04-07-2006, 04:17 AM
Yeah I had component/composite mixed up on that first one for your TV.
What I meant about the DVD recorder was that the best possible input into it would be through the composite input; this you could run from the HD tuner like you said.
I guess I had one of the ports on the back of the HD tuner confused with a digital coaxial audio jack (which is orange, not yellow like composite video).
Yes, an RCA Y-splitter is probably going to be your solution here.
Here is a 13-foot long one that was sold at RadioShack for $15, now available from Parts Express for $3.50
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=189-300
But this one might be what you want instead-
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=263-410 only $2, I have several of these for just such occasions, usually when a friend wants to hook something up and just doesn't have the inputs/outputs needed. Also good for splitting a mono-audio signal into 'stereo' for a stereo amp.
The coax antenna will not pass the HD signal, I didn't mean to suggest that it would, only that it is possible to chain everything together for at least regular TV reception. If you wanted to get fancy, you could buy an RF modulator that would accept an HD input (like DVI/component) and then convert that to a coax connection, then send that to everything, but that could get expensive.
good luck
What I meant about the DVD recorder was that the best possible input into it would be through the composite input; this you could run from the HD tuner like you said.
I guess I had one of the ports on the back of the HD tuner confused with a digital coaxial audio jack (which is orange, not yellow like composite video).
Yes, an RCA Y-splitter is probably going to be your solution here.
Here is a 13-foot long one that was sold at RadioShack for $15, now available from Parts Express for $3.50
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=189-300
But this one might be what you want instead-
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=263-410 only $2, I have several of these for just such occasions, usually when a friend wants to hook something up and just doesn't have the inputs/outputs needed. Also good for splitting a mono-audio signal into 'stereo' for a stereo amp.
The coax antenna will not pass the HD signal, I didn't mean to suggest that it would, only that it is possible to chain everything together for at least regular TV reception. If you wanted to get fancy, you could buy an RF modulator that would accept an HD input (like DVI/component) and then convert that to a coax connection, then send that to everything, but that could get expensive.
good luck
