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Posted by kj on 11/03/05 15:54
In <436a095b.52211671@news-server.houston.rr.com> spam@uce.gov (Bob) writes:
>On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:14:28 +0000 (UTC), kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid>
>wrote:
>>I just bought my first DVD player ever (until now I've been using
>>my laptop to play DVDs), but after hooking it up to my TV according
>>to the instructions (and every other way I could think of) I still
>>get no image or sound from it.
>Because it is a player you cannot loop the composite signal thru it.
>You will need to use an A-B box. WalMart has them - the RCA unit is
>about $10 and works fine.
>Connect the VCR composite signal to A, connect the DVD composite
>signal to B and connect the output of the A-B box to the composite
>input of the TV. You can leave the TV antenna connection as it is - it
>is independent of this separate A-B box composite signal.
>You will have to access the output of the A-B box by tuning your TV to
>LINE input. The TV connection will work as usual off the other channel
>numbers.
>If the TV signal was not daisy-chained thru the VCR to your TV, then
>you will have to rely on the TV tuner in the VCR for TV reception. Use
>the A-B box to access the VCR.
Thanks for the pointers. After I posted, I decided to do the most
radical thing: unplug everything and just connect the DVD player
to the TV set. Still no signal! It looks like I bought myself a
bum player! By way of warning to others, it is a SONY DVP-NS50P.
(Given that this no-frills player has only one set of RCA-type
output sockets, and my no-frills TV has only one set of RCA-type
input sockets, and given that I tried several different DVDs, and
given that the TV otherwise works fine, I can't think of any other
possible explanation.)
I'll take it back and hope the next one buy works!
Thanks again,
kj
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