How to Hook up a Digital Converter Box to an Old TV
The digital broadcast transition completed in June 2009, and your teenage son just brought home a straight-A report card. Time to purchase that converter box and dust off the old TV sitting in the garage to set up in his room per your agreement.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Screw the TV antenna into the "Antenna In" jack on the digital converter box using the basic coax cable (screw in type). If you have an outdoor antenna, the coax cable connection should be running through your wall.
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Connect the digital converter box to your TV. Using either coax cable again or RCA cables, connect the cable to the video/audio "Out" jacks on the digital converter box into the video/audio "In" jacks on the TV.
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Set the TV to either the AV (also might be called input, TV/Video or device) setting that you connected into if you connected with the RCA cables, or channel 3 or 4 if you connected via coax cable.
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Tips & Warnings
Change the channels on your TV using the digital converter box remote.
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Comments
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phlyphish
Dec 31, 2009
Suddenly having to have two remotes to watch TV is a pain. I can't believe that I'm not seeing more complaints about this. Doesnt' anyone make a box that converts all channels simultaneously so we can continue using just one remote? i.e. using the TV remote to tune the converted channels on the TV instead of having to tune them on the converter box? -
Kim Marie
Dec 26, 2008
Can't wait to try this, but do not have an outdoor antenna. People say you don't need one. Guess I'll find out, hey?
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G-rod
Nov 18, 2008
I've connected my DTV converter box to my TV and followed the instruction carefully and all I get on the screen is the message " weak signal"? what do I do? does it mean that my antennae that is hooked to my old TV is not working? Do I need to purchase another Antennae?
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Kilogramm
May 15, 2008
Been hearing for the longest that everything was switching over to digital, guess this makes it official
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militops
May 14, 2008
Great tip!
