How to Hook Up Direct TV to a DVD Recorder

Connecting Directv to a DVD recorder lets anyone create permanent copies of subscription television programming. The recorder captures programming on a hard drive memory, which can be reviewed and burned to a DVD, if desired, or simply deleted. Add a television to this setup for watching Directv programming as well as DVDs. The DVD recorder serves as a pass-through component for transmitting video and audio from the Directv receiver box to the television using standard RCA audio/video cables.

Things You'll Need

• 2 sets of RCA audio/video cables
• Television

Instructions

1. Connect the Directv receiver's Audio and Video Out jacks to a set of RCA cables using the yellow plug for the video connection and the white and red plugs for the left and right audio connections.

2. Plug the other ends of the cables into the Audio and Video In jacks on the back of the DVD recorder. This connection transmits Directv programming to the DVD recorder.

3. Connect a second set of RCA cables to the DVD recorder's Audio and Video Out jacks using the same color codes of yellow, white and red.

4. Plug the other ends of these cables into the Audio and Video In jacks on the back of the television.

5. Press the "Input" button on the TV remote repeatedly until the DVD recorder screen appears on the television. Turn on the Directv receiver, the DVD recorder and the TV to watch programming.

Tips & Warnings

• Unplug all equipment from the electrical outlets while making connections.

References

• DIRECTV receiver types
• Gudie to connecting DVD recorders and satellite TV receivers