What do I need to hook up a dvd/vcr player to a tv without a cable box? I do have cable but it's just basic.

Question

The cable is connected to my tv now. Will I need to buy some special connectors?

Answer 1

If all you will be wanting to do is hook up the

DVD/VCR player to the TV in order to watch

movies I think you can leave the cable antenna

as it is.  Then you will need to run audio/video

cables (a three-way cable color coded red/white/yellow

from the a/v out jacks on the dvd/vcr player to the

audio/video in jacks on the TV.

On the back of TV you may find jacks marked Video 1

and Video 2.  If so you can plug the a/v cable into one

of those.  Your remote then should have buttons for

TV, Video 1 and Video 2.  Just select whichever you

plugged the a/v cable into in order to watch the player.

If your TV doesn't have a specific video jacks then

you will have to have your TV on channel 3 or 4 in

order to watch the dvd/vcr.  

Good luck

Answer 2

it all depends on what connectors are available on your TV.

If you have an extra input (yellow plug) on your TV, connect your player there.

If your TV has a single RF connector, connect cable to the VCR and then dvd/vcr to TV via coax cable.

If your VCR has no RF output, then you need to buy an RF modulator and an RF mux (2 inputs 1 output).  Go to radioShack and they will tell you what to buy, but make sure you know what inputs are available on the TV and what outputs are available on the DVD/VCR player.