At 09:48 09/04/99 +1000, you wrote: >I have a video signal (PAL 1 volt P-P) and I need to superimpose time and >date information onto it and then retransmit it to a VCR. Has anyone done >this or similar and can provide a few tips? This page has 2 PIC-based PAL output projects (pong and tetris) and some pointers to useful info about video signals- it might be of use to you... I would expect the time bit to be _fairly_ easy. http://www.efd.lth.se/~e96rg/pic.html Nigel