Connect a TV to a DVD Player Without A/V Jacks
If you have an old TV but want to watch DVDs, you may have difficulty hooking up your DVD player. Most DVD players have a yellow RCA video output (called composite video) and an s-video output. Many older TVs just have a coaxial cable input.
Steps
- Purchase an RF modulator and a connecting cable. This device will convert the output of your DVD player into a signal that can travel over the coaxial cable. Such cables can be found at Radio Shack or on eBay.
- Hook the composite output of your DVD player to the RF modulator, and the RF modulator coaxial output to your TV.
- Select whether you want the image displayed on channel 3 or channel 4 on your TV.
- Tune your TV to the chosen channel.
Tips
- While it is often possible to connect a composite output from the DVD player to your VCR, and then your VCR to your TV via coaxial cable, the image will often be distorted. This happens because of copy protection (designed to keep you from recording the DVD onto a videotape using the VCR.) However, it is possible that by using an RF modulator, you can stabilize the video and record the DVD to VHS.
