Supplying a longer cable would be a nice, simple feature for the user. I bet that everyone has experienced difficulty in connecting two pieces of equipment, due to inadequate cable/cord length, especially if one or both are housed in a piece of furniture. I think this is too short, since a requirement of the product is that you have your VHS equipment and computer linked, I think a minimum length for the included cable should be 8-feet. The manufacturer includes a USB cable that is just over 3-feet in length. Maybe they could have included a copy on the software disc too. If you prefer the electronic copy, an Adobe Acrobat PDF file version is available on the honestech web site. The Quick Start Guide and User Manual are printed, paper copies, which I prefer as opposed to the electronic, soft copy manuals. In addition to the Quick Start Guide, they include an in-depth 67-page user manual. They include an 18-page Quick Start Guide which covers the basics to get you started quickly.

In regards to documentation, honestech does an excellent job of providing the user with options. I was surprised that there was not more on the software discs. The VHS to DVD Deluxe 3.0 software is roughly 57MB in size and is the only contents of the included CD. Note that only the USB cable is included with the package. The back of the MY VID BOX has the connections for the S-Video, component audio and video and the USB port. If the MY VID BOX was responsible for processing the software, I would expect the size to be larger. If instead you are using an S-video cable (round, with a bunch of pins inside), then you need to select that.The device itself is small, measuring 0.75″H x 3.4″W x 2″D, which I found appropriate for the role it serves.

If you are using a yellow RCA cable for video, this is composite video and the setting should indicate that.

You also don't want NTSCJ (Japan NTSC standard), if they have it.In the 'Video Settings' option, you want to make sure the Cable Connection matches the cables you are using for the capture. You sure don't want PAL: you are located in the USA and therefore I assume the tapes are North American VHS. First, you should make sure that the Video Standards (in Properties - Video Decoder tab) is set to NTSCM. You didn't say what version you have, but it sounds like you got it recently, so I downloaded the latest version.Looking at the manual, there are most definitely some settings you might have screwed up. While your gadget may not be the ultimate capture device, I doubt that, if properly configured, it would do this poorly.I did a quick Google search (you should do this too) and then also downloaded the manual for the 'VHS to DVD 9 Deluxe' version.

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