How to Use an RF Modulator With a Converter Box
- 1). Connect the digital converter box to your TV antenna, connecting the cable to the converter box's "IN" port. If the antenna doesn't have a built-in coaxial cable, use a spare cable to connect it. If you are using an analog antenna, make sure it picks up UHF signals, because that's where the digital signals are located.
- 2). Attach the converter box's "OUT" port to the "IN" coaxial port of the RF modulator, with another coaxial cable. If you are using a VCR or other video recorder, connect the converter box to the input port of that device instead. Connect the recorder's output port to the "IN" port of the RF modulator.
- 3). Connect the RF modulator's "OUT" port to the TV set's coaxial input port. There will be only one such port in the back of the TV set, and it's the one to which you would have directly connected the antenna, VCR or converter box.
- 4). Link the RF modulator to a DVD player or game console if you have one for the TV. Connect that device's output to the RCA composite input ports on the modulator. This entails using the RCA cables with the yellow, white and red plugs.
- 5). Tune the TV set to channel 3 or 4--whichever one the converter box's channel switch is set to. With the current setup, you can change channels on the converter box's tuner, play DVDs and record/play tapes on the VCR without changing the channel om the TV set.
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