Hi all ! My first time here, hope you can help. I have over a dozen mini-cassettes from an old VHS camecorder which I'd like to copy to DVDs. I purchased a 'gadget' that will do it (from Hammacher Schlemmer catalog) and when I put these tapes in my Panasonic VHS PlayPak and try to view them on my TV, it shows up as mainly a black screen w/ snippets of pics here and there and some sound. But when I hit the FF button, I can view the entire tape (albeit too fast to copy) and no sound at all. What am I doing wrong and how can I fix this problem? Thanks a million for any help !!!