From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

If I'm counting this right, couldn't you input the cable to the VCR first,
and from there via cable to the tv and 3-rca-thingy to the dvd? I've got a
similar mess of old equipment, where my vhs and dvd are connected by a
scart cable, so the dvd output goes through the vhs to the tv.


Antti Kurenniemi
(wanky pieces of shit if you ask me - but I'm not buying anything new right
now as we're (this country) moving into full digital tv next year)

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> Long story short.  I'm looking for a switch that has two TV cable inputs
> and one TV cable output.  I have one that I can switch physically.  I'm
> looking for one that I can switch using an IR remote device (like my
> channel changer).  Cheapness is a virtue in any suggested solutions.
>
>
> For those who need to know:  Short story long.
>
> I have a newish DVD recorder, a middle-aged VCR and an old TV.
>
> And I can get them to work co-operatively (after a fashion).
>
> My cable comes in and splits into cableA and cableB.
>
> cableA goes to the physical switch (which I want to replace).
> cableB goes the DVD (so now I can record tv shows).
>
> The DVD player has an output via one of those RCA (?) comm cables (you
> know, 3 wires, 3 plugs).
> The VCR player has a similar input.  So now I can connect the DVD and the
> VCR.
> The VCR has a 3-RCA-thingy output and...
> The VCR has a cable output.
>
> Sadly, the TV has only a cable input (well, antenna, too, but that's not
> important).
>
> So I connect the VCR cable output to the switch!
>
> If I just want to watch the TV, I set the switch so that the signal to the
> TV comes directly from the cable.
>
> If I want to watch the DVD (or the vcr), I set the switch so that the
> signal to the TV comes from the VCR which is also connected to the DVD.
> (I *could* always simply watch via this "chain" but then I
couldn't watch
> the TV when the DVD was recording -- unless I wanted to watch the same
> channel that is being recorded.)
>
> Everything works using remote gizmos.  Everything except the switch.
>

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