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How to Hook Up a Playstation to the Back of a DirecTV Box

When Sony released its PlayStation console in 1995, it was one of the first consoles to successfully make use of the CD-Rom format. Even though it used a new game format, the PlayStation still used composite AV connectors to connect the system to a television. These AV connectors can be routed through a VCR, cable box or satellite receiver, allowing you to connect your console to your television even if the AV inputs are already occupied. Plugging a PlayStation into the back of a DirecTV box is just like connecting one to the back of a TV, requiring only the AV cable that came with your system.

Instructions

- 1
  Plug the A/V adapter that came with your PlayStation into the proprietary A/V output port on the back of the console.
- 2
  Locate the red, white and yellow A/V input ports on the back of your DirecTV satellite receiver.
- 3
  Plug the red, white and yellow plugs on the A/V adapter into the red, white and yellow A/V input ports on the back of your DirecTV satellite receiver.
- 4
  Plug one end of the A/V cable that came with your DirecTV receiver into the red, white and yellow A/V output ports on the back of the DirecTV receiver.
- 5
  Plug the opposite end of the A/V cable into the red, white and yellow A/V input ports on the back of your television. The PlayStation is now connected to the back of the DirecTV satellite receiver and ready to be used.

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