Help installing a universal system selector.

MikesPizzaShack · 02-15-2010, 06:34 PM

hey guys so i got a universal system selector that is a few yrs old but should still work since i have a standard tv still. sadly i have lost the instructions and im trying to find out how to install this so i can have all my systems hooked up to one box thats connected to the tv. anyone know anything about how to do this? ive checked all over the web and i cant find anything.

*Spitfire* · 02-15-2010, 06:38 PM

I had one of these from Radio Shack I got it a few years ago. If it works like mine does you just plug the RWY*Red, White, Yellow* cables into the output slots and then that connects to your TV. The rest go in front of the switch you want to use. Good system to save slots on your VCR/DVD Recorder.

Hope that helps.

MikesPizzaShack · 02-15-2010, 06:42 PM

well i know about the colored cables, what im not to sure on is what tv cables go into the other parts. there is a tv and a antenna/rf out port. now i also have a cable box to add to the mix. with the cable box, the cable from the wall connects to the box, then the box has a 2nd cable that then goes into the tv....

**ThirdMarioBro** · 02-15-2010, 10:59 PM

Posting pics would be helpful. Every setup is different.

*Roseangelo* · 02-15-2010, 11:02 PM

It sounds like you're making it more complicated than it is. You should really only have to do what Spitfire said. If that doesn't work, pictures are a good idea.

**Krang** · 02-16-2010, 02:32 AM

If your TV doesn't have yellow, red, and white inputs that look the same as the ones on the universal system selector, you won't be able to use it without an RF modulator. In that case, you would plug both the cable box output and the selector output into the RF modulator, and the output of that would go to your TV.

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02-15-2010, 06:42 PM	#3
MikesPizzaShack Hench Mutant Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 466	well i know about the colored cables, what im not to sure on is what tv cables go into the other parts. there is a tv and a antenna/rf out port. now i also have a cable box to add to the mix. with the cable box, the cable from the wall connects to the box, then the box has a 2nd cable that then goes into the tv.... __________________ Hey Check out my Site WWW.TheFanriot.com and our podcast The FanRiot on iTunes!!!! "Welcome to Mikes Pizza Shack! You order the pizza and I eat it."

02-15-2010, 10:59 PM	#4
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	Posting pics would be helpful. Every setup is different. __________________

02-16-2010, 02:32 AM	#6
Krang Admin and Sega Guru Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Dimension X Posts: 3,755	If your TV doesn't have yellow, red, and white inputs that look the same as the ones on the universal system selector, you won't be able to use it without an RF modulator. In that case, you would plug both the cable box output and the selector output into the RF modulator, and the output of that would go to your TV. __________________ "My motherboard's microchips are chomping at the... 'bit'. A little computer humor." --Krang, Welcome Back, Polarisoids

02-15-2010, 11:02 PM	#5
Roseangelo Emperor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 9,120	It sounds like you're making it more complicated than it is. You should really only have to do what Spitfire said. If that doesn't work, pictures are a good idea.