Camcorder help please!
 

Just found an oldish camcorder, a JVC one, it uses the new type of cassettes, but I want to transfer footage from small cassette to VHS cassette. I tried playing through the AV channel and trying to tape it, but it didn't work.. how else can I put it onto VHS? There's no USB lead so I can't transfer it to computer either... Any ideas?
Cheers

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you used to be able to get an adapter that would let the small tape fit in a regular sized vhs casing , dont know if you can still get them though :shrug:

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Is that the only way? :(

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What is the model number of the camcorder?

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You have a cassette?
What does it say on it VHS, VHS-C, Beta, DV, Mini DB, Video8, Hi8?

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Model number is JVC GR-FX 16, the cassettes have VHS-C on them..

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According to a site I found a spec on it should have 1 x composite video/audio output. So you could in theory output it to a video via the correct cable/ adaptor.
Oh and the pack should have included an A/V cable and SCART-Phono adapter so it should be possible to get the right cables etc.

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You need a VHS-C adaptor - looks like a VHS tape with a hole in the front to slot the tape into. Then you can play it in a normal VHS video recorder.

However if you want to transfer from VHS-C to VHS, you ought to be able to do that by cabling the camcorder and the VCR together.
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Found one:

http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/stor...hs-c%20adaptor

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The camera should have some sort of output. It will probably have two or three phono sockets (one yellow, the others red and black). These look like http://www.keene.co.uk/pages/cat/thumbnails/CMPSNY.GIF

It may (but probably not) have an s-video socket
http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/units/re...kett_small.jpg


Your VCR will probably have one or two Scart sockets http://www.rfconcepts.co.uk/scart.jpg

You should be able to get a lead (make sure it is switchable, or wired for Scart IN) to connect one of these sockets to the Phono sockets on the camera).

IF your camera has s-video outputs, and you know your video is capable of taking s-video input on the scart socket (the VCR will be marked s-vhs rather than vhs), then use a Scart cable with an s-video socket.

You should then be able to record from the camera to the video.

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How did you connect it to do this? If you have a lead that connects to the video you will see the picture on the screen while it is playing if you are tuned into the correct chanel. If you are using a scart adaptor you may need to connect it directly to the scart input on the video player itself.

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Actually this sounds like a fairly old camcorder so it will almost certainly not have S-video.

It most probably has a lead combining a BNC and a phono jack on one end to go into the back of the Video, and either BNC and Phono, or something proprietory, on the other end to go into the camera.

There won't be red and black phono leads unless the camera has stereo sound, which is unlikely. Most probably there is just one black phono jack for audio and a BNC alongside it for the video.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/Full/1047i0.jpg

As your VCR almost certainly does not have a BNC socket (they are rarely used in domestic applications these days) you may need a new cable.

But please, end this speculation and tell us what you've got!

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I connected the camcorder to the TV using the Scart lead, then tried to record the AV channel using the video...

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Right - what you should have done is connected the camcorder to the VCR using the scart lead and then selected, and recorded, the AV channel on the VCR!

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It has yellow and white connections, and I have a lead which connects the camcorder to the video..

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Oiiiii!!!!
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...7&postcount=10
Does no one read my posts anymore :cry: :p:

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Ooh ok, so I connect the camcorder directly to the video recorder itself? Cos I connected it to the TV last time and it recorded nothing- sorry for not being very savvy about camcorders! Will go and try it.

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That would get you nowhere because signals do not pass from the TV to the video, only from the video to the TV. To record signals from the camera, you have to connnect the camera to the recorder. Once you connect the camera to the telly you can watch the pictures, but that's all. If you connect the camera to the VCR you pass the signal from the camera, through the VCR, and on to the TV that way. The VCR records the signal as it passes through.

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You were recording your telly av channel which had nothing going to it lol ;) Plug it into a scart in on your vcr, switch to av on the video and play the camcorder while recording on vcr ;)

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EUREKA!! IT WORKS!!! Cheers fellas!

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Did someone say something?
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If your TV and VCR are connected by a fully cabled scart lead then you can pass a signal the other way, you need to set the VCR to the AV that relates to the TV SCART socket.

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Now that your problem is sorted & to string this thread out a bit more...

Did you say you "found" this camcorder?

Are you intending to use the camcorder or just wanting to get the A/V off the tape?

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Well, I found it at my dad's house- think it's his new woman's so thought I'd test it out! Am using the camcorder..