Yes, i have a toshiba SD-7000 dvd player and a Zenith big screen tv how do i hook it up i have the jacks i bought it a while back but for got how to hook it up again i have a cable box hooked up form the cable place to my tv though

Read the manuals. How about using component, s-video, or composite?

i tried s video only video shows no sound then i have video jacks on the bck of my tv yellow red white then i tried something else only sound plays

i can't find many details about the dvd player, so i'm assuming it's a basic standard definition one.

If you're not worried about quality, the simplest way would be to use a SCART connection (the long one with lots of pins, 21 if you want to count), otherwise use composite video with stereo audio, which would use three normal RCA jacks (yellow for video, red and white for audio).

since you mentioned s-video, you can use that for the video, and then the red and white for the audio.

one thing to note is that you're not really in the right place...this forum is mainly for custom installers and professionals. for simple tech help you should try an electrical store or phoning up toshiba themselves.

You need to plug in the red and white audio cables in addition to the S-video. S-video carries video only - no audio.

Or you could use the yellow-red-white composite connections.


He's in exactly the right place. There's nothing that says this forum is for only custom installers and professionals.

The Custom Installers Lounge is intended for CI's and pros. The rest of the forums on this site are for anyone, and this question, however simple the answer may be, is very appropriate for this section of the forums.

My bad - i didn't actually look at which forum we were in - sorry for any offence caused and all that!

ok i found what ya were talking about the so i am getting some where let ya know when it plays i joined toshiba on line owners manuals look up your product and get the owner's manuals sd 1700

so i need a s - video jack wow

i found out ya can go 2 ways yellow red white or s - video hook up

buckwheat,
this totally correct response from mattweb shows why it helps if you to put some information in your profile as to where on the planet you are, whenever you join a forum:

mattweb is in the UK and they have SCART connectors and cables there. They don't exist in the US, or at least the cables are hard to get and I haven't seen a TV with one for several years.

Thanks for the clarification Ernie...because I was totally confused by that too. I've never heard of that connection.