Please help in connecting my Portable DVD Player to my TV?

Confuzzled

I'm tech savvy so I know what I'm doing usually when it comes to electronics. I also checked this site to make sure I was doing it right (http://www.ehow.com/how_2214499_hook-up-portable-dvd-player.html).

I have a Panasonic portable DVD player model # DVD-LS855. On it is an AV port, in which I plugged in a 3.5 audio/video cable. The other end of the cable splits into 3 (red, white, yellow) cables. I plugged those into the TV (corresponding red, white and yellow ports) labelled Video 2 Input. Then I turned on the TV and set it to TV Video Input 2.

I hear sound but am not seeing any video! I have tried the same thing on TWO different televisions with 3 different 3.5 AV cables!

I called Panasonic technical support and after half an hour on the phone with this guy, he could not figure out the problem and why I'm not seeing the video on my screen.

Anyone have this problem and could offer some help?

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1st, try connecting another source to that Video 2 input on the TV (maybe a cable box or similar). This will determine if the TV is working properly. If it is, try changing around the red, yellow, and white wires. Plug the red wire into the yellow jack, etc... Different DVD players are sometimes wired differently inside.

If that doesn't work, check the settings on the DVD player itself. Look through the menu screens for anything that might be related to the 'A/V Output' or composite output. Maybe it is disabled by default and needs to be turned on.

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You may be able to find some sort of converter, but the way I would do it would be just the way you said it: from DVD player to VCR to TV. If your friend doesn't have a VCR, I would see if the converter exists before you start looking for a VCR.

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This Philips video switcher sounds like what you want. It has several inputs and would automatically switch to your game or DVD player when you turned one of them on.

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This Philips video switcher sounds like what you want. It has several inputs and would automatically switch to your game or DVD player when you turned one of them on.

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It must be a universal, "learning" remote.

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Older TV sets usually don't have the audio/video hookups needed to run DVD players on. I had a Zenith 25 inch TV that was the same as yours. If you want to watch DVD's on an older TV, you will need to get what's called an RF Modulator. You can find these at electronic stores, such as Radio Shack, or stores like Wal-Mart and Target. They cost from $20-$30 dollars, but will provide you the audio/video hookups needed to run your DVD player through your existing TV set. Don't run the DVD player through your VCR, as DVD's have what's called Macrovision to keep people from making copies of DVD's. The DVD will not play right if you do this. Get the RF Modulator, and you'll be o.k.
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