A Motorola digital cable box is used to changed an analog television to digital viewing. The cable box needs to be connected to a receiver such as a roof antenna and then to the television. The television then has to scan the box to locate signals that it can receive.
The digital cable box is now a necessity if you want to watch cable television. The digital cable box operates by converting and unscrambling satellite signals into a screen that transmits them as digital images. They can be bought at department stores fairly cheap and are now common household items.
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A Sky Digital box is a type of cable box. It is an HD cable box that records television shows that you set for it to record. It can hold up to 60 hours of HD shows.
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The LG LHB335 only has an optical digital inputs. If your cable box has an optical digital output, connect it to the Digital in #1 (TV) with an optical cable. If your cable box only has a coaxial (RCA) digital output and you want to use the digital audio connection, you will need to purchase a coaxial to optical digital converter. The Monoprice 2947 is less than $20.00.
Try using the composite (analog) outputs from your cable box instead of the digital outputs.
If his TV is cable ready and your cable company offers basic cable with out a cable box then just use a cable rated splitter and run the cable to his TV without a box he will only get basic and probably advanced basic. You need a cable box or a TV with a built in decoder to get digital signals.
It all depends on the cable company whether or not you can get the box for free. Sometimes they have promotions and they will give you the box when you sign a contract.
An RF bypass is a small box fitted to the back on a cable decoder box. It's function is to 'strip off' the Analogue TV channels from the cable feed & provide them to your TV as with a normal airial. It is only available in cable areas that still broadcast analogue programme's & not every cable decoder will be fitted to them. (ex cable engineer)
it can easily be turned off by going to the main menu of your cable set top. The function of a bypass light is to allow a person to bypass the box in case your set top goes down. It enables the TV to change to TV-Analog without redirecting wires onyour tv or changing the settings from cable to tv.
In august of 2011 local Canadien television will be switching from local over the air cable to digital cable. The best way for one to obtain a digital tv box would be to contact a local cable or satellite provider in the area you are located and request a digital tv box.