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From: phil@sivax.UUCP (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.tv
Subject: Re: Stereo TV Decoder?
Message-ID: <177@sivax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 16:54:47 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 14 16:54:47 1986
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> 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.
> +---------------------------+

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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
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