How to Connect a New VCR With an Old TV
Most TVs are manufactured with the ability to connect a VCR directly to them, which makes watching your tapes very convenient. Older TVs, however, are another matter as many of them simply have a single coaxial cable port to connect to. If you love your old TV and are not ready to give it up, take heart. There is a way to connect the old TV and a VCR and be watching your movies in no time.
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Instructions
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Unhook the coaxial cable from the "Cable In" port on the back of your TV, and connect it to the "Cable/Antenna In" port on the back of your VCR.
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Take another coaxial cable and connect it to the "Cable Out" port on the back of your VCR. Connect the other end to the antenna "In" port on the back of the RF modulator.
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Take another coaxial cable and attach it to the antenna "Out" port on the back of the RF modulator, and then connect the other end to the "Antenna In" port on the back of your television set.
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Set the channel switch on the back of the VCR to channel 3, and the channel switch on the RF modulator to channel 3. When you watch a videotape on your VCR, you will find it broadcasting on channel 3 as well.
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Tips & Warnings
You can also connect your DVD player to your TV through the RF modulator. Simply use the RCA cables and connect them to the corresponding color ports on the DVD player, and then to the corresponding color ports on the RF modulator.
If the modulator, VCR and TV are not both set to channel 3, you will not be able to view your tapes.
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