![]() If your TV does not have a Mono input, then you have two or three options: The TV should direct the sound to both (left and right) speakers of the TV. If your TV is like this, then simply connect the “mono out” from the VCR to the “mono in” of the TV. On the left hand side you should see the Audio right (red) and left (white) input sockets. Some TVs will have sockets on the back like this picture. You need a converter box between the VCR and the TV. However you can’t connect your VCR directly to the TV. Therefore you need to use one of the HDMI inputs on the TV. Many new TVs do not have any analogue inputs. For a more detailed explanation of component video see this article, or this article to learn more about composite video. Hence they don’t need to provide a separate input for Composite only. Modern TVs are clever enough to know when you only have one lead connected with all the information (composite video) or separate leads (component Video). The video signal from a VCR has the black and white picture and the colour information all joined together – called composite video. Then the other red and white sockets are for the right and left audio. The blue and red inputs are for the colour information of the picture. The green input from a DVD player is basically the black and white picture. It is the best way of connecting a DVD player if the DVD player doesn’t have HDMI. These three video signals are called “Component Video”. The green, blue and red sockets labelled Y, Pb and Pr in the photos above are for connecting a DVD player. You don’t need to understand this section – it is for those people who like to understand why it is possible to connect a VCR via the green socket. Others label this socket as “Composite Video”. Some use a combination of yellow and green. Some simply put a yellow circle around the appropriate green socket. Note that not all TVs label the “video in” as clearly as in the photo above. Also ensure you don’t connect anything to the blue or red video inputs or your VCR picture will be in black and white only. The red and white audio leads from the VCR would connect to the corresponding red and white audio sockets below the blue and red.īe careful not to fall into the trap of connecting the red audio cable, to the other red socket labelled “Pr” – the right audio will not work if you do this. So for this TV, you would connect the yellow lead from the VCR to the nominated green “Video in” socket. Notice on this TV, (and most others) there is only one of the green sockets nominated as “Video in” for you to connect a VCR to. But as you can see in this picture, they indicate you can use the green socket instead. These are designed to allow the yellow, red and white leads from the VCR to connect to the TV via a little adaptor lead.Īt the rear or side of many flat screen TVs there is no yellow socket for “Video In”. ![]() Other TVs have a little yellow socket (like a headphone socket) often labelled “AV In”. But first check the sides of your TV to make sure the designers aren’t trying to trick you by hiding the yellow, red and white sockets up one side. I get many questions from people saying they can’t find the yellow socket to connect a VCR into. Some flat screen TVs have the AV input on the side of the TV. Some older TVs might have several AV inputs, normally labelled AV 1, AV 2 etc. Other TVs might label these inputs “AV” (short for Audio/Video). Most TVs require you to press “Source” or “Input” on the remote control to select the “Video 1” input signal. ![]() This normally would indicate that this is the input you need to select on the TV to watch the VCR. You may have noticed that in this photo, these sockets are in a section labelled “VIDEO 1 IN”. Having found the yellow, red and white sockets, it is a simple matter of connecting the corresponding yellow, white and red plugs of the cable connected to the VCR to these sockets. Below this yellow socket for video in is the corresponding white and red sockets for the left and right audio in. In this photo you can see it just below the centre of the photo, it is labelled “Video”. Older flat screen TVs are easy to connect a VCR to as they have at least one yellow “video in” socket.
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