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I am having difficulty in setting up my tv/stereo.If anyone could tell me what plugs into what I'd be very grateful. Here is what I have. This is all older stuff.
Philips TV. one coaxial plug in the back, no stereo outlets. Oldie but I cannot yet afford to upgrade.
Philips DVD player.
Radio Shak RF modulator.
Sony Audio/Video controller (All I use it for now is as a radio. But I assume it can be used to play cable TV and DVD thru the two wall mounted speakers I have.)
Comcast Motorola cable box.
The cable goes into a splitter for the internet also.
Before we got the cable box I was able to at least play DVD thru the wall speakers. Now I'm all confused. Tried a bunch of different confugurations but can't seem to get it right. I'd appreciate any one who can tell me what connects to what and in what order.
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Use the rca audio outputs on your motorola and pick any input to plug into your sony.
Use the rca audio outputs on your dvd player and plug it into any input your sony.
You will need two sets of rca cables.
Join the local Freecycle mailing list. Either wait for someone to offer a TV, or post a "Wanted" message. Folks who've bought flatpanel sets are literally giving away decent CRT TVs. It wouldn't hurt to watch Craigslist, Kijijijijiji, etc for ads as well, and cruise thrift stores.
If you've got a few hundred bucks to spare, with some luck you may be able to score a monster CRT HDTV. While they were big and very heavy, the picture quality could be superb, and they might well outlive many of the flatpanel displays sold today. Don't ignore eBay, if you can find one within pickup distance. The cost of shipping should deter most other bidders.
At minimum, your life would be simplified if you could find a used CRT TV set with red and white RCA audio in jacks, and a yellow video in jack. Better still would be red and white audio out jacks on the TV which could go to your sony switchbox and to your setup that drives the in-wall speakers. But you can use the audio in and out jacks on the used VCR as a substitute. If a TV set has a headphone jack, that can also be configured as an audio output jack to drive external amp and speakers, and at the same time kill the sound from the TV speakers. You need a stereo mini plug twin RCA type plug cable to do this, readily available.
You need to add a pre-2008 VCR with an RF cable input and analog tuner, and route the cable to that and then out to your TV. You might also want an A-B cable splitter switch. That way you can use your RF modulator for the DVD and the switch controls the input to the TV from the VCR or DVD. From the RCA audio out's on the VCR go into your Sony box. I presume the Sony box has two or more sets of RCA type audio inputs. Use the second set of RCA inputs for the audio out directly from the DVD. The Sony box will thus drive sound from the VCR, the TV, or the DVD to your in wall speakers depending on the setting on the VCR and the Sony box, and you should be able to switch the sony box to determine which sound comes out of the in-wallspeakers.
The key to your problem is the VCR with the analog tuner, which, unfortunately are not sold new in the US any more. But ebay should have a good selection. No one seems to sell boxes that do what every VCR with an analog tuner does.
David
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