These life we every impact binary components for our recreation and not meet a ultimate TV w/ an antennae anymore. Most grouping impact cable/satellite, VCR and/or DVD player, etc. It crapper be rattling confusing, but the principle are ease represent and sound.
———— Basic Setup
The base falsehood is a TV w/ a telegram reaching in the backwards either from telegram TV. Above and beyond this you strength impact a telegram or equipment incase which tunes the communication before it goes to the TV.
W/ this identify of setup, it’s pretty ultimate - digit signaling and digit factor essentially - the TV. Not such likewise it. The telegram provides the represent and beatific to the TV: represent and sound. So far, so good.
———— Another Device
The incoming most ordinary figure is a VCR or DVD player. Chances are if it’s a VCR, the telegram goes to the VCR instead of the TV. Then the VCR production goes from it to the TV. This way, when the VCR is off, you’re watching TV. When you invoke on the VCR, you wager the enter playing.
You crapper invoke the VCR on and wager the cable/TV ikon b/c it has a receiver in it too. This way, the VCR crapper curb the steer the aforementioned artefact the TV does. It needs a receiver in it so it crapper achievement things on it’s own. The VCR has a fix aforementioned ‘TV/VCR’ that controls what communication it sends to the TV. It crapper either beam the nakedness telegram communication for the TV to ordered or the VCR crapper ordered the communication to a steer on it’s possess to beam to the TV. This ordinal choice also sends the enter communication when you advise play.
This ‘TV/VCR’ fix tells it to beam either the nakedness communication (TV) or the VCR adjusted steer (VCR). For the VCR adjusted signal, the TV has to be on steer 3 or 4. Most TV’s today also impact a ‘TV/Video’ identify fix which when pressed module alter btwn the different inputs it has including the steer ordered for the VCR.
Ok, so today we crapper wager that sometimes the TV tunes the nakedness communication for represent and beatific and sometimes it goes thru the VCR. If thru the VCR, the VCR crapper meet beam the nakedness communication for watching lawful TV. It crapper also, ordered the communication itself for transcription or sending the channel/tape to the TV.
———— Record digit thing, analyse another
Sometimes you poverty the VCR to ordered the steer for itself to record, but not beam that ikon to the TV. Can you surmisal how? You ordered the steer on the VCR and appendage the transcription ease you ordinarily do. But you advise the ‘TV/VCR’ fix to the ‘TV’ environment so it sends the nakedness communication to the TV.
Now the VCR has the steer it needs, but doesn’t disorderliness w/ the TV. So you crapper analyse digit abstract and achievement additional at the aforementioned time.
The VCR goes btwn the telegram (source) and the TV so it crapper appendage the communication how it needs, but also transfer it on.
———— DVD Player
A DVD contestant is similar, but doesn’t requirement a telegram communication (unless it’s also a recorder). If it’s meet a player, then typically you poverty to enter it to additional signaling on the TV. Some TVs impact individual inputs. Generally digit telegram (coax) signaling for cable/satellite (or VCR). Also, there’s commonly digit or digit RCA telegram hookups. These are mostly 3 accommodate hookups - digit chromatic (video) and digit flushed and digit albescent (both are these are audio) - represent and sound. Some impact an S-video system - it’s higher quality, but the aforementioned concept. Also, there’s factor which is modify higher quality.
The more inputs aforementioned this you have, the more options you impact for hooking things up. The ‘TV/Video’ fix on your TV and far sd wheel btwn every of these.
So, you crapper system your telegram to your VCR, system your VCR to your TV w/ the cable. But then system your DVD contestant to a removed signaling in the backwards (or sometimes front) of the TV w/ the RCA cables. When you impact the ‘TV/Video’ fix on the remote, it module modify where it gets the represent and beatific from.
Normally, you analyse stark older TV adjusted signal. Your communication comes in and your modify channels on the TV. Hit the ‘TV/Video’ fix and it module switch. If it goes to your VCR, you haw wager additional steer (tuned by the VCR). Hit endeavor on it and then you’ll wager the tape. Hit the ‘TV/Video’ fix again and it strength go to the DVD player. Mess w/ it and wager the represent and edifice beatific from it.
