johnnymk

I am getting Dish TV through ALLSAT next week and want to run it to the projector I recently bought. I don't have a TV in the room where I will put the ceiling mounted projector.

I can use a VCR as a tuner. Correct?
The audio will be available without an amplifier. Correct? I haven't figured which speakers to use yet. This will be a temporary setup until I hook up an amp and surround sound.

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gwilks98

I don't see why you couldn't use a VCR as a tuner. (That's how I use mine at home) Just use the RF OUT connection on the back. If the projector doesn't have an RF IN spot, you'll have to check your VCR to see if it has an RCA component video OUT

If the projector has built in speakers, the feed from your RF cable should carry audio, but would you really want to listen to TV like that? Otherwise, you'll need speakers and an amp.

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InfiniteNothing

To answer your question, the answer is no, you can't tune satellite channels from your VCR. The signal is encoded.
JMK, your satelite will come with a decoding box. From that box you'll output to your projector using a set of 3 bundled RCA cables (or for improved picture the best connector they both have)


If your projector doesn't have audio in then you need to pull the yellow cable off the bundle and connect that to the projector and connect the red and white ones to your audio reciever.

My question is why do you want the VCR in the mix? Trying to add over the antenna TV stations? Trying to watch video tapes?

Either way, if you want to add a VCR to the mix you're going to connect the VCR to the satalite box using the cables above. You'll use the satalite box to switch between TV viewing and VCR viewing.

gwilks98

I stand corrected. I thought he meant use his VCR to receive local stations via antenna and add it to his projector.

ufcrusher

Psst...qwilks98....it would not be component cables. Its composite. Component video is RGB. Composite is your standard 2 audio 1 video feed like infinitenothing pictured. Almost every vcr will have composite in and out as its a better signal than the standard coax-RF output/inputs.

I think the concern was over the fact that he didnt think that the sat box could connect directly to the projector. Most probably because he was thinking it would be a direct coax connection rather than a set-top box. (But that is conjecture). Either way, you will just want to direct connect to your projector via the highest level input you can utilize.

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bachviet

The DN receiver comes with DVI (HD only), component (HD only), S-video, RCA, and coax connections so I don't see a problem here.

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gwilks98

Argh...I always screw that up. I know the difference between the two, but still call them by the wrong name. I swear I'm related to GW Bush somehow.

johnnymk

I don't have another TV to use as a tuner. Just the 32 inch in the bedroom which I don't want to move to the living room. That's the reason I wanted to use the VCR.

And the projector only has video inputs.

bachviet

Thus use the video inputs to connect the projector to the receiver so I don't quite see the problem.

InfiniteNothing

The answer is you don't need the VCR. Remove the middle man.

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johnnymk

Well, the installer ran the line to the VCR from the Dish box and then to the TV. But I am sure he didn't have to. The VCR is "Off" while changing the channels. So I am still not sure if the Dish box is changing the channels through their remote or if their remote is changing the channels through my TV. I think it's the former.

EDIT: I am using the TV in the bedroom until I figure what I am going to do next.

ufcrusher

He ran it that way so you could record shows if you wish. The box is doing everything. In fact, it would have been better to run composite cables rather than the coax...but the coax doesnt require the equipment to be powered up in order to use others in the sequence. (I.e. - VCR doesnt need to be on with coax, yet it would need to be on with the composite cables.)