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To: HKMk23; NoCmpromiz; NicknamedBob; Dead Corpse
OK, Guys. I am at a total loss. I have tried two separate NEW DVD players, using either HDMI or A/V cables and I cannot get the TV to cooperate and let me watch movies.

Tomorrow, I will call the cable company and see what they can do, but for now, I feel like a real dunce. NEVER have I NOT been able to hook up a DVD player and watch movies.

Any suggestions?

5,668 posted on 04/23/2019 11:50:05 AM PDT by Monkey Face (For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.)
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To: Monkey Face

Without looking at the thing(s) I’ll posit one guess. Does your TV have a ‘settings’ mode that you can access from either the front panel or the remote? Sometimes you have to go into the settings to ‘turn on’ certain aux inputs.

Of course, if you had it connected and it worked before you moved I have no idea what would have changed.


5,670 posted on 04/23/2019 12:39:58 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Monkey Face

Byte blasters at 20 paces???

SRSLY, without pictures of:
The back of the DVD player
The back of the TV
The alien being on your roof

I can’t really be of much help.


5,671 posted on 04/23/2019 1:54:55 PM PDT by ArGee (I trust people with freedom more than I trust government with power.)
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To: Monkey Face
"NEVER have I NOT been able to hook up a DVD player and watch movies. Any suggestions?"

You're probably connected, but you may not be selected.

It used to be that you had to switch to TV channel three to use games and videos, but nowadays you'll likely have to use the remote and press the "select", "source", or "input" buttons.

You might want to have your second device playing when you do this to let you know when it switches over, and to what "source".

5,673 posted on 04/23/2019 3:28:05 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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