Video out

[DougC]

Blastenfrog,

The only reason you would need to use an RF modulator is in the event you need to do one of the following:
1. Hook up multiple TV's to a single video out cable, i.e. you need the RF to convert the signal from RCA or Svideo to coaxial then run through a splitter.
2. You have an Svideo output on your video card and no svideo input on TV.

Anything beyond this usually can be worked on to avoid the RF. There are also connectors that will convert the Svideo signal to RCA in a single wire (no power supply needed) but I am not sure of the video quality once converted. They sell these at radio shack as well.

[u]AMPS:[/U]
Hooking the computer up to your amp: I may be a little confused here, as you mention 3 RCA outs to your tv's. Does this vocopro amp have a video switch built in to bypass the RF modulator or video switch? If so then you should definitely be able to use that just as you are now.

Your sound will run out of the computer via the 1/8" jack, 1/4" jack, or RCA out jack depending on the type of sound card you have installed or built on to your computer. These can all be converted to one another with a simple cable from radio shack again.

It looks like everyone's advice has surely led up to several possibilities and I hope that what I have now added just sugar coats it. If you have any additional questions you are more than welcome to ask them here, or you may call me personally on x201 (find full number on home page).

Regards,

Doug Cox
MTU

[Nitecat]

Radio Shack also sells a 4-way A/V Distribution Amplifier box that takes RCA or S-Video in and allows you to split out to several TVs using RCA or S-Video. (This is for someone who does not need to split out to a TV using coaxial.) I use this amplifier box and really like it. See the following website for information:

http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=15-1172

Also, in order to have less stress on the plug-ins of the unit, I buy small adapters that I leave in each slot I am using and plug my RCA cable in and out of those each time. This saves on the wear and tear of unit if you were to pull the plugs in and out of the unit every time. I also leave one of these adapters in the plug-in on my TV to save wear on that too. See the following website for the adapters I use:

http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=274-915

I prefer sticking with RCA myself and have only used coaxial a couple times when I had to use an old bar TV that only took coaxial. An RF Modulator would need to be used then.

Hope this helps some. I would love to hear others ideas on all of this.

Nitecat Karaoke

[DJYale]

The only reason you would need to use an RF modulator is in the event you need to do one of the following:
1. Hook up multiple TV's to a single video out cable, i.e. you need the RF to convert the signal from RCA or Svideo to coaxial then run through a splitter.
2. You have an Svideo output on your video card and no svideo input on TV.

3. If, as in my case, you don't have RCA out from the video card.

[Rmeszaros]

I have used the RCA video out jack from my computer straight to my karaoke palyer, but when I tried it to the TV at the club I'm playing at, the video wouldn't display. So I'm trying a devise called "Leap Frog" I purchased at Circuit City. It commects to the computer and then to any video device using its own transmiter and receiver. I'll let you know how it works.

[George]

DJYale,

The last I knew Radio Shack carried an S-Video to RCA adapter for around $20.00.
My ATI Radeon card came with such an adapter.

If you don't have a Radio Shack handy you should be able to come up with one on line.

If you have an RCA video input on your t.v., that should be all you need.

George