How to Hook Up a DVD & VCR Cable to a Splitter

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By Pamela Gardapee
eHow Contributing Writer

For televisions that are hooked up to cable or satellite, a splitter must be used to split the signal so that you can hook up a DVD player and a VCR. After you have the splitter hooked up, you will need to change the input on the television to video 1 for VCR and video 2 for the DVD. To view the television, you keep the input on TV. It will only take you a few minutes to hook up a DVD and VCR cable to a splitter.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

DVD cable
VCR cable
Splitter
Coaxial cable

Step 1

Buy a splitter that has two inputs and one output. Buy a jumper coaxial cable that is long enough to run from the splitter to the television.
Step 2

Run the satellite cable into the receiver from the wall. Attach the output cable to the receiver's output and run it into the VCR's input.
Step 3

Attach the cable from the DVD output to the input on the splitter. Attach the cable from the VCR output to the other input on the splitter.
Step 4

Use the jumper coaxial cable to hook the splitter up to the television. Attach the coaxial to the output on the splitter and to the video input on the television.