needs help! connecting vcr

[youngbuck]

Hi there,
I know this is proabbly a silly question but I can't find it anywhere online. Can I connect the left/right outputs on my vcr (hooked up to TV, obviously) directly to the auxiliary or tape inputs on a regular home stereo reciever, or is the VCR output too high level? Why would I need an AV reciever for this, whats the difference between an AV reciever and a regular reciever? Thank you!!!

[Dusty Chalk]

(1) Yes, you can hook it up direcly to your aux or tape inputs.
(2) An AV receiver is usually multichannel; a "regular" (or vintage) receiver is usually two-channel (aka "stereo").

[Duane]

Most A/V receivers will also provide inputs for both the audio and video portion of whatever source you use whereas an older,standard 2 channel receiver has has inputs for audio only.And like mentioned above,they also provide for multiple speaker outputs for surround sound.Some people could care less about surround sound,so they use a standard 2 channel receiver for the audio portion.If your TV has audio and video input(s),it will most assuredly have an audio output.You could run your VCR audio/video to your tv and then the audio out from the TV to the AUX input on the receiver.That way,everything audio from your TV is coming out of your receiver.Just a thought...