{"id":19123,"date":"2023-09-25T17:13:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=19123"},"modified":"2023-09-26T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:28:18","slug":"2023-09-25-tbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=19123","title":{"rendered":"2023-09-25 TV Modulator Ch 3 Doesn&#8217;t Work For Digital TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I Came across this old analog TV modulator in a box of stuff, so I plugged it into my digital TV and powered it up, with some audio modulation on the input.  I set the switch to channel 3, and then pushed 3 on my remote, but I got no carrier whatsoever on the TV.  So I opened it up and check the supply voltage to make sure that it was working.  It is.<br><br>So what I&#8217;m guessing is that all digital TVs no longer receive any TV stations below channel 7 &#8211; all the low VHFs from 54 to 88 MHz are not in the OTA &#8211; over the air &#8211; digital TV reception.  The digital TVs assume that any channel in the 2 through 6 range has to be translated to a higher frequency, presumably UHFs.  Thus, analog TV reception of one of these modulators is not possible.<br><br>BTW yes, I set the ANT &#8211; MOD switch to MOD.  My TV is a Samsung (not) Smart TV.  &#x2639;&#xfe0f;&#x1f928;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1153592-1024x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1153592-1024x294.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1153592-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1153592-768x220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1153592-1536x441.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1153592.jpg 1970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1142352-1024x839.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1142352-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1142352-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1142352-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1142352-1536x1259.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230926_1142352-2048x1679.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Came across this old analog TV modulator in a box of stuff, so I plugged it into my digital TV and powered it up, with some audio modulation on the input. 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