[mythtv-users] Setup advice

Ogden Nefix onefix at waste.org
Sat Jul 26 21:16:47 EDT 2003


My VCR has RCA jacks for Video and Audio Inputs and also outputs in RCA 
jacks (in addition to Coaxial cable).

Currently, my cable box goes directly into the VCR via coaxial cable. 
Then, from the VCR, the sound goes to my reciever, but the video goes to 
the TV via another coaxial cable.

My DVD sound goes to the reciever via optical wire. The video from the 
DVD goes directly to the VCR to the Video In connection. Again, the VCR 
outputs the video to the TV via coaxial cable.

My Zenith TV has nothing but coaxial cable input.

If I get the MythTV box, it will be a Shuttle SN41G2, which has only a 
S-Video out.

So I am really confused how to connect the DVD, VCR, and MythTV box to 
the TV and reciever. My reciever has S-Video in and S-Video out also as 
it's relatively new.

Any suggestions?

Thank you very much.

Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> fixed wrote:
> 
> 
>>I am a still confused about the setup. Currently:
>>
>>- My cable box goes into my VCR. From the VCR, the sound goes to my
>>reciever, and the coaxial output goes straight to the TV.
>>
>>With a MythTV box, with a Win TV card (if I were to do it this way), would
>>it be this setup:
>>
>>- Cable goes into the MythTV box's Win TV Card RF input. From there, the
>>sound goes to the receiver, and the S-video from the video card goes to
>>the TV?
>>
>>My TV doesn't have S-video inputs, but just one RF input. Could I use a
>>modulator to convert the S-video to the RF? With this, possibly:
>>
>>
> 
> http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-mVlIqr0kfc6/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=9&g=4310
> 0&I=137DVD647&o=m&a=0&cc=01&avf=N
> 
> Would work fine, exept you would not get S-video (usually you have to
> connect that directly to your TV (TVs with 2 or more SCART connectors,
> usually have S-VIDEO embedded in the second one)), but you would get normal
> composite video.
> 
> But why spend the cash on this box (you are probably gonna upgrade your tv
> sometime?), when you could just use your vcr as the box?
> 
> (or is your vcr missing SCART/RCA/S-VIDEO connectors ass well?)
> 
> Kenneth
> 
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