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Does your tape match the region/VCR you are in? PAL? NTSC? SECAM?
Yes, PAL. What I reported above is not strictly what happens. I do get colour, but only for about the first four seconds. There then seems to be a default which resets to monochrome. So if I want to choose clips from a home video, I am limited to 4 seconds of colour. For the next clip, I find if I toggle in settings between PAL B and PAL I, it will revert to colour, but again only for 4 seconds. I have succeeded in digitising two home VHS videos, but the digitisation is virtually all b/w.