Using a DTV converter on TWO tv sets????

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I got a DTV converter that has both the RF output that goes to the tv
antenna connection, and has the AV (RCA connectors) output. I was
wondering if I could connect the RF output to one TV and the RCA plugs
to another?

Actually what I really want to do is put one to the TV and the other
to my VCR, so I dont need two converters.

Will this work?

Thanks

LM

 

[David Nebenzahl]

I got a DTV converter that has both the RF output that goes to the tv
antenna connection, and has the AV (RCA connectors) output. I was
wondering if I could connect the RF output to one TV and the RCA plugs
to another?

Actually what I really want to do is put one to the TV and the other
to my VCR, so I dont need two converters.

Will this work?

Should work fine. The outputs are completely different from each other
and independent (i.e., using both will not affect the loading for the
other output).


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Should work fine. The outputs are completely different from each other
and independent (i.e., using both will not affect the loading for the
other output).

Great. That solves the hassle of two converters which would need to
be different brands to avoid "remote wars", and yet another remote to
fuss with. I dont use the VCR often for recording from tv, but once
and awhile there is something on the news that I want to record, or
like on Sunday I kind of wanted to record the Superbowl.

I know I could feed the tv from the vcr too, but sometimes that can
get way too complicated, because I'd have to cope with 3 remotes, and
after a few beers, who knows what mess I might end up with/ <lol>.

One of the biggest losses of Analog tv will be that I wont be able to
get tv "skip" anymore. I have gotten stations from as far as 500
miles away. Mostly on very hot summer days, and it was not uncommon
to get stations for several days in a row from a large city about 200
miles away. Whenever the local stations came in poorly, I knew I'd
get those distant stations. Especially on those hot days. Digital
wont be as much fun that way.

 

[rush14]

I got a DTV converter that has both the RF output that goes to the tv
antenna connection, and has the AV (RCA connectors) output.  I was
wondering if I could connect the RF output to one TV and the RCA plugs
to another?  

Actually what I really want to do is put one to the TV and the other
to my VCR, so I dont need two converters.

Will this work?

Thanks

LM

Also realize that the output of the DTV converter will be outputting
the same TV channel to both your TV and VCR. It's not like you can
watch one channel on TV while recording a different channel on the
VCR.

Rush

 

[William R. Walsh]

Hi!

One of the biggest losses of Analog tv will be that
I wont be able to get tv "skip" anymore.

Actually, you might. I did.

It was the first time I ever experienced the concept.

One of my Zenith converter boxes found--for a short while--some TV
stations from hundreds of miles away. I was only able to receive them
for a short time, but when I could watch them, they came in well. My
timing was amazing, I happened to rescan for channels exactly during
the "window of opportunity" where I could receive those distant
stations.

The only thing is finding them...some converter boxes only let you
scan for channels and tune int only the ones that were found. Others
will happily take any channel number typed on the keypad from the
remote whether they found a signal there or not.

As another poster pointed out, you can connect two different devices
to your converter, one with the RF output and the other with the
composite. Since there is only one tuner, however, both devices will
play the same program.

William

 

[Spamm Trappe]

I got a DTV converter that has both the RF output that goes to the tv
antenna connection, and has the AV (RCA connectors) output. I was
wondering if I could connect the RF output to one TV and the RCA plugs
to another?

Actually what I really want to do is put one to the TV and the other
to my VCR, so I dont need two converters.

Will this work?

And, how did it work out when you attempted it?

Sheesh!

 

[David Lesher]

Great. That solves the hassle of two converters which would need to
be different brands to avoid "remote wars", and yet another remote to
fuss with. I dont use the VCR often for recording from tv, but once
and awhile there is something on the news that I want to record, or
like on Sunday I kind of wanted to record the Superbowl.

A) Some converters feed both at once. Some let you switch. My DTX9950
coax output is the raw input, if I've chosen the composite output.

B) I often want to record something OTHER than what I'm watching. So I
have:

__
\/
|
|
\==[DXT9950]===[Insignia]
\_to TV \_____to VCR

The remotes don't interact....

 

[Jeroni Paul]

Actually what I really want to do is put one to the TV and the other

to my VCR, so I dont need two converters.

Will this work?

That's the usual solution. However many receivers do not have RF
modulator anymore but have two Scart outputs, one for TV (that outputs
the auto-switching voltage and optional RGB output) and one for VCR
(that does neither). They are independent as fas as loading the signal
so they can be both connected at the same time. Of course you cannot
record one program and watch another at the same time.

Actually the initial idea was that the receiver would allow signal
input in the VCR Scart and behave as a bypass when set to standby (so
that you can view your VCR through the existing scart cables using
only one scart from the TV) but I have found many cheap ones do not
behave properly. The other way around is more reliable, a VCR with two
scart sockets acting as a bypass for a DTV receiver.