afiggatt
join:2007-07-12
Sterling, VA
| reply to RightLurker
Re: Converting Fios To Analog
said by RightLurker :
I therefore bought a Zenith DTT901 and tried it out with an analog TV. No dice - the DTT901 doesn't "see" any signal from the Fios cable. The Zenith DTT901 is for Over The Air digital ATSC broadcast reception only. It is a very good ATSC tuner /converter box. Amazingly quick on channel scans. I recently got one and have hooked it up to my portable battery operated DVD player to make for a fairly portable SD TV setup (with a 12V gell cell battery & inverter for the DTT901) and useful in case of long power outages.
To receive the unscrambled Fios TV channels, you need a QAM tuner. Digital cable and digital broadcast TV use 2 different modulation schemes unlike analog cable & broadcast. The DTT901 does not have a QAM tuner because the government apparently required the converter boxes not to, even though it would have had almost no cost impact. Most new digital TVs have a clear QAM tuner along with the ATSC tuner for broadcast TV, but this is of no help to old analog TVs.
The DCT700 from Verizon will take care of that problem for you. The tech should have known that analog was either gone or about to go away within days for your location. |
