Connect TV Coax Cable to HDMI Port? (converter, HDTV, channel)
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My dish box has 2 outputs. The #1 TV has an HDMI cable going to the master TV. The 2nd cable is a std. coax (not HD) and goes to TV#2 upstairs. I just bought a new "smart" TV for upstairs and would like to connect the coax to the new TV's HDMI port. Is there an adapter that will work? I'm not trying to upgrade the signal to HD, but rather just want to be able to use the HDMI port.
The TV DOES have a coax input, but that is already in use with an antenna for local channels. I don't want to keep switching cables, hence the need for a second place to input the signal.
My Sat Dish cable requires the TV to be tuned to ch 73, which is non existent. If I use that antenna switch and do a search I DO get the local channels but not 73. So, that works ok but the dish won't at all.
If I scan with the antenna off, 73 DOES come up, but nothing else, so then the dish works and the antenna doesn't.
There is no way to manually enter channel 73.
I can have one or the other, but I want both. Somehow I have to use a second port and the HDMI is what's available.
My Sat Dish cable requires the TV to be tuned to ch 73, which is non existent. If I use that antenna switch and do a search I DO get the local channels but not 73. So, that works ok but the dish won't at all.
If I scan with the antenna off, 73 DOES come up, but nothing else, so then the dish works and the antenna doesn't.
There is no way to manually enter channel 73.
I can have one or the other, but I want both. Somehow I have to use a second port and the HDMI is what's available.
So - sounds like you need a tuner box that takes coax as its input, can receive channel 73, and has HDMI as its output.
Thanks to all. I have the suggested tuner from Amazon on order. The wife wanted a small item as well, but it wasn't worth the shipping charge, but the 2 items together qualified for free shipping.
My Sat Dish cable requires the TV to be tuned to ch 73, which is non existent. If I use that antenna switch and do a search I DO get the local channels but not 73. So, that works ok but the dish won't at all.
If I scan with the antenna off, 73 DOES come up, but nothing else, so then the dish works and the antenna doesn't.
There is no way to manually enter channel 73.
I can have one or the other, but I want both. Somehow I have to use a second port and the HDMI is what's available.
It's probably too late but there are other ways to do this.
One obvious way is to change the RF channel on the dish receiver. You don't have to use 73, you can choose just about any channel.
The dish technician should of done this for you.
You can also manually enter 73 from the remote and it should tune it in assuming the dish receiver is on and broadcasting on that channel.
Seems ludicrous to have to buy an extra piece of equipment for this.
TV #2 (the one I'm trying to fix), by default, uses channel 73. The tech set it that way per the manual. However, he said that I could change that to anything above 73 if I wanted to.
Channel 73 itself has been eliminated everywhere from broadcast, so it won't come up when doing a channel search scan.
In my area, there are no local channels available above 73, so the scan gives me no other option, thus changing the dish receiver to another number won't do any good.
The TV itself won't allow a change to any channel that didn't already come up in a scan. The TV I'm replacing would allow a manual input from 1 to 99.
TV #2 (the one I'm trying to fix), by default, uses channel 73. The tech set it that way per the manual. However, he said that I could change that to anything above 73 if I wanted to.
Channel 73 itself has been eliminated everywhere from broadcast, so it won't come up when doing a channel search scan.
In my area, there are no local channels available above 73, so the scan gives me no other option, thus changing the dish receiver to another number won't do any good.
The TV itself won't allow a change to any channel that didn't already come up in a scan. The TV I'm replacing would allow a manual input from 1 to 99.
I think you missed my point. There are no regular broadcasts on channel 73 which is the reason the dish receivers use that one. The "broadcast" I was speaking of would be coming from the dish receiver itself. It has to be on and active on that channel for your TV to pick it up when you scan. Similarly, even if it wasn't on when doing the scan, you can turn your dish receiver on for the 2nd TV, it should start to broadcast on that channel and then you should be able to punch in 73 on the remote. Some modern TVs do not let you tune in to a channel unless there is a signal, some do. Also, just be aware, you will not get HD using a coaxial cable. I don't know if that'a important. In order to get HD you would need to get what you were asking for to begin with. This is it and it's a bit pricey.
There may be cheaper options but for this price, I would just have them do another cable run and receiver for the 2nd TV if I really wanted HD. Problem solved but a little more per month for the extra receiver.
Bottom line, you should not need another tuner to do this.
What service, is it Dish Network and what kind of (model) receiver is it?
then you should be able to punch in 73 on the remote.
Very few remotes have numbers nowadays. I think that's what's going on here.
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