DVD/VHS hookup to TV Problem

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I have a Zenith TV set that is 10 years old, in excellent condition. It only has one video input port on the back. I have a Sony DVD player, and a separate Quasar VHS player. Since there is only 1 video port on the back of the TV, I cannot hook up both players to it. Is there a converter or "splitter" that I can obtain, so I can hook up both players to the TV set?

― Michael Wilk, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)

DVD>VHS>TV.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

You might be able to run a SCART from the DVD to the VCR and then another from the VCR to the TV if you have the right ports on the VCR. If not you can get a SCART splitter from Dixons for about a tenner.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

running the dvd player through the vhs may not work depending on the devices' approach(es) to copy protection

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I've done Girolamo's set up and all dvd's except my BBC ones (which happen to be region 2+4 keep fading and have a crappy picture.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

We have 20+ TV/VCR/DVD setups in my department of the library and they all run using that system.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

You may run into Macrovision problems that way.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks, everyone. What about an RF Converter? I called Circuit City and asked about my problem, and they suggested an RF Converter. I looked it up on their website, and it sounds like it may solve my problem. Any ideas on it? By the way, the DVD player is a multi-region player (JVC).

― Michael Wilk, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops! I meant "RF Modulator"....

― Michael Wilk, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

1st of all what type of inputs does your TV have

RF (Aerial)?

Composite?

http://www.ati.com/support/connectors/images/connectorcompositeoutputlabelbelow.gif

Looks like this can be in and out.

S-Video?

http://www.ati.com/support/connectors/images/connectorcompositeoutputlabelbelow.gif

SCART?

http://www.ati.com/support/connectors/images/connectorcompositeoutputlabelbelow.gif

What outputs / inputs does your video have?

What outputs does your DVD player have?

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

need to edit mods.... arrrrgh damn clipboard

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

http://tvtool.info/jpgs/cableguide/scart.jpg

SCART

http://www.tigerdirect.com/images/SKUimages/medium/C184-02307.jpg

S-Video

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

You should be able to go to your electronics store and get a Y-adapter that allows you to hook both the DVD and the VCR to a single composite (also known as RCA) input, but you'd obviously only be able to run one at a time. You could also look at something like this if you have more than one item you want to add.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Here's the first one I was talking about:

http://www.radioshack.com/images/ProductCatalog/ProductImage/274/274-303.jpg

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

how perverse!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

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