2 replies to this topic

[Atariboy]

Is there an adapter that will convert a coaxial cable to a composite cable? The cable television signal is a coaxial jack so I apparantly need some form of adapter to hook it up to this.

Trying to hook up a new combo DVD/VHS player to a standard definition television, but for some reason it's lacking the traditional coaxial input on the rear. Has composite, s-video, and component, but no coaxial jack.

Edit - Went the old VCR route for now to convert the signal, but would love a standalone adapter rather than keeping this half broken VCR hooked up just to change a coaxial input to composite.

Edited by Atariboy, Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:15 AM.

[retrozoneorg]

There is no conversion cable as the signals are different. You would need a decoder with composite out to connect to that tv. Or you could do a composite out modification on the console itself.

I don't know of any easy ways out of this problem.

Edited by retrozoneorg, Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:58 AM.

[Video]

There are lots of options in any price range you could want to convert from Coax to AV, or composit, or Svideo. Pelican Accessories makes some boxes, those are what I use. I'm just wating for a HDMI switchbox that isn't in the $50+ range now.