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From: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Cable block converter problem
Message-ID: <31638@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 21 Jun 91 18:30:40 GMT
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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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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Eric Sheppard      Georgia Tech    |   "Of course the US Constitution isn't
Atlanta, GA                        | perfect; but it's a lot better than what
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