for yellow video cable, no problem - full colour.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

DG

The camera probably can't support composite and s-video simultaneously. By
default the factory setting with be composite. Check the cameras' menu
system to see if you can't change the "video-in" to s-video.