Connecting a VHS recorder (VCR) to a computer requires an analog-to-digital converter box available at electronics stores and online retailers. The box transforms analog data from the VCR into a digital format your computer can understand. Now you can transfer all those old VHS home movies to your computer for editing and burning to a DVD, or you can transfer video files from your computer to the VCR for recording on a VHS tape. Once you have the converter, connecting the equipment takes only a minute.
Instructions
1. Turn off all equipment.
2. Plug the RCA cables into the output jacks on the back of the VCR. The yellow plug connects to the video input; white and red plugs connect to the left and right audio jacks.
3. Connect the other ends of the RCA plugs to the corresponding jacks on the analog-to-digital converter box.
4. Connect one end of the USB cable to the port on the converter box and the other end to a free USB port on the computer.
5. Power up the equipment and insert a prerecorded VHS tape into the VCR for digital conversion and uploading to the computer.
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