ok, that last answer totally blew my mind... dual is not a quality brand, and you need a MONO amplifier for subwoofers, not a 4 channel. A 4 channel is ~65% efficient, a mono class D amp is around 80% efficient. most 4 channel amplifiers do not have ...
I am assuming your trying to use the VCR as a tuner instead of the TV? Does the VCR have stereo outputs? If not, you will only get mono sound, even if you split it off to 1000 connectors and hook it up to 1000 amplifiers with 5.1 speakers on each.. i...
Get at Radio shack a single-RCA to dual-RCA cable. You can use it to go from mono to stereo and from stereo to mono.