My friends have cable and are recording with a VCR. If you connect this to a cable box how do you play back the recordings?
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**edit** They linked the wrong product sorry; you connect the A/V cables to the TV, and then the USB cable to a PC. The PC stores the video files. You'd have to stream the video from your computer to the television.
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If you have a cable box from Timer Warner, you should be fine. The cable box will act as your tuner. You only need a tuner in your vcr if you DONT have a cable box.
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There is not tuner in it so you would need a cable box or tv connected to be able to record broadcast content.We only use is for viewing DVD's and some older VHS tapes so I am not very familiar with the recording function.It has been a very reliable unit for us.
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If you currently have (or have ever had) cable, it hooks just the way your cable input goes into your VCR. I live about 30+ miles from some of the network stations, and I picked up all of them (though one goes in and out with bad weather.)
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Will I be able to record shows that are stored on my cable dvr to this dvd recorder? Has anyone tried this?
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Mine is connected directly to the TV, don't even have cable! So I guess the answer would be "no". Just don't expect the VHS recorder to last longer than a couple months.
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If you have Basic Cable that doesn't require a box, you can plug your cable directly into the unit; it has a built in tuner just like modern TVs have. You can also connect a cable or satellite receiver and record from that but you will be limited to non-HD picture (the box will convert down to standard definition).
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You'll need a device that has RCA inputs to record the video. A VCR or a computer with a TV card that has a VIDEO IN connector.
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Hi Kenneth, VHS tapes should play back okay using the Sony SLVN750 player. -Vincent
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You need an audio output jack. Either it is the Audio out on your TV or it is the Audio out from your Cable box/DVR/VCR/AUX or Stereo Aux out that is connected to you TV.
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You need an analog audio/video interface to a PC/Mac such as these: http://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_8?fst=as%3Aoff&rh;=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A1266092011%2Ck%3APC+interface+for+a+vcr&keywords;=PC+interface+for+a+vcr&ie;=UTF8&qid;=1424548087&rnid;=493964
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I know this is an old thread but you really want to plug them into your TV and "not" your cable box in this case. For your TV to put out some other audio than what is on the screen is very very unusual. Infact after 12 years of TV repair and install I have never heard such a thing. Maybe even impossible unless the box is really messed up. If you ever are "recording" a program on a box while watching another program at the same time that may or may not cause a problem.Do you have more than one set of audio out jacks? Some but not all do.In short....thats very strange.Hope you got it fixed. I know this is an old thread but you really want to plug them into your TV and "not" your cable box in this case. For your TV to put out some other audio than what is on the screen is very very unusual. Infact after 12 years of TV repair and install I have never heard such a thing. Maybe even impossible unless the box is really messed up. If you ever are "recording" a program on a box while watching another program at the same time that may or may not cause a problem.Do you have more than one set of audio out jacks? Some but not all do.In short....thats... » Read More I know this is an old thread but you really want to plug them into your TV and "not" your cable box in this case. For your TV to put out some other audio than what is on the screen is very very unusual. Infact after 12 years of TV repair and install I have never heard such a thing. Maybe even impossible unless the box is really messed up. If you ever are "recording" a program on a box while watching another program at the same time that may or may not cause a problem.Do you have more than one set of audio out jacks? Some but not all do.In short....thats very strange.Hope you got it fixed. « Show Less
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I have cable and can record, but the playback on my has been a B---h, can't seem to get the speed of the recording to sync with the speed of the playback. Don't get what the problem is.....haven't figured it out!
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I am still using VCR's and my cable goes directly to my TV so right now I can watch and record different channels. If I get digital cable, then everything changes because I will have a cable box.
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The only thing I can tell you is that when I got the unit, I had to have a satellite receiver to plug into in order to get the picture on the television and get it to record. The instructions did not say anything about a cable box, only a satellite receiver. That's all I can tell you.
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I've got a digital cable box (standard definition) hooked up with composite cables and I haven't had any problems recording off TV. HBO, Cinemax, On Demand, and various TV channels; all worked just fine. I've read about others who had problems, but in my area at least everything seems to be recordable. For VHS tapes, if you've got some that are copy-protected, you'll need to get a "digital video stabilizer". Just do a Google search, there are several models available. It's a small black box that you hook up between the VCR and the DVD recorder.
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My VCR is also still working, but I fear any day it will "konk out" and I'll be lost. I also use a portable DVD player which is OK, but it would be nice to have an "all in one" which would be relatively easy to install and would still enable me to record shows directly from the TV without a hassle. I only have the very basic cable system (no separate box or satellite).