Can you connect and view/record OTA broadcast and QAM clear analog cable at the same time? Is that why there are two RF inputs - Ant. & cable?
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Yes but there is a hang up. Our current cable provider has encrypted network (NBC,CBS,ABC) and public broadcasting (PBS) this past week as per "FCC regulations". Our cable company has provided without charge, a QAM decoder ( Evoltion Digital DM82004UHD) that covers all stations they transmit (including cable stations). This renders the OTA input unnecessary as it provides both 480i standard broadcast and 1080i HD broadcast.
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You can receive both ota and cable. Not sure what you mean by QAM clear analog.
534279
Yes, just plug the cable running from antenna into the unit. If you purchase a splitter you can go one cable into your t.v. and one into the unit. This will give you the ability to record and watch another channel at the same time.
1906119
Yes, just keep in mind that each time you split the signal of the antenna you weaken the signal that actual reaches the device (t-v, DVR, etc.). You can probably get by with a one-to-two splitter, but more than that and you need to think about getting an RF Amplifier that has multiple outputs, with your antenna connected directly to the RF Amplifier, and individual coaxial feeds from there to each device. I've learned this the hard way.
1209578
So I can hook up my basic cable directly from the wall and record what I normally see? Without the cable card? Can I record OTA HD channels with the proper antenae?
2089664
Yes. I have not tried diplexing cable & DTV, but its easy enough to test by hooking up the system(s) you want to use. My use was limited to DTV & outside OTA antennas with amplifiers, diplexing is an easy way to eliminate xtra wiring. In diplexing the signal inputs are combined, the outputs are separated. Hope this helps. Don
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If the local channels are clear QAM - then it may find them. To determine if the channels are in clear QAM, see if you can use a HDTV to tune to the channels. Sorry, don't have cable to verify if this module can tune in to the cable channels (versus OTA).
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yes you can record one channel while watching another if you have a direct connection to an antenna or cable drop.when using a cable box or external tuner you cannot.
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If this is the unit I have, I can not do that. I am 1100 miles from home but found this on Hauppauge Two analog tuners and hardware encoders:Dual built-in high quality hardware MPEG-2 encoders, so your PC continues to run at full speed while watching, pausing and recording analog cable TVDual 125 channel cable ready TV tuners built-in. With dbx-TV stereo decoder, for great TV sound.Built-in cable TV splitter allows you to make one connection to cable TV but watch and record 2 TV programs at the same time.Composite/S-Video and audio inputs, for cable or satellite set top boxes or VCRs. If this is the unit I have, I can not do that. I am 1100 miles from home but found this on Hauppauge Two analog tuners and hardware encoders:Dual built-in high quality hardware MPEG-2 encoders, so your PC continues to run at full speed while watching, pausing and recording analog cable TVDual 125 channel cable ready TV tuners built-in. With dbx-TV stereo decoder, for great TV sound.Built-in cable TV splitter allows you to make one connection to cable TV but watch and record 2 TV programs at the same time.Composite/S-Video and audio inputs, for cable or... » Read More If this is the unit I have, I can not do that. I am 1100 miles from home but found this on Hauppauge Two analog tuners and hardware encoders:Dual built-in high quality hardware MPEG-2 encoders, so your PC continues to run at full speed while watching, pausing and recording analog cable TVDual 125 channel cable ready TV tuners built-in. With dbx-TV stereo decoder, for great TV sound.Built-in cable TV splitter allows you to make one connection to cable TV but watch and record 2 TV programs at the same time.Composite/S-Video and audio inputs, for cable or satellite set top boxes or VCRs. « Show Less
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Although I do not have cable so I don't know for sure, Philips says that there is a QAM tuner built in. See: http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/cpindex.pl?scy=ca
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I recommend that you use a coaxial splitter to split the signal to the RF In on box and the DTV In on your TV. In my experience, loop though is the reason why so many, myself included, have had issues with recordings.
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Yes, on one pole I have a Clearstream 4 pointing one direction and a Clearstream 2 pointing another direction, both connected to a signal splitter in reverse (into the out connections), then into a signal booster and into the house. I did the same thing with two VHF antennas on another pole and I receive over 30 digital & HD channels without having to move the antenna rotor every time I change a channel. As we live in a valley between several broadcast antennas this was how I solved the problem and it works fine.
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This unit will not do what you want. It will allow a single cable to carry the satellite signal that goes between the dish and the satellite set top box plus one of almost any other TV or FM signal. The second signal can come from the output of a set top box, from cable tv or from an FM or DTV antenna. You generally need two of these, one to combine the signals on one end of the single cable and another to separate the two signals on the other end. If you are trying to combine DTV with the signal coming directly from the cable company, I don't know of a way to do that. Both signals are in the same frequency range so you would need an RF A-B switch to manually switch from one cable to another. http://www.amazon.com/RCA-VH71-Slide-Switch/dp/B00009W3F2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393281571&sr=8-1&keywords=RF+A-B+switch. If you are wanting to combine analog Channel 3 or 4 from the output of a cable box with the DTV signal, that can generally be done with a UHF/VHF combiner used to combine a VHF antenna with a UHF antenna. The DTV would go to the UHF input and the set top box would go to the VHF. http://www.amazon.com/Radioshack-Combiner-150-2586-Gold-Plated-Connectors/dp/B001VLPQ6K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1393281247&sr=8-2&keywords=uhf%2Fvhf+combiner.
525230
I don't have a Genie, but remember the AM21N has 2 tuners. So, I can record 2 OTA channels at the same time, or record one while watching the other. I don't see how you could get more than 2 OTA shows at a time.
995172
Yes, there is a cable input and selection on the input menu. In my case, my cable receiver box connects to this cable input.
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Only line inputs, not line outputs in channel 7/8. You can't record from the board and run monitors at the same time, only one or the other
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Look for or ask if you satellite box outputs clear-QAM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_(television) It's very likely that you will only get the broadcast networks. If you can plug the coax output from your cable/sat box into your TV and the TV doesn't have any special cable features like a cable card you should be able to use this to record whatever you could watch on the TV.
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The box doesn't know if you are watching the output from it or not. Thus, you can split the antenna signal with half going to the box and half going to an alternate antenna input on your TV. This way you can watch one show and record another. I don't have this exact box, but I have the HDMI output from the box going into my TV and the (split) antenna signal going in the coax input on the TV. Then by choosing the source: HDMI gets me the box output (whether live or playback), while ANT gives me the live OTA signal. Of course, this works because my TV has a built-in tuner and I am just using the box as a primitive DVR. Since you stated that your TV is newer, it most likely will have a built-in ATSC tuner.