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   From: HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com   
      
   On 11/24/2024 11:29 AM, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 23 Nov 2024 11:58:11 -0500, Clare Snyder   
   >   
   > Finally got it out and in another room saw that indeed thhe panel light   
   > went on, though dimly.  And it appeared to play, and the foot meter   
   > advanced when it did.  And the DVD drawer opened and shut with the   
   > remote. Ugh, I hope I didn't drag it out of the shelf for nothing.   
   > Connected a TV, and no picture.  Ah, but that's becauze I connected it   
   > to Signal In, not Out.  Still no picture. Ah, that's because no antenna   
   > Pound a twist tie about a foot long, stipped off a half inch to the wire   
   > underneath, still no picture.  So it's broken, just like I thought.   
   >   
   > Except now, I wonder. a 12 inch wire would have been plenty for analog   
   > tv.  Is digital on a lower frequency, longer wave length that would not   
   > work?   Or must signal strenghth be higher?   
      
   Micky, as I recall, that device had an old NTSC (analog TV signal) tuner   
   in it.  You many need to find an old digital to analog converter box and   
   put that between the antenna and the antenna input of the Phillips   
   device. I'm not surprised that you couldn't tune in an TV station on a   
   TV tuner that only receives analog TV signals.  You must not have used   
   that DVDR since before the implementation of digital TV broadcasting.   
      
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