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Home Theater in-a-box was popular in the late 1990s through the early 2000s. Sony, Yamaha, Onkyo, Denon all made units with built-in
DVD players while top of the line units had external DVD players. These HTIB units offered composite and component video and surround sound
speakers including subwoofer. Audio/Video Hookup Diagram HTIB, VCR, Satellite TV receiver, TV, Game, A/V switch The components in this setup consist of a TV, a standard NTSC VCR, a Home Theater in-a-box, a Game such as Sony Playstation, an HDMI switch box if your TV does not have enough HDMI inputs and a digital satellite receiver. What capabilities do you want out of the cable configuration? 1) You want to watch television provided by the satellite TV receiver. 2) You want to watch DVDs from the Home Theater in-a-box. 3) You want to be able to record a TV show from the satellite receiver on the VCR. 4) You want to be able to play a game on the SONY Playstation. 5) You want to be able to play a VHS tape. 6) You want to be able to listen to the AM/FM tuner in the HTIB. The hookup: You need the following cables: 1 RF coax cable. 3 RCA A/V cables X 2 3 HDMI cables 1 Optical Audio cable Description: Just watch TV. The satellite TV provides the receiver for TV shows and is connected to the VCR so TV shows can be recorded on VHS tape. If the satellite receiver has a RF OUT, you could connect a coax cable to the VCR VHF INPUT so that the VCR would not have to be powered on while watching TV. Select LINE 1 INPUT on the VCR to get satellite TV which will be passed thru to the TV which will need to be set to channel 3 or 4. Just watch VHS tape. To play a VHS tape, you can select on the TV either channel 3 or 4 or you can select the VIDEO LINE INPUT to use the HTIB. Select the proper LINE INPUT on the A/V switch to select the VCR. Record TV on the VCR. Select a channel on the satellite tuner. If the program is High-Definition you cannot record the High-Def signal on a standard NTSC VCR or standard NTSC DVD recorder. However, the satellite tuner will convert the signal and output to the lower resolution standard definition jacks such as composite video. Connect a RCA composite video cable and two analog audio cables (red and white) from the SAT tuner's RCA outputs to the VCR's RCA line inputs. (Not shown in the diagram) Yellow to yellow, red to red and white to white. By connecting these analog audio and video cables from the satellite receiver all the way through to the TV, you can record to the VCR and watch on the TV. You must select the proper LINE INPUT on the VCR and the TV. Watch DVD-Video or listen to CD using Home Theater. The good thing about a HTIB with a DVD player is you only need to connect the loudspeakers and the TV which are usually already connected. Set the TV on VIDEO LINE INPUT. To listen to a CD, all you need is the HTIB. Play a game. Select the GAME INPUT on the TV. Select HDMI VIDEO LINE INPUT on the TV. Hookup Diagram  The VCR must be set to accept the input from the SAT receiver. Select LINE 1 (L1) input. Switch the TV input to the VCR connection. The optical audio connection from TV to HTIB will output audio from the TV source to the surround speakers. Select the TV Sound Output for Optical instead of the TV speakers. Columbia ISA Audio Video |