how do I connect an analog TV to a DVD recorder through a converter box?

Question

This Tv does not have a VCR and I don't plan to attach one

Answer 1

DTV Converter Box and DVD Recorder Hook Up







DTV Converter Box and DVD Recorder Hook Up





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Want to be able to record TV shows to DVD from your DTV converter box? DVD recorders are a great way to record the SDTV or standard definition TV that you will get from a DTV converter box with over-the-air free television. All you need to do is connect a DVD recorder between your DTV converter box and your older analog TV set.



What do I need to do?



1.) Buy a digital to analog TV converter box for your current analog TV.

2.) Buy a DVD recorder.

3.) Buy blank discs to record on and connecting cables.



What is a Digital to Analog TV Converter Box?



A digital television (DTV) Converter Box is also known as a set top box. It is an electronic device that converts the free over-the-air digital TV signal into an analog signal viewable on older "analog" television set. Most converter boxes are smaller than a VCR. Some are about the size of a small book, about 8 inches wide by six inches deep by an inch or so high. So they don't take up very much space. The converter box connects between your antenna and your TV set. They come with a remote control and you change channels with this remote, not your TV remote.



The digital to analog set top box connects your antenna or rabbit ears thru the converter box and out to your TV set. Apply for coupons for DTV converter box here

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Seven of the largest consumer electronics retailers -- Best Buy, Circuit City, Kmart, RadioShack, Sam's Club, Sears, Target, Wal-Mart -- have been certified to participate in the TV Converter Box Coupon Program along with more than 100 other retailers, representing more than 14,000 stores throughout the U.S.



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Converter boxes can be purchased at any of these national retailers currently participating in the program:



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Answer 2

I assume you are trying to record a TV show.



Simple setup...

The cable/satellite/antenna input must go to the input of the Converter box. The output of the converter box to an input of the DVD Recorder. The output of the DVD to the input of the TV set.



What type of input and output connections you use is dependent on what inputs and outputs are available on each piece of equipment.



If you have multiple outputs on the converter box and multiple inputs to the TV set. You can go from the converter box output to the TV and from the converter box output to the DVD. There are lots of ways to hook this up. Then converter box will act as the channel changer for the TV set and the DVD recorder.

Answer 3

Connecting a VCR, DVD Recorder, and Analog TV Using One DTV Converter Box

DTV Transition Survival Tip - Using Your Analog TV, VCR, and DVD Recorder

By Robert Silva



The DTV Transition - The end of analog TV broadcasting has arrived. However, along with analog televisions, your VCR or DVD recorder may also be affected.

If your Television, VCR, and DVD recorder only have analog NTSC tuners, and you receive your programs with an antenna, ordinarily you would need a separate DTV converter for each of them, in order to continue recording TV broadcasts on those devices now that the DTV Transition has taken effect. However, there is a way you can use just one DTV converter for all of them, with a catch.



The following steps will illustrate how you can use just one DTV converter box for your Analog TV, VCR, and/or DVD recorder:



1. Connect your Antenna cable to the to antenna input on the DTV converter box.



2. Split the RF output of the DTV converter box into two separate feeds using a Two-Way CABLE SPLITTER.



3. Send one RF feed from the splitter to the antenna/cable input on the VCR and the other RF feed from the splitter to the antenna/cable input on the DVD recorder.



4. Connect the RF output feed from the VCR to the RF input connection on an RF MODULATOR.



5. Connect the AV outputs (Red/White/Yellow) of the DVD recorder to the AV inputs of the RF Modulator.



6. Connect the RF output of the RF modulator to the Ant/Cable input on your TV.



7. Connect the AV outputs (Red/White/Yellow) of the VCR to one of the AV input sets on your DVD recorder.



8. OPTIONAL: If your analog TV has a set of AV inputs (yellow, red, white) in addition to an RF input, you can connect the AV outputs (Red, White, and Yellow) of the DTV converter Box to the AV input jacks on your TV. If your TV only has one audio input jack, use a "Y" adapter to combine the Red and White connections into a single audio input connection.



With this setup - you will be able to do the following:



1. Receive and Watch converted DTV channels on your TV either via accessing channel 3 or 4 on your TV or (if you also chose step 8) by using the AV inputs of your TV. The picture quality will be slightly better from the DTV converter using the AV input option, but this your choice.



2. Record converted DTV channels on your VCR or DVD recorder.



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Answer 4

what you do is take the rca cables for the red white and yellow from the out of the dvd/vcr combo to the tv input of the red white yellow you might be better off updating your tv for multipule inputs as i read farther you will have to buy a mutliple input from walmart or kmart they run about $25 or you will have to run it thru you box