I have an older RCA model F31672ET. I cannot get the video from my DVD player to appear on the tv. Unfortunately I do not have the remote. I have been able to use menu button on the front to get channel 2,3, 90,91, 92 and 93 to appear but none of them allow me to setup the player. I cannot get 00 to work. Can anyone help me with trying to get the video to work? Thanks for any help

TV section and DVD section have individual codes to setup. If you wish to get more setup codes, three digits, four digits or five digit ones, check this link. Pull up older posts. Setup code list and setup instructions to some popular model remote controls are given.

Not possible as model listed is composite video only with two additional inputs for audio--no way I know you could do this.

An exact replacement remote may not be available. However, a substitute remote with the functions of the original is here: http://www.remotes.com/remotes/servlet/rs?a=gmi&uuid=12930827449040&smodel=F31672ET&brand_pn=RCA_F31672ET . Most universal remotes programmed 6 months after the TV was released should have a code for this RCA TV. However, it might take a bit of searching to find the right code. You might not get all of the features from the original remote with the cheapest of the universal remotes (pip, input changes, etc). The universal remotes that can be programmed via a USB connection with a computer will do all of the features but are much more expensive.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

IM GUESSING THIS MIGHT BE AN RCA TELEVISION? if you dont have an rca in hook up on the tv give up and buy a new tv or you can find an older item what it is is a switch that has an rca input and a coax output it was used to hook up the older video game systems it is still sold in most stores and that will work if you do have rca inputs and lost the remote you need to get a universal remote to switch the input on certain older rca tv's you could go to channel 00 and it would set it to the input with the switch you shoudl be able to use it by putting the tv on channel 3

Check with the channel 00 good luck

You need to determine what output options your DVD player has. Take a look at the rear of the player. It will certainly have RCA jacks for video and audio outputs (yellow for video, red and white for right and left channel audio). It may also have RCA jacks for component video (marked Y, Pb and Pr). Finally, it may have a threaded connector marked "out to TV" or "antenna out" or something similar. This is called RF output.

Most players today don't offer RF output because nearly every TV has direct AV inputs available. If your DVD player has RF output, connect the output connector to the TVs antenna input. You need a coaxial cable with F-connectors on the ends. One may have been supplied with the player. RF output is on channel 3 or 4, set by a switch on the back of the player or by its on-screen setup. Just set the TV to that channel to watch a DVD.

If your player doesn't have RF output, you connect it to the TV using the AV jacks. You need cables with RCA plugs to to connect the video and audio from the player to the TV. Then you switch the TV to its video input to watch the DVD.

This is where you might run into problems. Many TVs need the original remote control to switch inputs. (Some older RCA sets used channels 90, 91 and 92 to switch to their video inputs so any remote would work, but these sets were made before 125-channel tuning became standard. If your set is one of those models, those are the auxiliary channels you heard about.) If you can't switch the set to video input with front panel buttons and you don't have the right remote, you're not completely out of luck.

If you can't use your set's AV inputs or it just doesn't have any, you need an RF converter. These cost around $15. They take the audio and video from the DVD player and convert it to channel 3 or 4. Then you hook that output to your TV as described above.

use tv/video switch

I have this same TV. The DVD player is either hooked up to the video or s-video input. Go to the Menu (either through the remote or from the front of the TV) and select the Setup option. Go to the part where it asks if you want to use a DVD player. Select yes. Then select Video Input. Exit the Setup. When you hit the DVD button, it will switch to the Video input. The second step is to go into the Menu and select Channel, then go to Video Input Source. From there, select which input you are using for your DVD player, the S-Video or the standard Video (yellow composite cable).

I too just bought an RCA remote for the same television. The button to access other video screens is the A/B button on mine (next to the last channel button).