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gmonroeii
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May 31, 2005, 2:17 AM

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My channel selector when turned to 1-9 channels comes up with a blank screen. What cause this. Is there anyway to bypass the problem using my channel selector for my cable. It has its own channel selector. i think my channel 3 has to work on the tv or the channel selector for the cable won't work. Tv is a 32 inch and the pic on channels 10 up are fine. I'd sure like to use it with my new cable set up. Its about a 1994 or 5 model. Any help would be appreciated.

shadetree
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May 31, 2005, 4:06 PM

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most 32in tv's have a/v inputs run your cable box into them using rca cables

gmonroeii
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May 31, 2005, 10:13 PM

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The hitachi has 3 ports on the front bottom that are now plugged by rca cables to the dvd player. Are you saying that if I unplugged the dvd and plugged these cables into the back of the cable box I could get channel 3 to work again?

mel
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May 31, 2005, 10:30 PM

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Actually, if your DVD player has an RF input, you can plug your cable box into it.

gmonroeii
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May 31, 2005, 11:37 PM

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both my dvd and vcr have to have the tv tuned into channel 3 or 4 before they will work. when I turn the tv on channel 3 I get a blank screen. The cabler tech said the cable box requires the tv to be on channel 3 or 4 before it will work too. I'll see if when I plug the wires into the cable box that are plugged into the dvd if I can use the cable box channel changer to tune to channel 3. This is what the people that hooked up the cable box said wouldn't work. they said the tv had to be able to tune inchannel 3 on its own. I told them the tv tech at the local tv store told me what you have told me and they said he was wrong.

shadetree
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Jun 1, 2005, 12:00 AM

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no!! change to video input on your tv

shadetree
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Jun 1, 2005, 12:04 AM

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forget about channel 3 or 4 or any other other channel when you go into a/v inputs you bypass tuner

gmonroeii
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Jun 1, 2005, 12:32 AM

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thanks for your help. Im sure you are right and that cable tech didn't know what he was talking about. Problem is I'm a dumb ass. I still can't get it to work. Got the cable coming in from outside to the back of the cable box and from there to the vcr and from there to the tv. I plugged the three cables in to the back of the box and to the front 3 color coded jacks on the front of the tv. I don't know what else to do. Maybe I have to jack around with the set up of the tv itself. You can't plug the cable into the dvd so I just completely disconnected it and am using the 3 jjacks to wire up the tv to the cable box.

mel
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Jun 1, 2005, 1:24 AM

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The RCA jacks on the back of the TV are probably VIDEO 1 and the front jacks VIDEO 2 (or vice versa). Run the cable to the RF input on the VCR. From the VCR you have the three RCA cables to the rear input jacks on the TV. The VCR has a TV/VCR button. The TV position will feed the signal directly thru the VCR to the TV so switch the VCR to the VCR position to use the VCRs tuner. Switch the TV to VIDEO 1 (or 2 as appropriate) . Tune the VCR to channel 3 (or 4) because here all you are doing is using the VCR as a tuner and IF amps bypassing those in the TV. The DVD can stay hooled up and used as VIDEO 2 (or ! as appropriate) Hope this helps.

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