Instruction: Answer the given question by extracting information from the supporting document.

Input:
Question: VX560 SONY I Have an old tv will this machine still hook up to it with the other types of cables?
Document: I can use cables from the 595HF to the line inputs of the VX500 for importing the signal from the stand alone player to the recorder and I do get an acceptable, if unremarkable, copy. However, what was the point of purchasing the dual deck in the first place since it cannot be used for its intended purpose?Interestingly, my first RDR-VX560 broke down after copying only twenty or so movies. The deck would no longer finalize the discs.
It is 3 years old now and still going strong!
No disaster here.I am a previous owner of a Sony RDR-VX535. This upgrade definitely has some advantages over my old one. Good machine.
Please avoid this product! I bought it primarily so I could 1) copy over my old VHS tapes, and 2) be able to record from TV. The TV recording is fine, but the tape dubbing is terrible! Apparently the VHS head in the machine is low-quality, because each tape I played always has fuzzy sound and snowy artifact - just enough to distract from the video itself -- and it shows up on the dubbed DVD.
THIS PRODUCT DIED AFTER ONLY 6 MONTHS! It simply FROZE and the remote refused to work. Since you cannot even turn the machine on without the remote, it's now completely useless. Unplugging the unit for 24 hrs didn't help, resetting the remote didn't work. I don't have the box or receipt to return it so the laugh's on me.I wanted this DVD/VCR combo for myself (no kids use it or feed it peanut butter) to play old VHS tapes and to transfer family videos to DVD.
I've used this model machine since if began manufacture. I've recorded thousands of films from my dish satellite box and hundreds of old vhs tapes.
It shouldn't be that hard to hook up a "plug @ play" component. That's the reason for 3's in ease of use @ compatability.
This recorder does everything it promises and does it well. I wish it had a built in tuner option, but I knew what I was buying, so I can't complain. It's on screen menus are easy to navigate. My use so far it minimal, so I still have a little bit to figure out.
Remember that this model does not have a tuner, so you can't record by just hooking it to a coax cable. If you have a cable box, just run the A/V cable connections (Video and Stereo Audio RCA connectors)from the output of the cable box to the input of the SONY.
Unfortunately, I own two of thse units. They both have the same problem. The unit freezes while playing commercial DVDs that play perfectly on other players including other Sony models. Sony is aware of the problem with the 500 series (check the Sony website), AND SONY CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS SAID SONY DOES NOT HAVE A FIX. The reality is this: If you buy this unit, the Sony warrenty is WORTHLESS because they can not fix the unit and cannot offer any remedy.
Answer: No it has no cable input.  But there are converters available with a coax cable input & RCA type outputs.They usually run about $25.