Has anyone experience of transcribing from VHS to DVD? I've tried without success; the DVD recorder indicates that there is no signal, when video is on playback.

It's a Phillips DVDR70 model.

I've done it via tv card and s-video from the vhs scart and also through the composite lead with varying degrees of success. ChrisW will tell you a good way of doing it no doubt. I've seen a lead somewhere that attaches to the usb port for doing the job as well. They do copy to the hard drive and then transfer to dvd or svcd though.

Pete i think Dick is on about one of the DVD recorders that connects to your tv...though i am not sure.

Connect the DVD recorder and video recorder directly together with a scart cable. If it doesnt work then i dont know

I have done a few vids to dvd through my pc. Works well, but takes forever. By the time you have recorded then encoded you may as well have just bought the dvd IMO, as no doubt the films on vhs will be fairly old, and will be cheap on DVD.

David

Are the videos you are trying to copy to DVD prerecorded films
If so the macrovision copy protection may be stopping you from copying them.
I have a friend who has a DVD recorder and he was able to copy all his old stuff from (Don't Laugh) BetaMax with no problems at all.

You should be able to do it scart to scart using the AV channel on the recorder. Unless the copyright is kicking in..