u/Axe_Kartoffeln

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At my parents house, trying to get this working. I've never been very tech-savvy. It worked when I was in middle school, but it's been years and I don't know what I'm doing.

First of all, the VCR doesn't want to accept my tape. I don't know if I need to put it to a specific channel, or what. It feels like maybe the metal tray part is in the way? But I can't be sure...

I also don't know what setting the TV should be on. I have the VCR set to channel 3 output, but I am unsure if that means the TV should be on CABLE channel 3 or video 3 or something else?

Yeah. Thanks in advance.