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copying videos
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Connect the 2 VCRs together with the scart lead. Well call the one with the original tape VCR A and the one you are recording onto VCR B.
Connect VCR B to the TV with an old-fashioned co-axial aerial lead so you can see what you are copying.
Tune in the TV to the video channel and set VCR B to AV or EXT or whatever the scart input would be. Now if you play the tape in VCR A you should be able to see it on the TV.
Now you can play on VCR A and record on VCR B and edit as you wish. Note that if the tape you are copying is copy-protected you will not be able to do this properly. If it is �home-made� you should be fine.
"Hammer I've been trying to do this for years - one of my video machines is a play only so that would have to be VCRA right - but it also only has an aerial socket no scart - so how would I connect that to the VCRB and then on to the TV "
netibiza - it is very rare for a vcr not to have some kind of video baseband output. Look on the back for round 'phono' or BNC ( fatter) jacks. Older german made machines often had 5 or 8 pin DIN sockets.
Anyway, these outputs can be used to copy, and are way better than uhf coax cable. You may need a suitable adaptor, (one end with your vcrs video connection, other a scart plug for your other recording video) available from any electronic hardware store. (They contain the same video signal as a scart plug so can be connected)