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In Reply to: Av connections posted by Rick on November 04, 2002 at 09:56:18:
Video: Component video wires from DVD/VHS combo straight into TV. They should be clearly color-coded with red, green and blue. Red to red, green to green, blue to blue.For cable, use the S-video jack if both your TV and cable box allow it. Otherwise, use a single composite wire (should be yellow). Then use your TV input control to select input, whether OTA (off the air), DVD/VHS, or cable. The nice thing about the combo unit is that it will automaticall switch between the two video sources, without having to do so on your TV.
Audio: Regular red/white RCA jack interconnects from DVD/VHS unit and cable box, one pair for each, to whatever inputs on your receiver seems to match best (older receivers obviously don't have an input for "DVD" and may not have one for "VIDEO" or "TV" either). I used "DISC" for DVDs and "VIDEO" for cable on my NAC C350 integrated amp. You may have to use a "TAPE" or "AUX" input. All except phono (which is a different input impedance and won't sound right) are fine. Red to red, white to white in each case.
Amplifier should have at least 16-guage copper speaker wire from binding posts or spring clips out to speakers, making sure that left/right connections and polarity (+ to +, - to -) are carefully matched. If polarity is reversed, your speakers will sound sort of muffled, non-dynamic and have little bass. Use the shortest length practical.
Don't forget to plug everything in! Hope this helps.
Follow Ups:
Thanks much for the reply. Will I still be using the 75 ohm cable from outside to the cable box, then to the DVD/VCR to the TV? I'm also a little confused about the S-Video connection. Would it be possible to run me thru that again, like plug this in here and so on? I have one S-Video cable. Should I purchase another? Sorry to be such a bother, but your help is appreciated.Rick
Yes, 75 ohm cable w/ "F" connector into cable box, then either "F"-jack coaxial, composite (one wire usually color-coded yellow) or S-video cable into your TV depending on its inputs.No reason to connect your cable box and DVD/VHS player together; they're two separate sources that can feed directly into your TV independently. If your set has both component and S-video jacks, and your cable box has an S-video out, run the S-video from cable box to your TV. DVD/VHS will be on component. Use the TV remote's "Input" or "TV/VCR" button to switch from cable to DVD/VHS.
Hope this helps x2 . . .
Think of s-video, component & composite as carrying only the video signal, while 75 ohm aka F type carry both audio & video. You will need seperate audio cables. The best picture is with component (RGB), then s-video, then composite, finally F type. So if possible run s-vid or composite from cable box to VCR/DVD. Then S-vid (etc) to the TV.
I have 75ohm cable going to the cable box(from outside),then 75ohm cable to the VCR/DVD, then to the TV. S-Vid cable from cable box to TV as well as a pr. of audio L/R RCA's.
A set of component cables from back of TV to combo VCR/DVD and finally another pair of good audio RCA's to my vintage Marantz Rec.
I've always used very good speaker cable, so no worries there. Things seem to be working fine unless I'm missing something.
Thanks for all your help.Rick
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