Question About PS2

Andrew D. Gable · Apr 3, 2003

Can I hook this thing up through my DVD player? I have one of those adapter box things from a few years back, when I had my DVD audio fed through my stereo. I'm digging some of the games on it.

John Crichton · Apr 8, 2003

If the DVD player has audio & video inputs, yes. If not, no.

heldenhammer · Apr 8, 2003

I ran my PS2 through my VCR to minimize connections and, predictably, I ran into problems playing DVDs because of the Macrovision copy protection.

If your DVD Player doesn't have the right inputs (or any inputs) then go to Radio Shack and pick up an A/B Switch. They sell all kinds of different ones and you should be able to find one that has the right connections.

drothgery · Apr 8, 2003

Originally, I did that because my TV only had a coax (cable TV style) input, which made the DVD capabilities worthless (and my VCR is old, so I wasn't getting stereo sound that way either).

I bought a new TV a bit later, so now I've got the Xbox (which is my primary DVD player) on the component input, the PS2 on S-Video, and the GameCube on the front RCA jacks.