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09 3rd, 2008| 
DTV converter box
You will not be able to watch your “old” TVs unless you have a converter box or buy a digital TV that has a tuner installed.
It may vary according to the brand name you buy. Mostly they work the same but there may be some differences. The type of remote I have is a Tivax STB-T9. You must be able to already receive the old analog channels. If you can not receive channels using an antenna you probably will not be able to receive any digital channels either. Next, disconnect your antenna (Coax) cable from a coupler. If the wire coming from your antenna still has the old two wire hook-up it will not work. You MUST have coax cable and preferably the kind you need for digital signals. You must be able to connect one side to incoming and the other to the outgoing connector of the converter box. If you do not understand this concept it would be better to get somebody that does. Once you connect the cables you need to select the channel you want to use for the digital signal. The switch is located on the back of the converter box. I selected channel 4. Now use your normal TV remote and change your station to channel 4 (or the one you selected). You will NOT be able to see any channels yet. Take the remote that came with the converter box and push the button that says menu. You should see a selection that says something like Auto Tune. Push the select button on the remote of the converter box. It will start searching for channels in your area. This may take quite a while. In my case I ended up with 4 channels more than I did have. It should be ready now. Use the remote that came with the converter box. The “new” remote will be used to select all channels from now on. The remote for the TV will only be used for turning the set on and off and to adjust the level of sound. The converter box sound should be all the way up at all times. If it isn’t it will be almost impossible to adjust the sound without loud hissing. I’m sure this is not all the answers for everybody. I can only hope somebody will ask me questions. If I don’t know I will find out.
If you buy a digital TV that has a tuner installed you will not need the converter box. If you have cable or satellite you will NOT have to worry about any of this.
Here is an extremely good link that should help you out: DTV info
To see the type of antenna you need click here
