How to connect a digital converter box to a VCR or DVD recorder

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This will help you understand how to record television with a VCR and Digital Converter Box.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

First you must obtain a Digital Converter Box for all of this to work after Feb 17th 2009.
Step 2

First connect the over the air antenna into the "antenna in" on the converter box. This may also be labeled as cable input or by another name. It is the type of cable that screws into the jack on the device.
Step 3

Then, you are going to run a coaxial cable from the "antenna out" on the digital converter box into the "antenna in" on the VCR. This will send the signal to the VCR from the Digital Converter box that has an antenna connected to it.
Step 4

Lastly use a second coaxial cable to run from the "antenna out" on the VCR into the televisions antenna in in the back of the TV. You can now enjoy TV after the digital transition.