How can I incorporate my home stereo?

[randyannie]

Hey everyone, I'm trying to figure out if and how i can hook up my home stereo to my DVD. Usually it would be simple, but there's one complication: Since my TV is too old to have any of the modern connections e.g. composite, s-video, etc - I have to run my DVD player through an RF Modulator for it to show DVD on my TV.

On the back of my receiver I have rca's for Video, VCR out, VCR in, and then all the other stuff you'd normally see on the back of a receiver.

Is there some way I can trick the RF modulator into thinking it's hooked up to the DVD player?

Any input would be great, Randy

[Shocker Milwaukee]

If you receiver has a video pass-through, you could go RCA-->receiver-->RF modulator-->TV

[MOVIEGEEK]

...or buy two RCA splitter's(Y),one for left and one for right channel.Then you hook up one output to RF modulator and one to receiver.
They sell them at Radio Shack,BestBuy,etc.

[randyannie]

Well, I don't know exactly what a Video pass through is, but my receiver has only Video - Yellow, White, Red rca's and then VCR rec in, and VCR play out - Yellow, White, Red rca's.

I originally put the RF in to the VCR out and the DVD out to the VCR in. I thought this might work, but it seemed like no matter what way I hooked it up the RF power light didn't come back on until I just went DVD to RF and coax to TV....then the RF power light comes back on all of a sudden.

Do you think that the "Video" on the back of my receiver is a pass through?

Thanks folks for your help, Randy

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Do you think that the "Video" on the back of my receiver is a pass through?

Maybe. It's worth a shot. If it doesn't work, try MOVIEGEEK's suggestion.