Connecting and old DVD player to a new TV...

summereire

Hi, I have a TV with inputs like this:

http://i.rtings.com/images/reviews/x750d/x750d-inputs-side-medium.jpg

...and I'm trying to connect an old DVD player to it. The obvious way would be with the scart connector on the TV, but as it's mounted flat to the wall there is no room for the cable.

I noticed there is a yellow input on the TV that says video in, what type of cable does this take? I tried one of these but can't get it to work:

https://www.kenable.co.uk/images/psg00666_kenable_ltd.jpg

Ideas much appreciated!

The Ritz

Can you tell us the exact make and model of TV ? I can't see a yellow video input in the first picture you posted
In general, you need a cable with a red, white and yellow RCA connector - like the plugs in the second picture you posted, and a scart adaptor with similar leads or sockets if your dvd player doesn't have the same three sockets on it. The red and white are stereo sound and the yellow is composite video. If this does't make sense to you come back and I'llpost a link to the type of cable/adaptor you need.

Ritz.

summereire

Thanks, the little yellow input is labelled 'video in' and it's near the middle of the image. Year I don't have those yellow red blue inputs on the TV, just the scart which I can't use because of the TV mounting, and the yellow video in. I suppose I could also get some sort of HDMI adaptor but that seems complicated- I'm guessing because the yellow one says video in it should do it. It's about the size of a headphone jack.

The Ritz

Sorry - your answer is confusing - there are audio left and right (Red and White) and component video (Red Green and Blue) connectors, (but no SCART socket) in the first image you posted - I suspect that one of the video sockets in the image doubles up as a composite video input but without the make and model of TV I can't check to help you.




Ritz.

summereire

Thanks. It has a scart, not in view on that image, and it has the inputs shown in the picture above. It does not have the other connectors you described. The TV is a Sony KD-43XD8099. My main question is what the 'video in' function is, shown yellow on that image, as it would seem that I should be able to use this with the cable I linked to above or something like it.

The Ritz

Ok, short answer is the lead you referred to in your first post is the one you need, see the manual for your tv here https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/res/manuals/4593/45934571M.pdf page 10.

Connect the red white and yellow plugs to you DVD player, plug the single plug into the socket indicated in the manual, it's the single socket beneath the hdmi sockets on your tv named video in.

Ritz.

Kintarō Hattori

Plus a scart to 3 x RCA adapter.

summereire

Thanks! Yes that's what I've been trying, but it doesn't come up at all. I have it on the appropriate video-in channel, turned on, all connected. Perhaps something is wrong with either the cable or the TV then (I tried the DVD elsewhere). I wanted to check to make sure I was using the right type of cable.

Kintarō Hattori

summereire wrote: »

Thanks! Yes that's what I've been trying, but it doesn't come up at all. I have it on the appropriate video-in channel, turned on, all connected. Perhaps something is wrong with either the cable or the TV then (I tried the DVD elsewhere). I wanted to check to make sure I was using the right type of cable.

If you have a scart adapter, some of them have an input/output switch on them so make sure that's set correctly.