How Do You Connect A DVD Player, VCR, And Digital Cable Box?
Connecting a DVD player/VCR/cable box can be intimidating, but with a little patience it’s a piece of cake. There are several ways to connect them: this is the most common arrangement. • Know how you are going to arrange/connect the wires and devices (also know what type of cables are needed, such as: coaxial, S-video, RCA patch-cords, etc.), and how they will be stacked, arranged or otherwise situated when you are finished. This foreknowledge will prevent a frustrating do-over. • Connect the “tv out”. On the back of the cable-box/vcr there will be 2 coaxial hookups, labeled “cable in” and “tv out” or something similar. The “cable in” (cable box) gets hooked to the cable jack from the wall or floor. Connect the “tv out” (cable box) cable to the “in” on the VCR. Connect the “out” (vcr) to the coaxial connection on the TV. • Connect the red, white, and yellow colored RCA patch-cords” or an S-video cable (small, round ends with little pins and a piece of long, thin plastic [or a “fin”] in
