I don't know which brand of VCR you have, but the Macrovision protection circuitry of the DVD player may be kicking in. Try hooking up your DVD player, as the instructions state, to your TV directly and see what happens (no VCR in the DVD/TV loop). As I understand Macrovision protection circuitry (and my understanding may be off), not all DVD players will allow VCR copies of DVD's to be made. Regards, Rich
