Help Broke Coxial plug off back of tv

[matt2222]

OK i broke the plug that ccable tv goes in. SO i cant get my cable. How do i fix this. other than soldering it.

Can i use a rf modulator? Cause i have game plusgs on back and front. would this work?

[redwudz]

If you broke off the RF connector, (The screw-on Type F connector) then I would replace it. If you have composite video and audio in, (RCA type jacks) you could use a VCR or DVR for a tuner and run RCA cables to those inputs. A video/audio RF modulator won't be any help as it would use the same RF in you broke off.

And welcome to our forums.

[matt2222]

Ok thank you. Very much. I have 2 more questions.

Ok so a dvd recorder just like one at walmarts for around 50.00 will work?

And you say rca cables? do you mean dubbign cables? sorry im not up to date at all.


And lat question a seperate issue. i have another tv/vcr combo a sharp. the game ports i call them. where red yellow white wores go wont work. but tv is good.

so would a rf modulator work on this tv? remeber this is sperate from other tv i was talking about abouve. Than you very much.

[redwudz]

The yellow is usually video in, the red and white are right and left audio in. RCA phono plug:



If the VCR or DVR has a tuner that will work for you and your channels, and has video and audio out with RCA connections, then it should work.

For your other TV with no video/audio in, just a TV tuner, yes, you should be able to use a TV RF modulator. They generally reduce the quality of of video, but should still work. Make sure the modulator puts out a TV signal on the same channels you can tune to. Most are channel 3 or 4, but some use other channels.

[matt2222]

ok thank you again. i have one final question. on my old shar tv/vcr. the tracking is digital. i had a tape playing good put in a old one. messed with it. and now i cant get it back. IS there some way to reset this or fix this. Ive hit auto tracking on remote 100 tims or more. and the manual way with channel butto nnothing.

[redwudz]

Nothing I can think to fix it by the control. You might try unplugging it for about an hour and give it another try.

[samijubal]

ok thank you again. i have one final question. on my old shar tv/vcr. the tracking is digital. i had a tape playing good put in a old one. messed with it. and now i cant get it back. IS there some way to reset this or fix this. Ive hit auto tracking on remote 100 tims or more. and the manual way with channel butto nnothing.

Your old tape was probably dirty. You can try a head cleaning tape, but they don't work like having the heads cleaned. The wet cleaning tapes generally work better than the dry ones. Wait awhile for the tape path to dry after using a wet cleaning tape.