15 Jun
2002
15 Jun
'02
4:23 p.m.
OK, I obviously wasn't as clear on the keyboard
as I was in my mind.
Timex Sinclair 1000 - RF output, VHF Channel 2 or 3
TV, no spade/screw VHS input
VCR has composite Video In, selected by switch.
I'm not getting any picture at all running a composite cable from the
Timex to the VCR Video In. Do I need to make a Rat Shack run, or does
the Timex have a problem?
You can't tie a modulated RF signal to a Composite RCA video jack.
Your VCR doesn't have an RF antenna in? (or is that just in use at the
moment). Rat Shack won't have a demodulator (go from RF to line
composite), but they will have A/B switch boxes and baluns (if the timex
has a 300 Ohm two wire lead and you need to go to a F connector). With
that you can share an in use RF Input on the VCR with some other source.
-chris
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