Hook Up a DVD Recorder to a Digital Cable Box to Record Off of TV
Just as DVDs have pretty much replaced VHS tapes now that DVDs have become more affordable, DVD recorders are slowly replacing VCRs. Hooking up a DVD recorder to your cable box so that you may record programs off your television set, just as you would with a VCR, is no more complicated than setting up your VCR was. Here are the basics.
Instructions
Connecting DVD Recorder
1. Make sure your digital cable box is hooked up properly. Then turn all devices off before making your additional connections.
2. FOR OPTION A
Plug in your first set of RCA audio & video cables into the RCA output jacks on your cable box. Match the color of the plug to the color of the jack. Plug in the other end of these cables into the RCA input jacks of your DVD recorder.
FOR OPTION B
Plug the S-Video cable into the S-Video output on the back of the cable box. Plug the other end of this cable into the S-Video input of your DVD recorder. Plug in 1 set of your RCA audio cables into the RCA output jacks on your cable box. Match the color of the plug to the color of the jack. Plug in the other end of these cables into the RCA input jacks of your DVD recorder.
3. Plug in your second set of RCA audio cables and your RCA video cable into the RCA output jacks of your DVD recorder. Match the color of the plug to the color of the jack. Plug in the other end of these cables into the RCA input jacks of your television.
4. Turn your TV on and do one of the following depending upon the user guidelines of your TV:
Use the Input button on your TV remote control, or on the TV unit itself, to scroll through and set the television picture to the corresponding video input channel for the RCA input jack used to plug the RCA cables into your TV.
OR
Turn your television to the designated channel assigned to the video input jack used to plug the RCA cables into your TV.
5. Turn your DVD recorder on.
FOR OPTION A:
Use the Input button on your DVD recorder remote control, or find the appropriate menu option on your DVD recorder unit, to set your DVD recorder to the corresponding video input channel for the RCA plug-ins you made to its unit.
FOR OPTION B:
Turn your DVD recorder on. Use the Input button on your DVD recorder remote control, or find the appropriate menu option on your DVD recorder unit, to set your recorder to the corresponding video input channel for your S-Video plug-in.
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