Cannot connect zenith vcr to zenith tv thru cable box

Hello mcgillicu390,

From your VCR you should have an (RF OUT) and an (RF IN) Connector (these also might be marked as ANT IN and ANT OUT, or CABLE IN and CABLE OUT).

The same goes for your TV (RF IN), (ANT IN) or (CABLE IN).

Now, take your Coaxial Cable (Cable with screw on or Push on connector with a wire in the center of it) and connect it to the TV (RF IN), take the other end of the same cable and connect it to the VCR (RF OUT).

Then connect your cable TV set top box or antenna to the (RF IN) of the VCR.

If you are using a cable box set your VCR and TV to Channel 3 or 4 (depending on your area)

If you are just using the VCR and an antenna set your TV to channel 3 or (depending on your area).

That should do it for coaxial connectivity.

If you are using the composite video and Audio cables to connect to your TV here are the directions for that.


Looking at the back of your TV you will see Three RCA type connectors colored as Yellow, White, and Red. Yellow is Video, White is your Left Audio, and Red is your Right Audio. They should be marked as (Video IN), (R Audio IN), and (L Audio IN). *note these markings may not be exactly like what is written, however the indicators should be close to what you are seeing.

Now look at your VCR, you may see a lot of RCA Connectors (up to 6 of these connectors) don't worry, you are only looking for the ones that say (Video OUT) (R Audio OUT), and (L Audio OUT).

Once you find the connectors on both pieces of equipment, take the Yellow, Red, and White tipped cables and plug the in their respective jacks Yellow tipped cable connects VCR (Video OUT) to TV(Video IN). Red tipped cable connects VCR (R Audio OUT) to TV (R Audio IN), and finally White tipped cable connects VCR (L Audio OUT) to TV (L Audio IN),

Once the cables are connected you will be able to use the composite selection on your remote to view the images from your VCR, the VCR in this case will be acting as the tuner for your TV with out you having to set the TV to channel 3 or 4, you will just have to use the AUX or whatever setting on you remote that allows the composite video to display.

I hope this helps,

Thank you,

Shuttle83

http://www.electron-age-technologies-llc.com

The simplest method is to connect the cable box antenna output (sometimes labeled "out to TV") to the VCR antenna input jack. Then connect the VCR antenna output to the TV antenna input. Then park the TV on channel 3 (or 4, depending on how you set up the cable box and VCR).

This hookup lets you watch tapes and also record from the cable box if you want to tape a show. (Note that with this setup, you will always set the VCR to record on the channel (3 or 4) the cable box output is set to. You do your channel changing on the cable box to select a channel, but the output from the box is always on channel 3 or 4.) You can't watch one channel while recording a different one, though, unless you have a second cable box.

To watch TV, just leave the VCR turned off. The signal from the cable box will pass through to the TV. Again, the TV's always on channel 3 or 4, and you change channels with the cable box.