ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) (06/22/91)
A few months ago my cable block converter suddenly stopped converting.
(A block converter, as you know, shifts the cable frequency bands into the
UHF band for your TV to tune.) I can tune in only a small portion of the
channels I used to, and those I can receive are marginal at best.
However, when I put the cable company's box back on the same line, the
screen is crystal clear and the company's converter can tune all the
channels. So, I figured the block converter must have taken a voltage
spike or something, and got another. This new box has the same problem!
Any idea what might be causing this problem? My regular box is a
Scientific Atlanta 8530. My cable-compatible TV and VCR can also
receive the channels clearly, but these older models cannot receive all
the cable channels. I hoped the block converter would do the trick for
my VCR.
Eric
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