TV/Audio-Visual help needed !

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by mrerick

The "Yellow" wire carries "composite analog video" in Standard Definition.
The "White/Red" wires carry left and right channels of analog audio.

The Red/Green/Blue input is for analog component video, and can work in high definition.

If both TV sets and the cable TV box are connected to a cable TV connection, they should all be able to receive the non-encrypted channels (premium but not pay per view).

Marc -

Thanks for your reply! Using a Y-splitter after the converter box and to the two TVs, I can get simultaneous channels throughout the channel list (coax cable & coax Y-splitter). But the signal is seriously degraded (lots of pixelization). The upside is that I can control channel selection on both at the same time via the single converter box remote.

According to my TV set instructions, I should be able to slave a second set (or PC or VCR or DVD player) via the three-colored cable bundle. I just have no idea which port to connect the yellow cable to on the 'master' TV. There's too many ports and none are coded yellow.

I don't know enough about TVs to know if I can fry some component by hooking it up wrong, and that's one piece of knowledge I'll gladly stay oblivious to.

Right now, I have one TV receiving the converter box signal and the other receiving the basic signal.

A second converter box might be a cheap solution (only about $7 month) but then I'd either have two remotes to control them, or if it is possible, one remote controlling two stacked converter boxes. And a rats nest of cables.

It probably shouldn't be all that hard to slave the second TV to the first. I simply don't have the background to identify the leads/ports and the manual is not written for the average user (i.e., bored housewives).