XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In sci.electronics.repair, on Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:48:48 -0500,   
   Retirednoguilt  wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   No, it has both an analog and a digital tuner, and I have a   
   whatchamacallit to make the output analog.   That's one reason I bought   
   it, to get digital signals.   
      
   In a few minutes, I'm starting a new thrread about a couple   
   idiosyncracies of the item.   
      
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