How can this be done?

Here is my deal:

My TV is at one end of my house while my stereo is at the other end. My house is laced with old coaxail cable to put a tv in every room etc.

There is an unused coaxial cable that goes from the TV to stereo. I was thinking of using the coaxial out-put on the TV (the one that normally runs to the VCR) to run a signal to the stereo.

I already have the speaker wires run, I just need to run the signal wires. Is there a way that I can use the co-axial signal (which is L, R, and Video) and convert it to a standard RCA?

I don't want to run more wires because that is a pain in the butt, and the wires are already there. Can this be done?

 

i know there are converters out there that convert rca to coax, but i don't know about coax to rca

 

Aren't those one in the same?
Where can you get them?

 

ya they are out there..

dunno about loss etc.

also for stearo soudn would need 2 co-ax..

i got a bunch of those adapters somewhere.. but dunno where

 

Buy a cheap vcr and run the signal through it.

 

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if you convert co-axx to RCA.. its a single line..

it no longer carries left/right audio and video..

it will only do 1..

because its really just modulating those sounds into frequencies..

so.. for stearo sound.. you would need a dual co-ax run converted to rca

 

^^ But I would let the full signal run the length of the house, and at the other end I would like to use a convertor.

TV -> Co-axial out -> Signal through co-axial through house (this is 3 part still at this point L, R, V) then at the other end, convert to RCA and plug into stereo system.

I will do an on-line search for these things. I am assuming that something like this would need to have a power supply and that there isn't a strictly mechanical way to do the conversion. I'll see what I find.

 

Using the VCR as suggested before would be the best bet. You can just go pick one up for real cheap, and its not like you would ever use it. Just plug Co-Axx In, and then run the 2 RCA from the Output to the stereo.

 

could use vcr..

but would need to run rca's into vcr input then..

so the co-ax wouldn't be used as an rca cable.. simply as a co-ax line..

other then vcr.. i dont know of anything to modulate it..