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adding WII and DVD player to the set up
I have U-verse with a smart TV, a WII and a dvd player. Can someone please tell me how to hook this up so that I don't have to keep unplugging the WII or DVD player to switch the RCA cables going into the TV?
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aviewer
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The STB connections are output only - no input.
If the WII does not have a coax output, I believe there used to be converters composite to RF (coax) - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=composite++to+coax
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rra
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It is a 40" Class (40.0" Diag.) LED 5300 Series Smart TV - Samsung
It has RCA (Y/R/W) Pr,Pb, 3 HDMI and DVI Audio in
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rra -
I guess I should have asked what input needs to be shared, so you have to plug/un-plug.
Connect the U-verse STB HDMI.
If the DVD has HDMI use it. Or, component (3 video, 2 audio) or composite {yellow, red. white}
What does the WII have? HDMI is first choice, then composite, then COAX RF.
The only conflict I see is if the composite and component share the Yellow jack you could run out of inputs. The specs there is one of each, but they could be cheating & share. Meaning you can only use one or the other.
If you have such a conflict - Get a composite switch & connect the DVD & WiI to the switch.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=composite+switch
If you do not need the switch you select the input via a TV menu. If you use coax for the WII set the TV tuner on analog ch 3. With the switch you would have two settings to change.
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The WII nor the DVD have HDMI...only RCA, which is what I have been plugging/unplugging when swithing devices. The STB is connected to TV via COAX. I will look into getting the switch. Maybe the simplest solution is to move the WII to another TV....
.....you would think with all of the connections on the back of the u-verse box they would make one of them capable of taking the dvd player.
Thank you for the information 🙂
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