How do I hook up an older television to a digital cable box without a coaxial?

United States
October 23, 2011 6:32pm CST
I have this older television that has the white input and the yellow input in the back, but the coaxial is broken. My mom bought it from the thrift store with only $10 and it has a blue screen but no picture, can anyone help?
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@agent807 (751)
• United States
24 Oct 11
If the cable box has s composite A/V jack in the back of it (should be three jacks, red white and yellow), then you can connect the two with a composite A/V cable (some have three plugs on each end some have two). It's just color matching at this point, yellow for yellow (this is the video signal), and white for white (this is the left audio channel). If you have a cable with a red jack also, don't worry about it, since the TV only has yellow and white The red jack is for the right audio channel, and is found on stereo TVs. Then set the TV to the input channel the box is plugged into and you should be able to watch TV from there. Hope that helps.
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• United States
24 Oct 11
The television is one that is made with a vcr inside of it. I tried this evening to do just that, the problem is, it only shows a blue screen. I am not sure it will work with a modulator box. I do appreciate your input and I will try just that.