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From: sjm@sun.acs.udel.edu (Steve Morris)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: MTS stereo modulation
Keywords: TV MTS stereo cable
Message-ID: <5443@sun.acs.udel.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 89 18:37:15 GMT
References: <2095@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU> <1989Nov22.163530.3425@ns.network.com>
Reply-To: sjm@sun.acs.udel.edu (Steve Morris)
Organization: University of Delaware
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(John Logajan) writes:
>In article <2095@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU> phil@calvin.spp.cornell.edu writes:
>>I have an opportunity to purchase a friend's TV.  Being a fairly recent
>>TV, it has MTS stereo decoding capability.  However, this feature would
>>be useless if my cable company doesn't pass along stereo information on
>>those channels it carries.
>
>There are two ways (that I know of) to take a broadcast channel and stick
>it on a cable.  One ...[converts the broadcast frequency to the
>appropriate cable channel frequency.] ... This method is
>known as frequency conversion and would leave the MTS signal intact.
>
>The second method is to extract the actual video and audio information
>and then remodulate it onto the cable frequency.

I was selling TVs a few years ago when MTS was beginning to become an
issue in buying a TV. The local cable company had not upgraded their
transmission system for stereo, but people in the area who had cable
were reporting that the MTS light was coming on. and sure enough they
were getting stereo. Since the cable people were of no help it sounds
like you may have to do some research on your own. Check with anyone you
know who is on the same system and might already be getting stereo
programming. The other possibility, depending upon the size of the TV, 
would be to hook it up at your place to see if you get a stereo signal.

Steven


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