How to watch TV through VCR? (1 Viewer)

[todd<>C]

My TV does not have outputs and I want to be able to watch cable tv in surround sound. I am currently trying to run it through the vcr, but i am not getting any picture or sound when i switch it on the vcr to watch cable through it. is it possible to do this?

 

[ChrisWiggles]

How do you have things connected? I have a TV hooked up through the VCR, and get sound to the stereo as follows:

Cable into the VCR, then Cable out from the VCR to the cable IN on the TV. Then I run the audio outputs from the VCR to the stereo, and use the VCR as the TV tuner to change channels. You may need to hit a TV/VCR button or some such to get the VCR to take control, so to speak.

 

[todd<>C]

thanks. i figured out what it was. i forgot to set the channel memory in the vcr after it was unplugged for an hour.

 

[Ed Moxley]

it is a stereo vcr..........right?

 

[John S]

Yes, the VCR has to be Hifi Stereo to provide surround sound.

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

You’ll have to keep in mind that very little TV programming has true surround sound. The best you usually get is surround sound for the music track, and occasionally some L-R panning of the action. Action pans from front to back are virtually non-existant. However, you can expect better envelopment from broadcasts of theatrical movies.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt