Post by Novel8I think I found the problem, but first to get back to your above question about ''vcr's output''. I have my cable output going to my vcr input and I thought by connecting a cable from the vcr ouput to my TV aux, i would get whatever channels cable offers. My TV manual makes no mention about having Qam tuner, at least, i could not find anything related to it. Now, the problem as I previously mentioned that I found was when i hooked up my OTA output to the TV Aux, i barely got anything, like I said other than CBS,ABC, WPIX and WNYC here in NYC. I realized that the OTA connection was only my VHF, not the UHF...so obviously, I would need the converter box in that situation, but I thought that being I had a later TV digital set, it would have the contents like the box would have to give me those channels..but its not giving me those channels. I have to drill a hole in my floor to get the uhf cable to come through so I could connect it to the TV aux and hope to get those channels that i
was getting once when i had the converter box connected. I do not want to use it again cause of lack of room, but if I know that I could remove it after autoscan it, that the channels would remain after disconnecting the box? Would you know that?
I can't answer your question because I believe we are having a problem
understanding each other. I assume that you are connecting the RF jack
on your wall, which provides your unprocessed cable signal to the RF
input on your VCR's RF input. If I'm wrong, please correct me.
If you are "viewing" your cable feed via the VCR's aux output, you've
obviously connected that output to your TV's aux input. The tuner that
is being used to process the cable signal is the VCR's tuner, not the
TV's tuner. Your TV is being used only as a passive monitor to display
the signal presented to the TV's aux input. You need to understand that
the only time the TV's tuner is used is when it is processing input
connected to the TV's RF (antenna) input jack. All the other inputs on
the TV enable the TV to display (as a passive monitor) various signal
formats your other equipment provides as output signals and the TV's
built in tuner is not in the signal path when viewing the signals coming
into the TV through HDMI, component or composite connecting cables.
I'm sure that the VCR does not have a QAM tuner. It amazes me that you
are receiving even one station with the hookup you;ve described. Forget
about VHF versus UHF. Unless the VCR is of 1970s vintage, it will have
both an analog VHF and UHF tuner built-in. Don't go drilling holes. No
need.
Please try this setup and see what happens:
Connect RF cable from cable wall jack to RF input on VCR.
Connect RF output from VCR to TV's antenna input.
Plug in but turn off VCR.
Turn on TV and go to the TV's setup menu.
Do autoscan for all cable channels analog and digital. Most digital
TV's have separate autoscan choices for cable and for antenna. Make
sure you select cable if the choice is available.
After autoscan is completed, make sure the TV's input is set to (may be
called CATV, cable, or rarely still labeled as ANT, depending on the
specific TV) and is not set to one of the HDMI, component or composite
(aux) inputs.
Manually use the TV remote's channel up or channel+ (however it is
marked) button to patiently scroll through EVERY channel selected by the
autoscan. On the digital channels, it may take 2-4 seconds on each
selection to determine if a specific channel is providing a useful
program or just noise.
Write down the full digital channel address of each program channel you
receive and the station ID so that later you can lock out the garbage
channels. You may also find multiple channels broadcasting the same
station. Sometimes those are really duplicate and sometimes some are
standard definition and some are high definition versions of the same
station. (You can determine that by checking your TV remote's "info"
button and check the signal resolution (e.g., 480, 720, 1080).
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