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RobertA1
Reel Rookie
2 years ago

Use of Roku with older TV having only mono RCA audio input

Seeking to add Roku to an old TV which only has coax, RCA composite video and RCA mono audio inputs. The reason is that the TV has a built-in VCR player, which are hard to come by these days.  This T...
TV & Player Setup
RobertA1's avatar
RobertA1
Reel Rookie
2 years ago

Problem is that much of the large library of VHS tapes are commercial and copyright protected, so can't dub to DVDs.

The stereo to mono RCA converters, as noted, provide 2 mono RCA outputs but would be using only one.  Not sure if this is an electrical no-no, leaving one output unloaded.  

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makaiguy
Community Streaming Expert
2 years ago

RobertA1-

I would think you could just combine the two stereo outputs into one using an RCA "Y" cable.