FUCK!!!!!!!!!!
I am SUCH a girl! I cannot for the life of me figure out how to hook up my dvd player to the tv via the cable box (which I have to to get it to work).

I wouldn't mind, but I work in the PDA industry and tell people how to reflash their ROM, replace an LCD, how to tell if a trace is bad on the sync connector (charging port) etc.....
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 5:46, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

The internet knows.
www.google.co.uk/m?mrestrict=xhtml&eosr=on&ct=fsh&q=HOW+TO+CONNECT+DVD+PLAYER+WITH+CABLE+BOX
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 6:15, Reply)

Believe me No3l
been through all that. I'm just a girl.

I called my (20 year old) co-worker, and he's coming over after work tomorrow to fix it for me.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 6:37, Reply)

Bless ya.
I have a friend who calls me regularly for the most trivial computer advice, such as:

'My wireless mouse isn't working.'
'Is the bright red light on the bottom working?'
'No.'
'Have you considered changing the batteries?'
'It has batteries?'

Hell knows how she thought it was powered before.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 7:25, Reply)

The cable box will probably have a SCART input
So I'd guess you need a SCART lead.

If it's not a fully wired one the auto-switching over thingy might not work. (technical language eh?)
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 9:01, Reply)

Yeah mine is through SCART
and it overrides the cable box once it's turned on - my telly is old though.

I've noticed on some newer tellys, you have to go through the AV options to find the input you want.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 9:15, Reply)

One of the pins in the SCART lead is wired for the changeover signal
So when you turn the cable box on, it will flip the TV to its AV channel, then when you turn the DVD player on it's effectively changing the cable/Sky box to its own AV input channel, which it then outputs to the TV.

Some boxes/DVD players don't output the signal but this is pretty rare, most TVs should receive it. If the channel isn't changing over automatically then the problem is most likely the lead not having the right pins wired, as I stated above.

Thinking about it now I'm more awake though, I'm not sure an American DVD player will have SCART. Composite video is more common over there I think.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 9:23, Reply)