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Posted by Worn Out Retread on April 16, 2008, 9:29 am
> gfretwell@aol.com wrote in
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>>>AND,AFAIK,no converter now on the market can be programmed to turn on
>>>and tune to a programmed channel;they have to be set up and left ON
>>>until the program is over.
>>
>> A lot of VCR/DVD recorders have a "blaster" that will send IR codes to
>> a set top box or converter.
>>
A digital Personal Video Recorder (PVR) can be programmed just like a VCR to
turn on, change channels and record the desired program. They have two
tuners so you can watch a different channel if you like or you can record
two programs at the same time.
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Ron P
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cheap and easy
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Posted by Jim Yanik on April 16, 2008, 12:07 pm
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>> gfretwell@aol.com wrote in
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>>>>AND,AFAIK,no converter now on the market can be programmed to turn
>>>>on and tune to a programmed channel;they have to be set up and left
>>>>ON until the program is over.
>>>
>>> A lot of VCR/DVD recorders have a "blaster" that will send IR codes
>>> to a set top box or converter.
Has anyone been successful at doing this with a coupon-worthy DTV converter
box?
I know the DTVboxes have only been available for a short time.
I'm wondering if the IR codes the VCR/DVD recorders use are current enough
for the newer DTVboxes.My Hitachi VCR has the IR 'blaster',but I haven't
gotten the manual out to see if it will set up the DTVbox.
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> A digital Personal Video Recorder (PVR) can be programmed just like a
> VCR to turn on, change channels and record the desired program. They
> have two tuners so you can watch a different channel if you like or
> you can record two programs at the same time.
>
so what's that got to do with DTV converter boxes?
Of course,you could buy one of those PVRs instead of 2 converters,but
probably at a much higher price.
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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
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Posted by Tom Del Rosso on April 16, 2008, 8:19 pm
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>> AND,AFAIK,no converter now on the market can be programmed to turn
>> on and tune to a programmed channel;they have to be set up and left
>> ON until the program is over.
>
> A lot of VCR/DVD recorders have a "blaster" that will send IR codes to
> a set top box or converter.
But since the TV, VCR, DVD, cable box, each have unique codes, the converter
probably does too, and existing VCRs probably wouldn't know the codes.
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Posted by Jim Yanik on April 16, 2008, 9:03 pm
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>>
>>> AND,AFAIK,no converter now on the market can be programmed to turn
>>> on and tune to a programmed channel;they have to be set up and left
>>> ON until the program is over.
>>
>> A lot of VCR/DVD recorders have a "blaster" that will send IR codes
>> to a set top box or converter.
>
> But since the TV, VCR, DVD, cable box, each have unique codes, the
> converter probably does too, and existing VCRs probably wouldn't know
> the codes.
>
>
My Magnavox TB100MW9 DTVbox manual mentions using "set top box" codes used
by satellite or cable boxes to control the DTV converter,but a fairly new
(yr old) universal remote(non-"learning") I have would not talk to the DTV
box.Perhaps newer universals,particularly the more expensive ones,would
talk to the DTVboxes,and be programmable.
My much older Hitachi VCR has the "IR blaster" feature,but I have not yet
tried to use it to activate and control the DTV box.
I suspect it too will not talk to the DTVbox.
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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
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Posted by Paul MR on April 17, 2008, 3:24 am
Jack wrote:
> Still waiting for my guvamint coupons, as well as a new TV antenna
> later today, but in the meantime .... I assume that if I want to
> program & record a show, the converter box should be attached to the
> VCR for recording, and if I want to watch a program thru the TV itself
> rather than watching thru the VCR, the converter should be attached to
> the TV. Is that your understanding?
Has anybody received coupons yet? I requested ours about 2 months ago.
Paul MR
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