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Hi peeps,

I have an old Co-ax socket only TV which I want to connect to my Sanyo DVD player, my DVD has 4 sockets (AV which I cant of course use);

Coaxial digital output
2x Audio output (L&R)
Video output

Any ideas how to connect it up - if at all??

Mick

The only way you can use that TV to play DVDs on is if go down to your local TV repair shop lift the TV to shoulder height and sling it through the shop window.Use the resulting breakage to grab a TV with a SCART input and run. :D

....I want that one........Bitty

I resisted the urge to be flippant, but seeing as you`ve started the ball rolling Strangerer, I was going to suggest he try selling it to a museum!!

With 28" widescreen TVs going for £200 in supermarkets, very few have an excuse for not having a decent TV. Dread to think how old that TV is; does it have a mock mahogany surround and big chunky push buttons? (just four of them!) ;)

Sorry,no offence meant, couldn`t help myself :D

Hey lighten-up. My daughter has a co-axial only TV in her bedroom. Why? Because its a damn good TV!!!

Anyway, do you have a video connected to the TV. If yes then connect the DVD to the scart on the back of the video. When you want to what DVD, turn your TV to your video channel and turn your video to the AV/EXT channel.

That what i`ve done with my daughter. Little awkward but you`ll soon get use to it.

Mike J T

Well gee I do apologise!! Sorry to have such a damn old TV!

If you must know its a bloomin crackin` Toshiba and it happens that my Sanyo DVD is a spare which i`d like to have rigged up in my study.

Mike - Thanks for sticking up for me!! No Video unfortunately.

Mick

This item was edited on Friday, 21st January 2005, 08:54

Mick

Talk about reliability issues. Mine`s a Toshiba as well.

I take it there are no AV/Audio plugs on TV either. It may be posible to connect this way if you have. If not, then I`m afraid it may be add video or replace TV ! :/

Mike J T

Copnnect the video output of your DVD device to a SCART (or even phono) input on a VCR (Video Recorder). Use the VCR`s coaxial-based RF output to connect to the antedeluvian TV, ensuring the TV is tuned to the same RF channel as the output channel of the VCRs coax output.
You may have to use the VCR`s remote control to set it to accept/pass the appropriate input from the DVD player (sometimes involves reading the dreaded VCR manual).

Chris Muriel, Manchester.

Thanks guys - I may have an old VCR knocking around in the loft - i`ll try it out!

Well, I`ve got to add my voice in support of co-ax only TVs. Got a Mitsubishi that must be 20 years old and still giving a great picture. It does have a fake wood surround (actually it might not be fake), is that worse than the big grey boxes people have in their living rooms? And the buttons aren`t `big push` buttons, just a touch sensor that kids still think are pretty cool.

Re the OPs problem. The same problem has come up in other threads, the solution is to get a RF modulator from Maplins or somewhere.

Hence the VCR suggestion. Most VCRs contain an RF modulator.

Chris Muriel, Manchester.