Hello Tom. I bought one of these just a few days ago for my tv here in the office. I was able to hook it up myself but when I turned on the tv after switching it to chanel 3 and turned on the box there was no sound and I pressed all the buttons on the remote and the box and I couldn't get it to scan the chanels. So I had to wait till a friend came over and he briefly glanced at the manual and pressed a couple of buttons on the remote and it took off. We have 10 regular chanels here in Sacramento and it found 5 digital chanels. I bought my box at best buy and it's an Insignia. Radio shack, walmart and circuit city are also selling the boxes with the cupon program. I live on the first floor of an apartment building so an outside antenna is not an option. It works pretty well with my rabbit ears but I have noted some drop out on some of the chanels so I had to tweak the antenna to find the best signal. Lets say I am watching our chanel 10 here and I want their digital weather chanel. I just type 102 and that gives me the second chanel. All in all I am pleased with the box and it sounds great although my tv here in the office is just a small 13 inch mono set that I bought when I first married my wife in 1990. Depending on the model of the box you buy you may be able to get it running yourself but this one here is menus so be aware incase you do need sighted assistance. I was able to find the insignia manual online so the manuals should be available online in pdf format.
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/29/2008 at 3:58 PM Tom wrote: >Has anyone purchased any of the DTV converter boxes that are >available in the United States so an analog television set >can be used with the new DTV system? So far, it seems like >they all require a television set to be connected to them. >I'm hoping there might be, at least, a few that can be used >as a stand alone television audio only receiver. > >For those not aware of it, all analog television transmission >in the United States will be turned off next February. Two >forty dollar coupons can be obtained to help purchase two >analog to DTV converter boxes for those who can't or don't >want to buy a new television set. > >The original upper television channels were auctioned off to >telecommunication and other companies for something in the >order of eighteen billion dollars. Wonder if other countries >are doing something similar to this? > >Thanks, > >Tom > > > > >Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] djc's Jukebox: http://paulmerrell.net:9212 or http://sc8.spacialnet.com:22734/ Saturday Evenings 9 to midnight Eastern. My Journal http://livejournal.com/users/djc1 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I C Q Number Is: 4781694 Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
