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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: MTS and Zenith Z-Tac cable converter
Message-ID: <557@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 16:29:41 EST
Article-I.D.: nicmad.557
Posted: Wed Feb 26 16:29:41 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 03:57:51 EST
References: <525@tekcbi.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
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Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI
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Keywords: It appears to work

In article <525@tekcbi.UUCP> jimb@tekcbi.UUCP (Jim Boland) writes:
>After all the discussions we've had, I noticed that my Recoton 566
>MTS decoder works (in Portland on Rogers Cablesystems, at least)
>on the two stations which have mts stereo, CH8 and CH4.  CH4 is really
>CH2 locally that they moved on cable to reduce local interference. This is 
>on a Zenith Z-TAC converter.  I called the cable company and they don't
>know what I am talking about, let alone why or how it works.  But
>work, it does.  Note:  Those are the only channels that do.  They are
>not modulating MTV or anyone else this way.

Boy are you lucky.  All of the articles I have ever seen, cable people
are quoted as saying that the non-IF converters, of which the Zenith
Z-Tac is supposed to be one of them, will not pass the MTS information.

There is something going on here that just isn't right.
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