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Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 1972
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 6:18 pm: |     |
OK, geeks and people who don't throw good stuff out. I've got a large, perfectly functional 1998 Magnavox tv I'd like to hook up to a DVD player in a playroom area.
I'm a bit technically challenged here. Can this be done? The tv, so far as I can see, has a single input capability to "antenna/cable" and it's coax. The DVD player only has those little push in jobbies as are common on headphones etc.
Is there some sort of thing that can do this? |
Gatica
Citizen
Username: Katracho
Post Number: 172
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 6:50 pm: | |
Cynical,
Looks like you'll need some sort of converter. Radio Shack has one here:
Easy Answers DVD Install Kit
Happy viewing.
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Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 3040
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 7:41 pm: | |
Can you take a digital picture of the backs and post them? I've had situations in the past with the wires being different. As Gatica mentioned, you might need a converter. If that's the case, I have a few I don't need. You're welcome to them... |
Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 1975
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 7:45 pm: | |
Hey, Just the Aunt thanks for the offer. Nope on the digital pix thing. But, given the advice I just ordered a converter online! Appreciate the offer, tho... |
JMF
Citizen
Username: Jmf
Post Number: 154
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 8:21 pm: | |
Looks like I am late here, but if you also had a VCR in the room you may not need the converter.
My VCR has RCA in and out, and has a coax out.
I can go from my DVD to my VCR to my TV. |
Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 1976
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 8:40 pm: | |
Actually, JMF that's what I tried first. But the VCR is 4 yr old, lacks a manual and other stuff. I was in this situation where I was close yet far away. Somehow couldn't get the channels or similar to align between the TV and the VCR. Much uncertainty, swearing,messing around. Eventually I decided it might be easier to cut out that particular middle man and ask the pro's. Neither the TV nor the VCR had been used in like 3 years.. |
us2inFL
Citizen
Username: Us2innj
Post Number: 1386
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 8:40 pm: | |
Radioshack sells:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103095&cp=&kw=rf+converte r&parentPage=search
or as JMF recommends, plug the DVD player into the VCR and then the RF out (generally channel 3) into the television. |
Politicalmon
Citizen
Username: Politicalmon
Post Number: 25
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 10:02 pm: | |
OK here is the deal. If you have a screw on connection on you television which probably labeled antenna - that is you modulated RF coaxial input of the televison. The majority of the DVD players have composite video/ audio connection in the addition (usually) of the S-Video connector which seperates the color luminance and chromiance (sp) information for a clearer picture. So in essence you need to take the composite video and stereo audio jacks from the DVD player and purchase a Radio Frequency modulator - they are typically inexpensive and could be found at Radio Shack. The advise that JMP gave you should have worked? If you plug the DVD video out into the composite input of the VCR as the audio. When you switch to the video input on the VCR you should be able to tap the coaxial (RF) cable and see the DVD signal on TV. I've used this method numerous times back with daisy chaining numerous video decks from the early 80's. |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 1772
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 12:23 am: | |
Not to hijack this thread, but since the issue seems to be resolved - a rant...
I went to visit my folks in NYC this weekend. They wanted to hook up a DVD player to their TV. It's one with a VCR built in, and only a single coax input. Their cable box has RCA video and audio input/output jacks in addition to the coax ports. One video in, one video out, two audio in, and two audio out. I figured I could simply hook up the DVD player to the cable box, (the DVD player has those connection options as well) and use some kind of "antenna" or TV/Video button to change between them. Except there is no such button or setting.
So I called Time Warner cable and got a very nice, but completely incompetent woman on the phone. Not only couldn't she answer my question as to whether I could do this. She couldn't understand what I was asking. Then, when she repeatedly told me I could not hook up a DVD player because it doesn't have input jacks, only output jacks, I asked her what the RCA connectors were for. She could not answer, but didn't say "I don't know." She kept coming back with stuff about devices like VCRs that have i/o jacks, not just output jacks. In the end, she could not tell me what the RCA jacks were actually for, and my dad gave up and went to an A/B switch to get it working. What a mess... |
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