analog to digital

[grooving grandpa]

I guess you can only connect the converter after your antenna amplifier and then to your T.V. If this is the case, I hope the amplifier doesn't care whether the signal is analog or digital. Cam someone set me straight on this.
Thanks, Lou

[SAndreasen]

That's very good question. Last year when we signed up for cable at our park for the winter, we had to keep the amp off to get the cable signal. Hopefully, that is all we have to do to plug in the converter box or to run the signal to our DTVs.

[rogue]

I have a converter box, and a antenna at home that has a built in amp (I need to plug it in to 110). We currently have 2 analog stations that are also broadcasting in Digital (other 2 are not). Without the converter we get 4 analog stations (5, 8, 10, 12). With the converter box we get 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3. No digital for 5 and 12. Without the amp turned on, or just regular rabit ears, I get no signals. The digital signals on 10 are 10-1 CBS HD, 10-2 CW, and 10-3 is CBS SD.

Hope that helps, and Lou you are correct, converter box after the amp then to the TV.
Bob

[TexasTraveler]

Appreciate the info rogue, I had hooked my converter up in front of the amp and of course, could not get it to work. I'll try it again now that I have this info.

[H. John Kohl]

quote:Originally posted by grooving grandpa

I guess you can only connect the converter after your antenna amplifier and then to your T.V. That is the correct placement. If this is the case, I hope the amplifier doesn't care whether the signal is analog or digital. It does not. Cam someone set me straight on this.
Thanks, Lou

quote:Originally posted by SAndreasen

That's very good question. Last year when we signed up for cable at our park for the winter, we had to keep the amp off to get the cable signal. Your cable signal hooks up to the side of the trailer and joins at the amplifier power box. Your converter box has to go on the output side of the antenna amplifier. I do not know if the converter box will pass through the cable signal or not. I do not think so, if I am correct, you have only one place to insert the the converter box or it will have to be installed with a patch or switch around capability to use antenna or Cable feeds. Hopefully, that is all we have to do to plug in the converter box or to run the signal to our DTVs. If you have Digital TVs you do not need the converter box.

I hope I have helped and not confused the issue.
Could someone with a convert box verify if it will pass the cable signal through it?

[Cyrus]

I have two converter boxes. The first one I bought didn't have the bypass capability. It was installed on the TV in the bedroom and I didn’t realize I needed it until later. When I realized I would on occasion need it I checked on what was available and most of them indicated on the box they had bypass capability. Guess after they got some in-service they had some complaints?

[Gramps]

If your converter has a bypass feature, it will pass the cable signal when in that mode. The amplifier need not be on in most cases, as the cable signal is already amplified. If the converter does not have the bypass,you will either have to unhook the converter to receive the cable service (which is converted at their transmission site), or build a bypass using a couple splitters. The amplifier is primarily to increase the signal from the roof antenna to detectable levels for what ever device it is connected to.
As for the original question, the apmlifier doesn't care whether the signal is analog or digital, as long as it is designed to operate within the specified frequency range.