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Posted by dgates on 01/17/07 05:35
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:38:25 GMT, "Fishman ><\(\(\(°>"
<nospam@butfish.com> wrote:
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>"M. Baker" <thebakersmml@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1168959364.669412.16640@51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...
>> We have an older 27" TV that only has a coaxial hook-up on the back.
>> We currently have a cable box and a VCR also. We have the cable coming
>> in (from outside) to the VCR, then to the cable box, then to the TV.
>>
>> Just bought a small DVD player which has 3 plugs which do not fit into
>> the tv anywhere since it's so old (Video, and Audio In/Out). Is there
>> a way to hook the DVD player up thru the cable box, using the Auxiliary
>> plug-ins in the cable box, so we can control the DVD player using the
>> universal cable company remote control, which has a button for
>> "Auxiliary"? We have the VCR hooked up that way using the "VCR"
>> plug-ins on the cable box, and can control the VCR by pressing the VCR
>> button on the cable remote. We tried it and it doesn't seem to work.
>>
>> Or do we need to get an RF modulator and cable splitter, to hook up the
>> the coax directly to the TV, and use the DVD player's remote to control
>> it?
>>
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>I doubt the 3 plugs are Video, and Audio In/Out.
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>More like: yellow - video, white - audio left & red - audio right.
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>You can get an adapter cable to connect these to a scart socket.
>Example - See ebay uk item 220069982106 - £4.55 buy it now
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220069982106
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>Once you've got that cable you should be able to connect the DVD player into
>either the VCR or cable box if either have a spare scart input.
If you run the DVD-out to the VCR-in, you might have Macrovision
problems. The VCR might refuse to pass through the signal because it
sees Macrovision on the DVD player.
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