Posted by GMAN on 12/14/06 14:54

In article <1165990301.988847.192220@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>, "Mike S." <littleboyblu87@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I need to buy a RF Modulator for my parents so they can hookup their
>new dvd player. I have a few questions as I'm not familiar with these
>things. The basic model I was looking at only had RF input and output,
>stereo audio inputs (left & right), and composite video input. The
>other model which was a few dollars more had audio output ports. What
>is the reason for the audio output ports? What would you use them with?
>
>The other problem is I'm wondering if the rf modulator and dvd player
>will work with my parents tv setup. They have analog cable with a cable
>box. So the cable connects to the cable box input, the cable box output
>goes to the vcr input, the vcr output goes to the tv input. With the rf
>modulator, would I connect the vcr output to the rf modulator input and
>the rf modulator output to the tv input? The instructions for most of
>them also say to tune the tv to channel 3 (or 4) for it to work but
>their tv must be tuned to channel 3 all the time anyway for the cable
>to work. So would I turn the cable box to channel 3?
>
Yes, put it between the VCR's RF output and the TV RF input.

Leave the TV tuned to Channel 3.

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