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HD Channels with QAM Tuner and Digital Adapter
epie
Enthusiast - Level 3
‎07-01-2010 07:37 PM

Hello,

I just got Fios Triple Play installed today to replace my Comcast service.  What a pleasant change 🙂  I received an HD adapter for our secondary TV which is a fairly new Samsung LCD with QAM tuner.   With Comcast, I simply plugged the cable in and received local HD channels.  WIth the Fios digital adapter I certainly receive much more channels however I no longer get locals in HD.  I tried even disconnecting the digial adapter and plugging straight in to let the QAM tuner try and pick up the local HD channels but I can't get anything on this TV now without the digital adapter.  Is this typical with Fios and this type of set-up?

Thanks,

epie

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Re: HD Channels with QAM Tuner and Digital Adapter
matcarl
Master - Level 1
‎07-02-2010 02:59 AM

The digital adapter is not HD. It will only pick up SD channels. I don't know why your QAM tuner in the TV doesn't work though.

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Re: HD Channels with QAM Tuner and Digital Adapter
ekem015
Specialist - Level 1
‎07-02-2010 04:02 AM

The 3.99 digital adapter won't get you any HD channels. But plugging the cable directly into your TV, if it has a QAM tuner, should get you local HDs (i.e. 7.1, 4.1, 5.1, etc. if you're in Boston) You may have to do a channel scan with your TV first.

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