How to Hook up a TV to a VCR & DVD Recorder

Record and watch video tapes or DVDs when you connect a TV to a DVD/VCR recorder

A VCR and DVD recorder offers two outstanding audio-video components in one piece of equipment. You can play and record either VHS videocassettes on the VCR, or burn and play back DVDs. Connecting this combo unit to a TV requires two sets of composite AV cables. One set sends the signal from the component to the TV for playback; the other cable transmits signals from the TV for recording to videotape or DVD. The cables are color-coded for simplified connections.

Instructions

1. Plug the ends of one set of composite cables into the yellow, white and red "AV OUT" jacks on the back of the VCR & DVD recorder, matching the plugs on the cables to the colors on the jacks.

2. Connect the plugs on the other end to the "AV IN" jacks on the TV back panel.

3. Plug a second set of composite cables from the TV's "AV OUT" jacks to the matching "AV IN" jacks on the back of the VCR & DVD recorder. This connection sends programming signals from the TV to the component for recording either on VHS videotape or a blank DVD.

4. Press and release the "Input" button on the TV several times until the signal from the VCR & DVD recorder appears on the screen.

Tips & Warnings

• Use the recorder's remote control to select between the VCR and the DVD player/recorder.

• Unplug the TV and the DVD/VCR recorder from the power while connecting the AV cables.

References

• Columbia ISA: DVD and VCR Hook Up Diagrams