More fun with the Converter Box

I just learned how to tell my converter box not to go to sleep. It's great that it has an energy feature that turns off the machine after a certain amount of time, unless of course you are trying to do a timed recording. I couldn't figure out why my program didn't tape until I found out about the "Sleep" feature and turned it off. The joys of technology.

DTV Converter Boxes and VCRs

My tv's are old. I decided rather than buying a new tv, I'd go for the converter box. I sent awqy for my coupons in Feb, so they wouldn't run out before I got mine. I actually go the coupons earlier in the month.

I finally had time to go find the boxes at my local retailers. The directions to set it up, appeared to be easy to follow. The first one I got set up right away. The second one, I had to play with cords and then finally got it set up.

That's when I came across the problem with my vcr. My vcrs are analog also. It turns out in order to do timed programming, you must have the box on and set to the channel you want. The vcr is set to channel 3, sort of like scrambled cable signals and boxes. Oh joy. It only took me an hour or so of playing with it and checking the net to discover this.

The government and broadcasters may want you to watch tv, but I don't think they want you to record it easily. Oh well, until the sets die, I'll live. I'll just say goodbye to programming multiple shows on different channels at the same time, unless of course I'm are using multiple vcrs. Good thing, I've cut down on the numbers of shows I watch. Of course now I have access to 5 versions of channel 17.