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By thebigandy
How to Hook up a Digital Converter Box To an Old TV
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If you are not tech savvy, this will let you know how to setup your TV for the digital transition.
First you need to connect the TV antenna into the antenna in on the digital converter box. This is the basic coax cable (screw on type).
Next, you will need to take the TV output from the converter box into the back of your TV. You will have the option of using the RCA cables (red white and yellow) of the coax cable out (screw on type).
Lastly, you will need to set the TV onto either the AV (also might be called input, TV/Video or device) setting that you connected into if you connected with the RCA cables. If you connected with the coax type cable, you will need to have the TV set to channel 3 or 4 depending on the box.
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etronics said
on 9/12/2008 If you're looking for instructions on how to hook it up to your VCR, visit http://www.dtv.gov/publications.html. This is the official FCC site and they have more advanced instructions.
grannygear said
on 6/15/2008 I have searched and searched trying to get the information on how to run the converter box through the VCR to the TV so that I will still be able to use it to record, but I have not found that answer anywhere. It's almost like they don't want to tell us that a piece of equipment that we own will be useless even if it is still good. The government should have to buy them all back from us, or at least subsidize the stores so that we can trade them in for a DVR. Sheesh.
rdp13 said
on 6/8/2008 After you hookup your convert box to an old tv .how can you add a VCR or DVD recorder .to the box and the TV. I purchased a magnavox tb100mw9 with no instruction on how to do this thank you bob parker at rdp1333@sbcglobal.net
Kilogramm said
on 5/15/2008 Been hearing for the longest that everything was switching over to digital, guess this makes it official
militops said
on 5/14/2008 Great tip!