Newbie hook-up question

I hope somebody can help me.

I am having trouble hooking parts of my system up.

I have:

Marantz SR7300 A/V Receiver
Sony KDE-37XS955 HDTV
Motorola HD cable box
JVC HR S5902U VCR
Panasonic DVD RV32

I want to record and playback VHS can somebody help with a schematic?

Right now I have
1. all digital audio is running to 7300
2. component running from cable box to TV
3. the DVD (component) running to the TV
4. the RF is running to the VHS
5. the VHS (S-video) running to the TV

Is this correct? Should I be running the RF to the VHS at all? My cable
provider doesn't support HDMI yet. Should any video be running trough
the 7300? I am using a harmony universal remote to control as much as
possible.

ANY help is appreciated.

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I hope somebody can help me.

I am having trouble hooking parts of my system up.

I have:

Marantz SR7300 A/V Receiver
Sony KDE-37XS955 HDTV
Motorola HD cable box
JVC HR S5902U VCR
Panasonic DVD RV32

I want to record and playback VHS can somebody help with a schematic?

Right now I have
1. all digital audio is running to 7300
2. component running from cable box to TV
3. the DVD (component) running to the TV
4. the RF is running to the VHS
5. the VHS (S-video) running to the TV

Is this correct? Should I be running the RF to the VHS at all? My cable
provider doesn't support HDMI yet. Should any video be running trough
the 7300? I am using a harmony universal remote to control as much as
possible.

ANY help is appreciated.


I've found that running the video through an A/V receiver is unnecessary,
just use the TV inputs instead.
It's probably a lot more work, but you could try it both ways to see which
is easiest to use.

As far as the RF into the VHS, that's good... it's required actually to do
any recording.

I think that RF is where I was having the question.

To play a video I would use the S-video out and connect it to the TV or
the A/V, correct?

As many times as I have hooked a stereo system I am having a major
brain cramp on this and none of the owners books are helping.

Thanks so far. ;-)

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I think that RF is where I was having the question.

To play a video I would use the S-video out and connect it to the TV or
the A/V, correct?

Yes, either way.


As many times as I have hooked a stereo system I am having a major
brain cramp on this and none of the owners books are helping.

You're not alone.

But your system should be working okay the way you described it.


Thanks so far. ;-)

On 23 Sep 2005 08:30:14 -0700, "bmitd67" wrote:

I hope somebody can help me.

I am having trouble hooking parts of my system up.

I have:

Marantz SR7300 A/V Receiver
Sony KDE-37XS955 HDTV
Motorola HD cable box
JVC HR S5902U VCR
Panasonic DVD RV32

I want to record and playback VHS can somebody help with a schematic?

Right now I have
1. all digital audio is running to 7300
2. component running from cable box to TV
3. the DVD (component) running to the TV
4. the RF is running to the VHS
5. the VHS (S-video) running to the TV

Is this correct? Should I be running the RF to the VHS at all? My cable
provider doesn't support HDMI yet. Should any video be running trough
the 7300? I am using a harmony universal remote to control as much as
possible.

Suggested hook up below. This is based on other posts where you said
your receiver has component vid switching.

Raw cable: split raw cable with a 75 ohm 2-way splitter with one leg
to the VCR antenna in and the other to the HD box. Note: if the HD
box has a bypass cable out, you can connect that to the VCR rather
than use the splitter.

HD box: Component vid out to receiver input. Digital audio out to
receiver input. Composite vid and L/R analog audio outs to VCR A/V
inputs.

VCR: Composite vid and L/R analog audio outs to receiver A/V input,
like VCR1 or Video1. RF out to TV antenna in.

DVD Player: Component vid out to receiver input. Digital audio out to
receiver input.

Receiver: Component monitor vid out to TV. Composite monitor vid out
to TV.

This setup will allow you to record from the box with the VCR aux
input (al least any channels that are downconverted to the composite
out) as well as record analog nonscrambled cable stations with the VCR
tuner. You'll be able to watch nonscrambled analog cable stations
with the TV tuner while recording from the box or recording from the
VCR tuner. You could also watch any stations output from the box
while recording with the VCR tuner.

Gary E
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Thanks Gary