I want to buy and connect a Combo DVD and VHS Recorder/Player. Very Newbie

[AuntGail]

I have an Insignia Combo DVD/VHS Player/Recorder that only ejects when I try to record, so I've concluded it needs replacing.

I thought that would be simple... but naaaaa. I bought a Magnavox VHS-DVD Combo player/recorder and could NOT connect the thing. I had an extra cable to connect it with no jack on the new Magnavox to connect it to... I had the "Ant. In" but am missing a jack called "RF Out".
I have Cox Cable and the wires connect the Cable's DVR Box through my old Insignia Combo DVD/VHS Player/Recorder and through the Digital TV so that I have been able to save recorded shows on the DVR [up to 50 hrs] and then copy programs off the DRV and onto the VHS tapes to keep. For years this has gone well. Now I'm stumped.

I tried to google "Combo DVD/VCR Player/recorders" to buy and then tried to make sure it had enough connectors on the back to accommodate all my wires but the discussion re RF connections, etc. overwhelmed me.

I just want to buy a replacement machine for my machine and get on with copying programs off my Cox Cable DVR to free up more time. I need a compassionate member to guide me in that selection.

Thanks for all replies,
AuntGail

[usually_quiet]

This Magnavox model has Coax/RF in and Coax/RF out:http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sylvania-Dvd-Recorder-Vcr-Combo/11088889 I couldn't find a full manual, at Magnavox's website, just a quick start guide, but it appears that the RF out most likely just passes the signal as received from the wall. It probably does not output video and audio on channel 3 or 4 when a tape or DVD is played.

[jman98]

DVD recorders with coax connectors are VERY rare now. As an alternative, Circuit City and other places sell a device called an RF Modulator that can be used to convert between RF (coax) and other types of connectors. Whatever DVD recorder you buy, but it quickly. We had a post this week pointing out that Magnavox is leaving the North American marketplace for DVD recorders at the end of February and they are the last manufacturer still making them for the US and Canada.

[AuntGail]

Lost me here, "It probably does not output video and audio on channel 3 or 4 when a tape or DVD is played."

I have 3 component connectors
VCR in
Line1
red O
Audio
white O
Video
yellow O

then
Ant IN
coaxil jack-screw on type

then
RF out [to tv]
coaxil jack-black pull off type

Would that unit have the same connectors?

AuntGail

[AuntGail]

Just bought from Amazon online:

"Magnavox ZV457MG9 Dual Deck DVD/VCR Recorder"
Electronics; $178.00

Thank you for the help, I really appreciate it.

AuntGail

[usually_quiet]

Lost me here, "It probably does not output video and audio on channel 3 or 4 when a tape or DVD is played."

Think back to the old-fashioned VHS-only VCRs. Those could be connected to TVs that only had a coax connection, and when a tape was played, video and audio would be available on the TV's channel 3 or channel 4.

I have 3 component connectors
VCR in
Line1
red O
Audio
white O
Video
yellow O

then
Ant IN
coaxil jack-screw on type

then
RF out [to tv]
coaxil jack-black pull off type

Would that unit have the same connectors?

AuntGail

The Magnavox ZV457MG9 has a Coax/RF in, that connects to an antenna or cable service. It also has a Coax/RF out to connect to either a TV or Cablebox/DVR, and allows the TV or Cablebox/DVR to tune channels just as if the Magnavox ZV457MG9 wasn't there at all.

The Magnavox ZV457MG9 has 2 sets of red-white-yellow inputs (one in front and one in back) for recording the audio and video output from other devices. It has one set of red-white-yellow outputs (in the back) to connect to a TV for watching a tape or DVD. By the way, the yellow connection is composite video, not component. The red and white ones are stereo audio.

[AuntGail]

Thank you "usually quiet", I'm glad you didn't stay quiet this time.

Aunt Gail