How to Hook Your PC Through a DVD Player

Connecting your PC to a DVD player can give you the option to record or edit your videos.

You want to view a movie or slide show that you created on your computer through your DVD player but don't know how to hook it up. It takes only a few simple steps to hook up your PC to your DVD player. You can take your created movie or slide show and record it to DVD if you have a DVD recorder. You can also hook up your DVD player to your PC to view a DVD and record it into your PC to edit it.

Things You'll Need

• RCA cables
• S-video cable (optional)
• USB cable (optional)

Instructions

PC to DVD Player

1. Connect the RCA cables from the "Out" ports on your PC to the corresponding "In" ports on your DVD player. You have three RCA cables. The red and white are audio cables and the yellow cable is for video.

2. Connect your S-video cable from your PC to your DVD player in place of your yellow RCA cable. An S-video cable gives you a better quality image transfer. Do not worry if you don't have one.

3. Connect your USB cable in place of your RCA video or S-video cable if your DVD does not have either port.

4. Connect another set of RCA, S-video or USB cables from the "Out" ports on your DVD player to your "In" television ports to view your movie or images from your PC.

DVD Player to PC

1. Connect your RCA audio and video cables from the "Out" ports of your DVD player to the corresponding "In" ports of your PC.

2. Connect your S-video cable from the "Out" port on your DVD player to your PC's "In" port in place of the yellow RCA cable.

3. Connect a USB cable from the "Out" port on the DVD player to your PC's "In" port in place of an S-video or yellow RCA cable.

4. Connect a monitor plug to your PC to view your movie on your PC.

5. Open up a video viewing program to watch your movie.

Tips & Warnings

• You may need to purchase a video graphics card if you do not have "Out" ports on your computer.

• Most computers have built in RCA "In" ports. You may need to purchase a video graphics card if you do not have one.

• You can purchase a video graphics card that has both "In" and "Out" ports for RCA, S-video and USB cables.

• You can purchase RCA, S-video and USB cables at any electronics store or online.

• Copying copyrighted videos is illegal and is punishable by law. Hefty fines may be placed against the offender.

Resources

• Adobe: Adobe Premiere Pro Trial
• Microsoft: Windows Movie Maker Trial
• Nero: Multimedia Suite 10 Trial