How Do You Hook Up An External DVD Player?
Hooking up an external DVD player to a television set is pretty simple, as long as you know which jacks to use. Most DVD players and televisions have color-coordinated jacks that correspond to the connector cables to make the job even easier. Unpack the DVD player and locate the connection cables. The most common connection is an RCA component cable, which has three jacks: red and white for audio and yellow for video. Plug each part of the RCA cable into the same-colored jack on the back of the DVD player, usually labeled “Video and Audio Out.” Find the jacks for the DVD player on the back of the television. Plug in the other end of the RCA cable: yellow jack into the yellow port labeled “Video” or “Video In” and red and white jacks into the “Audio L” and “Audio R” ports. Plug in the DVD player, turn it on and select the appropriate component from the television menu to watch a DVD.
