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Originally Posted by gary_580
huh? you need an aerial to be able to do this. Connecting the aerial to the STB and then to the video serves no purpose. It might as well go from the aerial to the video.
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The STB adds its RF signal to those received by the aerial such that the VCR and eveything beyond that can receive the cable channel as well as the standard terrestrial channels.
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Originally Posted by gary_580
 why does an aerial need to go into the STB, out of the STB, into the VCR, out of the VCR, into a splitter and then to the TV. Surely you can put the aerial and RF output of the STB direct into the VCR and miss out the loss of the aerial goping in and out of the STB.
I was just suggesting that all the splitters and amps and losses in and out of devices could be whats affecting it |
Technically, the aerial does not go into the STB but is mixed with the RF signal coming out of the STB by a powered block on the back. So this should not be an issue.