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 Pook
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I've got the yellow red and white cables coming out the back of the cheapo DVD player I've bought, but only two sockets on the back of the TV. How do I connect it?


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 11:52 am
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It doesn't appear as if your TV has a composite video input. Is that all the DVD player's got? If the TV has a SCART you can get a cheap converter.


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 11:59 am
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What do the two sockets on the TV look like? Are they coloured? Any other connectivity? SCART? HDMI?

Also, christ, how old is the TV?


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 12:03 pm
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Hdmi?


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 12:24 pm
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Red and White will be audio and the yellow video. How you've managed to by a DVD player that only has composite is beyond me; I'm amazed that they are still available. Really need to see the back of both the TV and the DVD player.


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 12:29 pm
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Picture of back of dvd connections and back of tv or a link to it to propose the best of a probably bad bunch of options.


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 12:56 pm
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With a scart adapter. (As long as your tv is old enough to have a scart input) Look in the loft - if your anything like most of us there will be a bag of them from 10 years ago when they were actually used.


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 1:26 pm
 Pook
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the TV has HDMI. The DVD player does not. No scart adapter.


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 1:36 pm
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Then honestly, the best advice I can give you is to take it back and buy one that's slightly less cheapo. Even it you get it working, it's going to look like a VHS video.


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 1:57 pm
 Pook
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damnit.

That;s what I thought.


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 2:15 pm
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hold up, it might have component red blue green?


 
Posted : 01/12/2017 5:10 pm