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Thread: Need Help Please |
    
New member Username: Anglr200
Post Number: 1
Registered: Dec-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 11:47 am: |
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Hi, I am trying to set up my home theater but I am continuing to have issues. Mostly because the coax-in on my tv is busted and I cant get a signal to it. I was also hoping to run audio from my cable through my sound system somehow. Thanks in advance for your help.
Here are my components:
TV: s-video, 2 sets of RCA connections (red, yellow, white), coax in (BROKEN!)
DVD player: digital audio out (orange), RCA out, hi def RCA? (blue, red, green) out, S-video
Sony Surround Sound System:
Digital SA/CD CD in, DVD in (orange), 4 sets of audio RCA ports (red and white)
X-box 360: RCA (red, yellow, white), and (blue, red, green)
RF Modulator: Coax RF to TV, Coax Ant in.
Output: RCA (red, yellow,white),s-video
Input: 4 sets of RCA (R,Y,W) and S-vid |
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Silver Member Username: Jrbay
Livonia [Detroit area],
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 535
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 01:20 pm: |
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Greetings Nick,
No cable box? |
New member Username: Anglr200
Post Number: 2
Registered: Dec-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 01:38 pm: |
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Correct. I dont have a cable box. The coax previously went directly into my old tv. |
Silver Member Username: Jrbay
Livonia [Detroit area],
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 536
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 01:53 pm: |
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OK, then next question:
If you plug your cable coax into the RF Ant. In on the RF modulator and RCA composite video (yellow) out to your TV can you get a signal? If not then the easiest way to solve your problem would be to get a cable box, that would open up a few more options for you. |
New member Username: Anglr200
Post Number: 3
Registered: Dec-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 02:00 pm: |
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I tried that but couldn't get a signal (contrary to what best buy and circuit city told me). Ill take a look at some cable boxes also. Do you think an old vcr would work? |
Silver Member Username: Jrbay
Livonia [Detroit area],
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 537
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 02:08 pm: |
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An old VCR should work (just like the modulator is supposed to). RF in to component video out.
Does the Sony receiver switch composite video and/or S-Video? |
New member Username: Anglr200
Post Number: 4
Registered: Dec-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 02:35 pm: |
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No, the Sony receiver is pretty basic. No s-video input or ouput. |
Silver Member Username: Jrbay
Livonia [Detroit area],
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 538
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 03:03 pm: |
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Because I suspect that the S video in on your TV will cancel out one of the composite video inputs here is one possible way to hook all of this up:
Coax cable from the wall to the VCR RF in.
Composite video/audio (R/W/Y) out to modulator (should actually be called a switch from your description).
DVD S-video out to modulator (best available video signal) digital coax (orange) audio out to receiver.
X-Box composite video/audio to modulator.
The modulator then needs an S video and a composite video out to the TV. It also needs audio out to the receiver.
The input settings for all of your devices will take some getting used to but hopefully, given what we have here, this will work. |
New member Username: Anglr200
Post Number: 5
Registered: Dec-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 11:12 am: |
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I hooked everything up as you suggested and it works perfectly. I had to go buy a couple extra cables to make all the connections, but that was no big deal. Thanks so much for your help. |
Silver Member Username: Jrbay
Livonia [Detroit area],
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 539
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 12:31 pm: |
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Happy to!!!
Enjoy! |
