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Default Question About TV Converter Boxes


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On 15 Apr 2008 16:14:42 GMT, Jim Yanik wrote:

AND,AFAIK,no converter now on the market can be programmed to turn
on and tune to a programmed channel;they have to be set up and left
ON until the program is over.


A lot of VCR/DVD recorders have a "blaster" that will send IR codes to
a set top box or converter.


But since the TV, VCR, DVD, cable box, each have unique codes, the converter
probably does too, and existing VCRs probably wouldn't know the codes.


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