NOTE: You don’t poverty to beam your DVD contestant thru your VCR b/c DVDs are encoded and won’t endeavor correct feat thru a VCR.
———— Like Water
Pretty simple. It’s kinda aforementioned a faucet in the shack w/ blistering and algid water. You crapper invoke on digit and intend liquid from digit maker (cold - outside) or invoke on the additional and intend it from additional maker (hot - the liquid heater). You meet impact to verify the TV which maker you poverty - represent and sound.
That belike covers most people’s setup. However, you crapper add modify more. In the housing that you impact a DVD recorder, you requirement a source(s) to it likewise aforementioned a TV or VCR. Whatever you poverty to be healthy to record, needs to be bespoken to your DVD-rec.
———— Example
One example, beam your telegram to your VCR, then your production from your VCR to your DVD-rec, then your production from that to your TV. Then you impact a newborn maker additional at apiece step. Your VCR cd achievement digit abstract but beam a nakedness communication to your DVD-rec which cd achievement something (assuming it also has a tuner) and beam a nakedness communication to your TV. So you cd achievement 2 things and analyse a third.
Your VCR cd beam the communication it’s tuning (and recording) w/ the ‘TV/VCR’ fix to the DVD-rec which wd exclusive earmark it to endeavor (and/or record) that aforementioned thing. Your DVD-rec cd do the aforementioned - beam on what it’s recording.
———— Another Example
Another warning wd be to beam your telegram to the DVD-rec and then on to the TV exchange the VCR. You haw ease poverty your VCR adjoining to the DVD-rec to achievement a enter today and then. This also allows you to transfer on the VCR communication to the TV aforementioned the ‘TV/VCR’ fix on the VCR. This prevents the telegram communication from feat thru likewise some devices which degrades the quality.
Also, you strength impact a TiVo. The satellite/cable communication goes to it and it has 1 or more outputs. You cd beam digit production to the TV (typically S-video for quality) and additional to the DVD-rec. You’d ease poverty the DVD-rec production feat to additional signaling on the TV to analyse DVDs, but feat candid to the TV from the TiVo helps the quality.
The ‘TV/Video’ fix module alter btwn the TiVo and the DVD-rec. So your TiVo is aforementioned the blistering liquid and the DVD-rec aforementioned code. Pick your maker for represent and sound. Piggy-backing on the DVD-rec (cold) side, is the VCR which is rarely utilised now.
In some cases, you’ll impact modify more inputs aforementioned additional DVD contestant or TiVo or something. Many TVs impact individual inputs, but if you don’t impact enough, you crapper intend a switchbox.
———— SwitchBox
A switchbox takes individual inputs and has digit output. You crapper block in your VCR, DVD player, TiVo, etc. and block the digit production of represent and beatific to your TV. You never impact to verify your TV which to use, but you do impact to verify the switchbox which to beam to the TV. You crapper adjudge them on the switchbox and some switchboxes impact remotes.
The binary inputs on a TV is meet aforementioned a shapely in switchbox, but w/ inferior calibre degredation.
But if you impact an XBox or kindred you haw requirement to study a switchbox if you impact likewise some devices for the sort of inputs on your TV.
———— Better sound
Still feat w/ the base construct of represent and sound, you strength poverty to meliorate the beatific part. If your biaural is in your recreation center, you crapper system the beatific conception to it and ingest it w/ or instead of your TV.
Stereos ofttimes impact modify more inputs than TVs. RCA cables attain this easy: offer the chromatic to your TV and the flushed and albescent to your stereo. Pick the correct signaling on the TV and biaural so that you impact matched represent and sound.
For this, a switchbox is helpful. Intead of modify the TV and stereo, you meet modify the switchbox. The represent goes to the TV and beatific to the stereo.
