VCR,BluRay,TWDVR,Yamaha665 hookup?

[rivrbyte]

Hi!
Ok, here's the scenario. I'm exhausted running 250' of speaker wire to hook up my speakers,so forgive me if I make no sense.

HDTV on wall, cable in wall, HDMI into Yamaha AVR.
Bluray into Yamaha. HDMI
DVD/CD player into Yamaha, (component)
Time-Warner DVR into Yamaha. HDMI.
Panasonic VCR - (composite)

On the GE surger proctector, it has two coax/cable surge protector jacks located on the top of the unit. It says to hook up the Coax/cable "in"from the outside cable, and into the "in" jack. The 'out" jack connects to the audio/video unit being protected". (what would this be, the Time-Warner box,or the VCR?)

Presently, on the Time-Warner DVR, the cable coming from the outside is connected to the "RF IN", so does that mean the "RF OUT" should be connected to the surge protector?

Do I need to hook anything other than the Audio/Video composite cables to the VCR? Do I need Coax cables like in the old days, cable to the VCR and VCR out to the TV.

 

[Adam]

Hi.

The coax from the wall would go into the surge protector's coax "in". Then, the surge protector's coax "out" would go into the cable box. I suggest that you then stick with the HDMI out from the cable box to the Yamaha, but also then connect the coax "out" on the cable box to the coax "in" on the VCR.

That would then run the initial coax line into the surge protector, run the protected signal into the cable box, and then continue the chain from the cable box to the VCR. This would certainly let you record programs on the VCR that you have tuned in on the cable box. If you'd like to use the internal tuner on the VCR (if your cable line works with it), we can help you get that going, too.

EDIT: I just reread the last part of your post. The only reason to run the coax to the VCR is if you want to use the internal tuner in the VCR. Otherwise, you can just use the audio/video inputs. Regardless of if you use the tuner or not, you can use the audio/video outputs from the VCR instead of the coax output.

 

[BMXTRIX]

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