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Question posted by jkehl98 on August 20th, 2010

Black & White Only

The recorder only display a b&W picture and records only in B&W. Use to have color. Tried changing input from Line2 to Line1 but same problem. Connecting jacks directly to TV shows color. Wgat happened?

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