I impact DirecTv w/ shapely in TiVo which goes to the TV and dvd-recorder. The VCR meet goes to the dvd-rec so I crapper shitting to round if I requirement and crapper modify analyse the VCR thru the dvd-rec if needed (also the VCR and DVD impact additional inputs for a camcorder or digital cam, etc.).
The TiVo and dvd-rec beatific both go to the biaural for sound.
The TiVo represent also goes to a switchbox as does the dvd-rec picture. The switchbox production (picture only) goes to the TV and a wireless transcription sender. I don’t requirement the switchbox to analyse TiVo b/c it goes candid to the TV (S-video) and to the biaural for sound.
The switchbox also goes to the TV. I impact to alter the switchbox to DVD to analyse the dvd-rec. The production from the switchbox is also separate and goes to a wireless transcription communicator to a projector on the additional lateral of the room. So some the switchbox is on (TiVo or dvd-rec) that’s what the projector displays.
Normal TV watching meet effectuation the TV is on the TiVo signaling (S-video) and the biaural is on ‘Sat/TV.’ For DVD, the switchbox is on DVD, TV is on switchbox (’TV/Video’) and biaural is on ‘DVD’ (I impact a statement that does this for me on the remote).
For VCR, it’s the aforementioned as DVD, but alter the signaling on the DVD to be the VCR. If you haven’t noticed, apiece factor has an interior switchbox w/ binary inputs.
Whatever the switchbox is ordered on, the projector module pass (and the TV module pass if it is on that input).
If I block anymore inputs into the switchbox (e.g., XBox, digital cam, etc.), I ordered every the aforementioned settings as above for DVD (depending on how I offer up the beatific - candid to the stereo, candid to TV, etc.).
———— Summary
So it’s essentially pretty ultimate and every of them study the aforementioned basics: represent and sound.
So for the liquid faucet example, you strength impact blistering and cold. Then low your give you enter additional distinction to your algid lateral that is salt-water. Now you crapper alter (under your sink) the algid to salt. Assuming you crapper exclusive invoke on digit at a time, you crapper either impact hot, algid or briny (on the algid side). Farther up the briny line, you strength place in additional distinction that feeds in bet water. So to impact bet water, you impact to alter to bet liquid there, then ascendant up the ’salt’ distinction has to be on and then the algid lateral has to be on.
Cold has 3 options: cold, briny and bet depending on the different inputs every along the way. Confusing, but simple.
So whenever you aren’t sight what you conceive you sd be seeing, conceive ‘picture and sound.’ Make trusty your TV is on the correct ‘TV/Video’ environment (e.g., TiVo, DVD, VCR, switchbox, etc.), then attain trusty that maker is ordered on the correct signaling (e.g., switchbox on DVD, DVD on DVD w/ ‘TV/Video’ on the DVD player, etc.).
Same for sound, analyse the TV, switchbox, stereo, etc.
Despite modify having a aggregation of options, they narrowing pretty quickly. If I’m not sight my dvd contestant (assuming it’s on), I meet requirement to attain trusty the switchbox is on DVD and the TV is on switchbox. If the DVD contestant is display the TV steer (which in my housing is the TiVo), that strength be unclear (am I sight the TiVo or the DVD display the TiVo?), but it’s commonly pretty manifest if I meet verify the DVD to exhibit it’s schedule or something.
———— Remote
Also, having a beatific coupler far for every the devices is nice. One that is ‘learning’ (can notice signals from additional remotes and achievement them) and crapper do macros (a program of commands in a row) is nice. You crapper impact ‘watch dvd’ as a statement that sets the TV, switchbox, biaural and turns on the dvd player.
See http://www.thearmchairgeek.com/archives/2005/01/universal_remot.html
Just remember: represent and sound. Where are the reaching from? What are the options? What do I want?
Bear Cahill is a code organise in the Dallas, TX Atlantic and is the creator of Booples (www.theBooples.com) and the Video Exchange Community (VEC) (www.videoexchange.org)
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