Cable TV not working
Hi: I have an old TV, around 2000 I expect. I was at a campground that had cable TV but I could not get it on my old TV. The OTA TV aspect worked fine. I wonder if the TV was not equipped for the ...
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Saint Augustine wrote:After selecting CATV, did you run a scan for the channels? If you ran a cable directly from the Campground connection to your TV and it still didn't work there can be only 4 reasons.
Did use the menu to select CATV. Did bypass the converter box that is used for OTA. That probably means I don't have a connection with the input on outside of mh. Thanks for helping me clarify next steps.
Bob
1. The Campground's connection is not working
2. The Campground requires a converter box from the cable company
3. Your cable is defective
4. Your Television is defective or has the wrong settings selected
The digital vs analog posts here are mostly misleading. The change from analog to digital was in the way the signal was transmitted by the local TV stations antennas. It has nothing to do with how your television handles the signals from the Cable TV. Digital will only effect Cable TV if the cable company has digitally encrypted their cable feed which would require a proprietary converter box from the cable company. That box would decode the signal and send a new signal that is compatible to your television. That signal sent from that converter box would be the same as the signal campground cable systems send now.
