VHS capture device bought but no plugs!

[David H]

Having invested a modest £40 on a device to get my VHS material on the computer I get it home to find neither my usual video recorder or the spare one have video outputs. One has audio while the other has absolutely none. In manufacturing the devices one would have assumed most sets came equipped to connect them, but clearly not. It says the scart is only for input on both so presumably can't connect a converter, so do I now need to go out and find a third recorder with video output just for this job alone?

[Buenchico]

Assuming that you're referring to a standard VHS recorder, it MUST have some form of output, otherwise you wouldn't be able to connect it to a TV to watch what you've recorded!

If your capture device has RCA inputs (otherwise known as 'phono plugs'), and your VHS recorder has a Scart output, you (unsurprisingly) need a 'Scart-to-phono' lead. They're ludicrously expensive in some places (Curry's were asking £19.99 several years ago!) but larger branches of Tesco sell them for £5.97
http://direct.tesco.c...&utm_content=208-6604
and they also turn up in 'discount stores', for a pound or two, from time to time.

Chris

[David H]

That's a relief- my device has phono plugs and an s-video while one VCR only has scart leads while the other has audio phonos alone in addition. I wish the instructions mentioned a scart lead would work so I needn't have asked, and I have a converter for my TV games already which may fit if the right sex. Glad I don't have to buy a new VCR but if many don't have a phono output but scarts only you'd think the gadget firms would include them as well?

[beso]

VCRs and the leads they require litter the shelves of charity shops and tip shops in Australia. Is it not like that in the UK?

[David H]

I haven't seen many but worth a look as I always use converters and don't always find the ones I need so easily. Today's update is the program loaded and I already had a scart-phono adaptor for my video game, but when I plugged it all in nothing happened and said it wasn't connected.

Now that could mean either the converter unit was buggered or there was a video problem, but then I remembered the TV game would work last time I tried whatever I did so could be the adaptor's fault so will try a few charity shops this week, it's an odd combo but may turn up without a trip to Maplins.