# Why can't I record sound on my DVD recorder? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 20, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-record-sound-on-my-dvd-recorder/460714 "2008-08-20T20:15:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-record-sound-on-my-dvd-recorder/460714/1 "2008-08-20T20:15:22Z")
I’m trying to set up my Toshiba D-R410KU DVD recorder and everything works except I can’t record sound. I have an S-Video cable running from the satellite box/dvr(VIP622) to the back of my DVD recorder, and an S-Video + RCA audio cables running from the back of the DVD recorder to my TV. My manual says I need to run audio cables from the back of my satellite box to my DVD recorder, but there is no audio output from the satellite box. WTF??? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-record-sound-on-my-dvd-recorder/460714/2 "2008-08-20T21:12:40Z")
[QUOTE=I\_Know\_Nothing] there is no audio output from the satellite box. WTF??? [/QUOTE] Yes there is, it’s just not located directly adjacent to the S-video port. Over to the left of the S-video OUT port on the VIP622, you’ll see some “out” RCA jacks. From images I’ve found on the web, it appears that right next to the vertical green/blue/red row of component video connections, you should have three more RCA ports, yellow/red/white. Those are what you’re interested in. Run another pair of RCA cables from those red and white connectors to the corresponding audio-in ports on your DVD recorder (you don’t need to hook up the yellow connection, because that just carries video, and you’re using S-video for the video signal) and try it again. Or, there’s also an optical audio connector port right above the S-video port, if you have an optical cable and your DVD recorder can take in optical audio; I’m betting it can’t, but you never know. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-record-sound-on-my-dvd-recorder/460714/3 "2008-08-21T06:22:52Z")
OK. I finally got around to tearing open the back of my parent’s home entertainment system and it works. Thanks.