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How to Hook Up a PS3 With a TV Adapter

The Sony PlayStation 3 comes with the ability to connect to a TV via a provided composite cable with AV jacks or via an HDMI cable. Many older TVs only have a single coax input port on the back, to which the TV antenna is attached. You need to use an adapter called an RF video modulator to hook up your PS3 to this type of TV.

Things You'll Need

RF modulator
Coaxial cable

Instructions

- 1
  Attach the single end of the PS3 composite cable to the "AV Multi Out" port located on the back of the PS3.
- 2
  Attach the yellow video jack from the other end of the composite cable to the matching port on the RF modulator. Connect the red and white audio jacks to their matching ports on the RF modulator, in the same group as the video port.
- 3
  Plug an RG-6 coaxial cable into the single port on the TV. Plug the other end of the coaxial cable to the antenna out port located on the modulator.
- 4
  Switch on your TV. Switch on your PS3. Tune a TV channel so that it receives a signal from the modulator. Play your PS3 on the older TV.

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