Analog to Digital Transition FAQ

reachrob wrote:

pulsar wrote:

reachrob wrote:


I don't have your setup, but the following is what I would try.

I too have no "distribution box". Can anyone answer the question of how to hook up a coverter without a distribution box??

Locate the cable that goes to the TV. The end away from the TV connects to something. Let me call that output A.

Disconnect the cable from output A and connect it to the converter output to TV. Connect a cable between the convert input and output A.

Tom

My cable connects directly from the TV to the antenna jack (the jack with the booster switch). As per your instruction that means I am connecting the converter box directly to my antenna jack. Is that OK?

Generally, yes. I guess some additional questions should be asked.

Does your converter have analog pass through? If not and you have a park cable TV input, then you would need a different wiring.

Assuming that your converter has analog pass through, then hook it up as discribed above. To watch cable tv, the converter should be off. (So would be the antenna booster.)

If the converter does not have analog pass through, but has both coax and composite outputs, the cable from the antenna jack should go to a splitter. One side of the splitter would go to the converter; the other side would go to the coax input on the TV. The converter would be hooked to the TV with composite cables.

If the converter box has only a coax output or the TV has only a coax input, then, coax from antenna jack to splitter. One side to converter, one side to B side of A-B switch. Coax from converter to A side of A-B switch. With booster on, converter on, and A-B switch in A position, you would watch over-the-air broadcasts. With booster off, converter off, and A-B switch in B position, you would watch cable TV.

As you see, without knowing exactly what your situation is, it is hard to give simple instructions.

Tom