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I have an old TV and need to connect my dvd player through my vcr to my TV...any help?

  • I have an old RCA TV with one cable outlet in the back of it. My dad once connected a dvd player through my vcr to my tv. But both my old vcr and dvd player are now dead and I'm on my own. Now I'm left with an old TV, another VCR (That works) and a brand spanking new sony dvd player. Any help on how to connect my dvd player to my vcr to my one cable outlet on the back of my tv? Or would it just be more simple to buy an RF Modulator? Thanks in advance for any help! :o) Katie

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    it is a very simple task, on the back of your vcr there is a line input, with 3 jacks yellow, white, and red (some just have yellow and white) simply plug the dvd player into the back of the vcr, be sure to use the right output on the dvd player, which is the one with the matching colors (yellow white red), using a coaxial cable, connect the "out to tv" jack, on the back of the vcr, to the back of the tv, tune your tv to channel 3 or 4, which ever your vcr uses. Using the vcr remote tune your vcr to the line channel or input channel. turn on the dvd player, and your good to go

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1) Git a RCA cable wit audio red/white plugs and video yellow plugs. 2) Match the colors up and plug the cable in the DVD and VCR. 3) Take a coax cable from the RF output on the VCR, screw that into the RCA tv. 4) Select line input on the VCR, on screen menu, or remote. Now your DVD will play thru the VCR to channel 3 or 4 on the TV. QED

raymond_borowiak

You can buy current model 20 inch TVs for $100, and 27s for $150. Why stick with the old set when the prices for new ones are so cheap ? Sure, you can spend $25 for some convert box, but then you still have a very old TV that could die anytime now.

ANDRE L

I'm surprised he got that to work. Both VCRs and DVD players use MacroVision, which is a form of copy protection. If you try to run the DVD player through a VCR, the resulting picture will be very dark, wavy, and pretty much unwatchable. Are you sure I can't convince you to just get a new TV? Based on what you're saying, that RCA set must be at least 25 years old (after that, they started putting A/V jacks on TVs.) Besides which, the tube on that thing has to be showing its age. My grandma had an old color TV she watched which was dying. Its colors were so bad, Oprah would look purple. Well, if not, go to the store and look for a AV switch that can connect to a RF modulator. They're usually in packaging that says something like "Connect your DVD player to ANY TV!" Find one that can accept at least 2 different inputs - one for your VCR and one for your DVD player. Walmart should have what you're looking for. Connect this switch to your TV, connect your VCR and DVD player to the inputs, and now you can switch between them with the press of a button. This shouldn't cost you more than $20 or so.

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