coaxial/rca adapters

[Charity201]

I need to know if using a cable that's half female coaxial and half male rca(prongs) really work? I'm trying to hook up cable that comes thru only a wire no box to the back of my Magnavox DVD/vcr player that has only places for "s" 's or rca's to plug into. So will the half, half cable or adapter work so I can tape off the tv?

[JVRaines]

Where is this cable coming from? An antenna? The cable company?

[Krispy Kritter]

Likely not.

A coaxial cable input on a TV/VCR is for an RF signal input. RCA inputs are for analog video. A simple cable won't work. You need hardware to perform the conversion.

[usually_quiet]

I need to know if using a cable that's half female coaxial and half male rca(prongs) really work? I'm trying to hook up cable that comes thru only a wire no box to the back of my Magnavox DVD/vcr player that has only places for "s" 's or rca's to plug into. So will the half, half cable or adapter work so I can tape off the tv?

No, the cable you are descrbing won't work.

What is the model number of your Magnavox DVD/VCR "player"? We need to find out for sure what it is. If it really is a DVD/VCR player, and not a tunerless DVD/VCR recorder, then it can't record at all. It can only play VHS tapes and DVDs.