How to connect a vcr for recording programs

Hello Tony, you can connect your Yamaha 70eq equalizer to your Denon AVR 787
You have to use two RCA-RCA cables, one goes from VCR or CD-R / Tape OUT, from your Denon (zone indicated with number 3, in your Denon user manual) to Line In from Yamaha and the other from line Out of the Yamaha to VCR OR CD-R / Tape IN of the Denon, (area indicated with number 11, in your Denon user manual) always uses the same set of inputs and outputs on the Denon, VCR OUT and VCR IN or CD-R / Tape OUT and CD-R / Tape IN, in order to listen through the equalizer, you must select the source you want to listen to and then select VCR or CD_R / Tape, according to the connection you have used
You can see on page 16 of your Denon user manual, the connection of a Deck, and for your Yamaha it would be the same
The equalizer can be used only with analog signals
I hope my comment has served you
Greetings Franco Dosil
Hola Tony, puedes conectar tu ecualizador Yamaha 70eq a tu Denon AVR 787
Tienes que usar dos cables RCA-RCA, uno va desde VCR o CD-R/Tape OUT, de tu Denon (zona indicada con el numero 3, en tu manual de usuario de Denon)a Line In del Yamaha y el otro desde line Out del Yamaha a VCR O CD-R/Tape IN del Denon, (zona indicada con el numero 11, en tu manual de usuario de Denon)siempre utiliza el mismo conjunto de entradas y salidas en el Denon, VCR OUT y VCR IN o CD-R/Tape OUT y CD-R/Tape IN, para poder escuchar a traves del ecualizador, debes selecionar la fuente que deseas escuchar y despues selecionas VCR o CD_R/Tape, de acuerdo a la conexion que hayas utilizado
Puedes observar en la pagina 16 de tu manual de usuario de Denon, la conexion de un Deck, y para tu Yamaha seria lo mismo
El ecualizador lo podras usar solo con las se?ales analogicas
Espero que te haya servido mi comentario
Saludos Franco Dosil

://www.manualslib.com/manual/38381/Denon-Avr-787.html

You don't record from TV, you record from cable so cable needs to be hooked up to input on VCR.
If you don't use cable box you would hook cable to VCR then out of VCR to TV. If you use cable box then you need to connect Video and Audio outputs on cable box to Video and Audio inputs on VCR and switch input of VCR to Line input.

If the vcr has two scarts connect the DVR player to one and select that imput. Watch the program using the the other scart connected to the TV. Press record on the vcr and then start the DVR player going. If it doesn't have two scarts use the front panel jacks to connect the DVR player.
The only time you won't be able to record a program is if somekind of anti-copy system is employed.

Just get one of these:

The connections stay the same, but you may need to rescan your converter box: http://www.ezdigitaltv.com/Rescanning.html

If you're referring to programming your VCR for recording, that works just like it did before the cable box was installed, but with two major differences.

The first difference is that the VCR must always be programmed to record on the converter box output channel. Usually this is channel 3, but may also be channel 4. The cable box selects the channel from the cable system, but it's always outputting to your TV on the same channel. That channel is what the VCR needs to record from.

The second change to programmed recording is that you can't program your VCR to record programs on different channels. The reason is because, as mentioned above, the VCR is actually recording from the cable box which is always on the same output channel. Unless you are home to change the channel on the box, you're stuck. For example, if you want to record a show at 10PM on channel 8 and another at 11 on channel 26, those are the cable channel numbers. The box output is channel 3 (or 4) in both cases. The VCR can't switch the box for you. It's only going to record the program on the channel you selected before you left home. You also need to leave the cable box turned on, but the TV can be off. This is probably the thing most people find confusing about dealing with a cable box.

Now having said all that, some brands of cable box do include a timer feature of their own that allows you to program the box to switch channels. This feature is used in conjunction with timer recording on the VCR. You still always program the VCR to record on channel 3 (4), but now the box can be programmed as well to switch to the channel on the system you want to record. This allows you to get around the limitation described above. If your box offers this feature, it will be accessed through its setup menu using the remote control. Ask your cable company if this is available if it's not clear from the setup menus or instructions the installer left you with.

The 8300DVR has a feature built in for outputting redcordings to a VCR. To output to a PC you will need a TVTuner card with RCA inputs. Pinnacle offers several products including a Hard Drive backup. You will follow these instructions below, the VCR will be your computer.

Copy a Recording to a VCR Tape
1. Connect the VCR to the OUT 2 connection on the back of the Explorer DVR.
See page 12 for more information.
2. Make sure that a tape is in your VCR and that the VCR is set to record.
3. Press List . The Recorded List
screen appears.
4. Press Move Up or Move Down
to highlight the recording you want
to copy to the VCR. Make sure to select
a program that is not currently being
recorded.
5. Press Select . The Recorded
Program Options screen appears.
6. Press Move Up to highlight “Copy
to VCR.”
7. Press Select . The Copy to VCR
screen appears.
8. Make sure your VCR is properly connected
to your DVR outputs, and press
Record on your VCR.
9. Press Start copy A . The recording
begins copying to VCR tape. The
Recorded List displays the VCR symbol
for the recording that is copying to
VCR.
Note: You can watch the copying in
progress through the PIP.

Hi and welcome to FixYa,

Initially, pls set the Samsung LCD TV to the Source selection as if watching a playback evgen if you are going to do a recording.

If that does not work, pls postback manner of connection (cabling) from Cox digital cable system to Philips DVD/VCR to Samsung LCD TV LN-T3253HX/XAA .

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Right, you don't have to plug DVD/VCR to box, just straight to TV to operate. If you wanted to record hdtv programs from the box to the vcr or a dvd recorder then connect box to vcr/dvd recorder to TV.

if there are rca ports on the front of the vcr which are output, connect those to the tv input 3, the input to input connection is definitely not going to work...