jaxom@hpda.UUCP (Lance Saleme) (01/10/86)
I've got a stereo, VCR, and non-stereo TV...what I'd like to do is find a stand-alone Stereo TV decoder. If anybody out there knows of a decoder that they could recommend please forward the model/maker to me in mail. The "logical" solution would be a decoder that would accept the signal from my VCR's tuner and pull out the audio so I could forward it to the stereo while passing the video along to the TV. I've looked around and gotten nowhere with this configuration. Seems that the decoders on the market expect your TV to have an MPX out on the back that can feed into the decoder OR (worse yet) actually gets the audio portion of the signal from the stray RF comming out of the TV itself. Everybody in the stores agreed that the only thing the decoder really needed is the video signal tuned to the station I want to watch, but none of the decoders have anticipated the tuner not being a given component of the TV (i.e. if you have a seperate tuner you must have a Sony Profeel or TV with MPX out built in). <sigh> Thanks in advance for your recommendations, Dragonrider "When all else fails...change the rules." +---------------------------+ | {ucbvax!hpda!hpitg!jaxom} | My opinions are my own since my employer | that's all I know. | would never admit to knowing who I am. +---------------------------+
doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) (01/13/86)
> I've got a stereo, VCR, and non-stereo TV...what I'd like to do is > find a stand-alone Stereo TV decoder... > > The "logical" solution would be a decoder that would accept the > signal from my VCR's tuner and pull out the audio so I could forward > it to the stereo while passing the video along to the TV. The basic situation is this: the stereo information on TV signals (MTS) is provided as supersonic information in the audio signal. The audio range for the stereo information is from about 15 KHz to about 50 KHz. I'm sure you've noticed that the audio response of your average TV and VCR is sadly lacking even in the audible range, so there's no way you're going to get a 50 KHz frequency response on any set which wasn't intended for MTS stereo. There are at least two brands of MTS stereo "tuners" that you can connect to your stereo system. Radio Shack sells one, and a number of stereo/TV stores sell one made by Recoton. These connect to your TV antenna (*not* cable TV, few cable systems provide 50 KHz audio) and to your stereo amplifier. They have a tuning knob to select the channel. Unfortunately, the reports I've heard about both have been less than enthusiastic. -- Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {hardy,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug
phil@sivax.UUCP (Phil Hunt) (01/15/86)
> I've got a stereo, VCR, and non-stereo TV...what I'd like to do is > find a stand-alone Stereo TV decoder. If anybody out there knows of > a decoder that they could recommend please forward the model/maker > to me in mail. > > The "logical" solution would be a decoder that would accept the > signal from my VCR's tuner and pull out the audio so I could forward > it to the stereo while passing the video along to the TV. I've looked > around and gotten nowhere with this configuration. Seems that the > decoders on the market expect your TV to have an MPX out on the back > that can feed into the decoder OR (worse yet) actually gets the audio > portion of the signal from the stray RF comming out of the TV itself. > > Everybody in the stores agreed that the only thing the decoder really > needed is the video signal tuned to the station I want to watch, but > none of the decoders have anticipated the tuner not being a given > component of the TV (i.e. if you have a seperate tuner you must have > a Sony Profeel or TV with MPX out built in). <sigh> > > Thanks in advance for your recommendations, > > Dragonrider "When all else fails...change the rules." > +---------------------------+ > | {ucbvax!hpda!hpitg!jaxom} | My opinions are my own since my employer > | that's all I know. | would never admit to knowing who I am. > +---------------------------+ *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ** Yes, Sony makes a Stero decoder for about $120. It plugs right into your steroe system and your stero audio in on the VCR, allowing Record and Audio dub to be used to record a stereo track with your video picture *