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From: jimb@tekcbi.UUCP (Jim Boland)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: stereo broadcasts
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 13:45:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 24 13:45:22 1986
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> 
> I was thinking of buying the stereo tv receiver from radio shack 
> I have cable, so the easiest way to hook
> it up would be to run cable from the remote tuner to it (so the stereo
> tv receiver would always be tuned to Ch. 3).
> Would this work?  
Probably not as most cable converters have a CH3 or Ch4 modulator in them
which are not stereo.  The cable industry is not ready for stereo.  
Before you purchase the receiver, You should call your cable company and
ask a knowledgable technician if it would work with their system.  There
is no standard as far as cable companies go and the easiest way to find out
if yours is stereo compatible is to call them.

> Also (i know this will probably be different with many cable companies,
> but...) do cable companies that broadcast station in FM simulcast (e.g. MTV,
> Movie Channel, etc..) also broadcast them in stereo for the radio shack
> device to pick up?

NO

The only guarantee (??) you get for using the R.S. (or other) decoder is that
it will work if you connect it to an outside antenna and pick up the stations
over the air.  Of course, it will only work on those stations actually 
broadcasting in stereo.

With cable, all bets are off.

Note:  FM simulcast is NOT stereo TV.