Tv Tuner
ayman123
Newbie

All Right Im getting Verizon Fios TV this monday and i have a TV Tuner Already and i want to know if anyone can give me the steps on how to set the TV tuner with the fios box

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Re: Tv Tuner
retiredme
Specialist - Level 1
It is a bit unclear what you are asking, but here is what I think you are asking. The built-in TV tuner is superfluous in a typical VZ setup where the STB tunes the channel and sends it to the TV, which is acting merely as a receiver. The STB is usually these days hooked up to the TV by HDMI cable or component cable plus audio. One would then select via the TV menu such as "Source" or "Input" something like HDMI 1, HDMI 2, etc (or component 1, component 2, etc) depending on which connection you ulitimately chose. Was that what you want?
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Re: Tv Tuner
tns
Master - Level 2

If your TV has a QAM tuner you can get a limited number of channels without a STB/DVR/cablecard.  Normally you will use a STB/DVR.  Unless your talking a very old TV, do not connect the STB/DVR via the TV's tuner.  Never do so for HD TV's as only a SD signal goes out from the STB/DVR to such connections  For such old standard definition TV's you can select a NTSC (not ATSC) analog channel 3 or 4 to output to.  I believe the default is  3.  But even if using a old TV, consider using another type connection if it has one.  The generally preferred order

  1. hdmi
  2. hdmi to DVI-d cable and optical audio connection
  3. hdmi to DVI-d and rca audio connection
  4. component video (3 cable green, red and blue) and optical or rca audio connection
  5. shvs and optical or rca audio connection
  6. composite video and rca audio connector
  7. coax to NTSC tuner
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