Dish 811 & Sony VCR connections

Alain

Hello All!

When the installer finished setting up the HD receiver, he left some of the wires in the HDTV rear unplugged. I've got the DVD reset, the 5.1 surround reset but I can't seem to get any picture out of the VCR, record or play. Toggling back & forth with the "TV/VIDEO" does nothing with the VCR remote. HDTV is set up for "VCR" input when I play a pre-recorded tape, but nothing shows

The 811 has a "test setup" for the VCR. Enter your VCR code and the setup will record, stop and rewind the VCR. Passed the test ONLY when the VCR is ON. If power is off, VCR does not activate. Secondly, nothing is recorded on the tape during the brief test.

Rear of 811 has video/audio #1 out; that component wire set went to line #1 in on the vcr. Conversely, the 811 video/audio input #1 went to the vcr line #1 output.

There is an "out rf [to tv]" connection that still has the coax connected to the rear of the "UHF/VHF" tv connector. I've disconnected/reconnected with no change.

What am I forgetting? What am I missing?

Am I so close to the problem that I can't see the simple solution?!

Many thanks for taking the time to respond!

Alain...San Diego

Alain

OK...

I am now able to VIEW pre-recorded tapes, but still unable to record from HDTV.

Many thanks!

Alain