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RF Modulator Issues

by Artistic1 Feb 28, 2006 3:06AM PST

Hello everybody! I need some help. I recently bought an RF Modulator. I finally decided to hook it up today. It is an RF Modulator made by TriQuest. It is a small one. It is model #5150. I decided to buy an rf modulator after I got fed up with having to unhook the a/v cables that are connected to my dvd player from my vcr in order to record a tv show on my vcr. My dvd player and vcr work good together until I want to record something on my vcr. I have an older Sanyo tv that has no a/v cable outputs so I couldn't connect my dvd player to that. I tried connecting my dvd player to my Time Warner digital cable box and my cable box didn't like that. It started showing channels with wavy lines going through the picture. So I thought ok I am getting an rf modulator so this crazy dvd player doesn't have to interact with my vcr or anything else but the tv. lol I am looking at the back of the rf modulator and I understand how to hook the dvd player up to it, but now I am wondering how can I connect my vcr to my tv if the RF modulator is hogging up the cables that were once connected to my vcr. Have you all ever connected a rf modulator, vcr, and dvd player to a tv? If you have, can you please explain to me how to do it or provide a link to a website that shows how to do it? Thanks!

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A/V switch box!!!

by jcrobso Feb 28, 2006 3:41AM PST

Hook the A/V from the VCR and the DVD, maybe even cable box to the switch box, output from the switch box putput to the modulator. John

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your vcr IS already an rf modulator

by masterying01 Feb 28, 2006 2:14PM PST

so i doubt you'll need another one. the only reason to get another one is if you have 1093502934 things you want to hook up into your old tv, and then like jcrobso already said, you'll be better off with a switchbox.

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Confirm information...

by sirroundsound Feb 28, 2006 10:17PM PST

You have a Cable box
You have a DVD
You have a VCR
You have a TV that doesn't have a/v inputs (red/white and yellow RCA type that say video "IN")? This means your TV only has a coaxial (regular screw on type of cable connection)?
If this is so, you will still need a type of switch box. Radio shack still sells a coaxial "A/B" switch.
The cable comes into your cable box, then to your VCR then out to the switch box. DVD goes a/v into the RF modulator, coax out to the switch box. From the switch box you will have only one coax cable to the TV. If the modulator is set right, the TV will only have to ever stay on Channel 3, you will select either A or B on the switch box depending on what you want to watch.

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