How to Set Up a Box for Tuning an Antenna TV to Record DVD
A digital converter box connects with a coaxial cable to an antenna for pulling in and transforming TV signals that can be viewed on older television sets. The box can also be connected to a DVD recorder, which is then hooked up to a TV. With this setup, the box tunes the channels available from the antenna and processes the signal so it can be recorded to a DVD. If the goal is merely to watch TV, the DVD recorder can be turned on and used as a pass-through component for viewing shows from the converter and antenna.
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Things You'll Need
- Coaxial cable with coupler on each end
- Digital converter box
- 2 sets of composite AV cables
- DVD recorder
- Blank DVDs
Instructions
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Hook up the coaxial cable from the RF OUT jack on the antenna base to the Coax IN jack on the back of the converter box, turning the coupler on each end clockwise to tighten by hand.
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Insert the three plugs on one end of a composite cable into the matching color AV OUT jacks on the back of the converter box, then connect the other ends to the AV IN jacks on the DVD recorder. Match the white, red and yellow plugs with the jack colors.
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Hook up the second set of composite cables from the AV OUT jacks on the DVD recorder to a set of AV IN jacks on the TV
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Turn on the converter box, DVD recorder and TV, then plug in the power cord for the antenna if it is a powered model.
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Press the "Auto-Tune" button on the converter box remote control to tune and program the box with all available channels from the antenna.
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Press the "Input" button several times on the TV remote control until the signal from the converter box appears on the TV screen.
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Set the converter box to the desired channel for recording on the DVD recorder.
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Insert a blank DVD in the recorder and press the "Record" button to begin recording the program off the converter box.
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Tips & Warnings
Leave the DVD recorder turned on to watch TV through the converter box.
Use the converter box remote control to change channels.
References
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