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HELP! (Connecting a video projector / vcr / television)
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I am supposed to be hosting a Super Bowl party tomorrow night and I've run into a snag. The bad news is that the place where we are hosting the event does not have cable (tv). The good news is that we can pick up Fox beautifully with a small antenna.
Here's the snag. I want to project the game on to the wall using our InFocus 530 video projector, but I am having trouble getting it to work with the TV and VCR. I do not have access to a TV with RCA out connections, so I have the tv connected to the VCR via cable connections and the VCR connected to the projector with RCA connections.
I've got a beautiful picture on the tv, but nothing will come through to the projector. I've tried everything... VCR/TV (on/off)... the VCR on channel 3... the VCR on Video... nothing seems to work. At home (where I do have cable) when I connect the projector to the VCR to the tv, everything works flawlessly.
What am I missing? Is there a problem trying to run a tv broadcast signal from the TV through the VCR to the projector? Would finding a TV with RCA connections work, where I could connect the projector directly to the TV? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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I would think you'd need to use the VCR as your tuner box in order for your setup to work.
As a troubleshooting step, try recording something from the TV to the VCR to make sure your signal is getting that far. Then try playing what you recorded from the VCR through the projector.
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Originally posted by thunderous_funker:
I would think you'd need to use the VCR as your tuner box in order for your setup to work.
As a troubleshooting step, try recording something from the TV to the VCR to make sure your signal is getting that far. Then try playing what you recorded from the VCR through the projector.
Thanks for the reply. Your post raised an additional question in my mind. Does the cable connector on the back of my TV only receive the signal (as opposed to sending it)? In other words, is that connector "IN" not "OUT" in terms of the signal? If that's the case, then I will not be able to record anything to the VCR.
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Originally posted by Buck_W:
Thanks for the reply. Your post raised an additional question in my mind. Does the cable connector on the back of my TV only receive the signal (as opposed to sending it)? In other words, is that connector "IN" not "OUT" in terms of the signal? If that's the case, then I will not be able to record anything to the VCR.
I think that's the problem. Can you just plug the coaxial cable (TV cable) directly into the VCR and out to the projector?
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Originally posted by Buck_W:
Thanks for the reply. Your post raised an additional question in my mind. Does the cable connector on the back of my TV only receive the signal (as opposed to sending it)? In other words, is that connector "IN" not "OUT" in terms of the signal? If that's the case, then I will not be able to record anything to the VCR.
That's the problem. Coaxial cable connectos on TVs are input only.
What you can do is:[list=1][*]Plug the antenna into the cable input on the VCR[*]connect the coaxial output of the VCR to the TV[*]set the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whatever you use with your VCR)[*]tune the VCR into the channel to watch the game[*]connect RCA out on the VCR to the projector[/list=1]
You don't really need the TV at all if you don't want it.
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Originally posted by hayesk:
That's the problem. Coaxial cable connectos on TVs are input only.
What you can do is:[list=1][*]Plug the antenna into the cable input on the VCR[*]connect the coaxial output of the VCR to the TV[*]set the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whatever you use with your VCR)[*]tune the VCR into the channel to watch the game[*]connect RCA out on the VCR to the projector[/list=1]
You don't really need the TV at all if you don't want it.
That should work. 
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Buck_W, I hope you solved the problem! Hayesk's tip sounds very good! Good luck!
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Originally posted by sugar_coated:
Buck_W, I hope you solved the problem! Hayesk's tip sounds very good! Good luck!
It worked great! Thanks!
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