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[vlynn62]

I am not sure where to post this please feel free to move it to the correct place.
I need help with hook ups. I want to be able to record vcr videos I have to dvd disk. I also want
to be able to have my vcr and dvd recorder hooked up to the tv.
I have cable tv

my tv is a rca 22v513t

my vcr is a symphonic sv 211e

my dvd player/recorder is a magnavox mwr 10d6

[BruceSD]

How many inputs does your TV have? And what type (composite, S-Video)?

A word of warning: You may not be thrilled with the quality of your finished DVDs because of your VCR (o they may not play correctly.) Unless your tapes were recorded on that VCR, it might be worth buying a higher end (Sony, Panasonic are good) VHS VCR. Especially with old, worn and/or tapes recorded in SLP mode on other VCRs.

[redwudz]

Most often the best way to do this is to get out a piece of paper and graph it all out.

VCR to DVR. What connection? Composite? (RCA cables, probably.) You realize that you can't copy Macrovision encoded commercial tapes this way?

I'm assuming a splitter to get cable to your DVR and TV, so you should be OK there. If you also need cable to your VCR, you might need a amplifier as a three way splitter has quite a bit of loss.

For the DVR and the VCR both to be hooked to the TV, you may need a switching box. If your TV has composite (Video and audio inputs, besides the cable), you need a composite switch box. Even Radio Shack should have those. You would be able to select either the VCR or the DVR for composite input to the TV. If your TV only has cable as an input, then you would need a RF type of switch and output from the RF jacks of both units. But the quality will suffer with the conversions.

That's a start and I hope that will help a little. Composite isn't the highest quality, but it would depend on your TV inputs if you can use other types of hookups, such as S-video, digital video, component or other.

You should be able to figure the rest of it out. And this forum is a good choice if you are not sure which one to chose.

And welcome to our forums.