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11-24-2009, 01:23 PM
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| | You pay for cable modems, don't you?
Methinks FreeToAir pertains to Air. (as in some sort of antenna)
It also pertains to Free.
Enjoy your "Free" channels... 
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11-24-2009, 02:16 PM
|  | The No Pain Train | | Proud Staff Member Join Date: Nov 17th, 2003 Location: Places men fear to tread
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Originally Posted by concord  I know one guy that had RR service and connected a TV up to it also....he got a call from TW and told to disconnect it... some way they were able to detect the connection. | TW knows since cable modems run at lower frequencies then cable. So when they see a usage at sat 54MHZ (which is channel 2) than the cable modem (which I think is lower then that) they wonder
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Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv D15 DVR on 101W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites 
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11-24-2009, 02:31 PM
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I'm of the opinion that if you don't alter any of their installation (i.e. remove filters or mess with stuff outside on the pole, etc.) anything that you get over the cable is o.k.
We had digital cable for a while and when we cancelled, the analog cable still worked for 6+ months.  |
11-24-2009, 02:36 PM
| | The No Pain Train | | Proud Staff Member Join Date: Nov 17th, 2003 Location: Places men fear to tread
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I agree spiff. When I had cable way back in the day I had two different things happen
-switched from cable to "lifeline" which was the 2-23 part...heck it gave me the locals, CNN, WGN & TBS...they never put a filter on (this is when they had these old filters they'd screw on the line) so for a year I had full cable (no digital back then) for like 10 bucks
-lived somewhere else and had a cable box (forget why)...anywho I ordered a PPV and wasnt billed (wrestling PPV...legit wanted it)....ended up ordering $500 in PPV's during the next year and the cable company never billed me. I knew it was $500 because one day I went to order and it said on the screen "you have exceeded the $500 limit the cable box can order via the remote. Please call to order". Them wrestling PPV's can add up quick.
neither one were my fault
__________________ Winegard 76cm dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual KU LNB/DirecTv dual..... Fortec 6 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 99W... Primestar 84e aimed at 91W.... WSIDigital 4 foot dish with Sadoun dual LNB aimed at 105W with 2nd LNB for 101W.... GeoSatPro 36" dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual LNB
Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv D15 DVR on 101W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites
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11-24-2009, 06:28 PM
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I have Broadband through the cable company, Cell Phone..no landline, Direct TV, FTA and OTA for TV.
I thought about hooking up the cable to the TV, but then I would have to get a splitter for the TV and internet. I was not sure if would affect my internet service, so I never did it.
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* Avatar is Macy's Satellite Network on 105W.
>>>> Everyone should look into upgrading their OTA capabilities and get a deep fringe outdoor antenna ( with a rotator) and use a 30 db MAST MOUNTED amp. This adds a new dimension to the meaning of "FTA".
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11-24-2009, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceberg You're probably getting clear QAM channels. I assume they all log like a oddball digital channel like 88.123?
The azbox wont work with it as the card available for clear cable is DVB-C which is used in europe (not QAM) | There are between 25 and 30 channels that come in. The analog locals with the major nets are quite fuzzy but their digital brothers are beautiful. A couple of digital preview channels are also there and look great. There is also analog, the CW, MyTv, TBS, TCM, FOX news, local cable junk, History, Discovery, SyFy and a couple of sports channels that I did not figure out. 
As for the AZBox I have been reading some here and there and I had no idea what and if what cable it could possibly do.
I better read more!
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11-24-2009, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill_KY
I thought about hooking up the cable to the TV, but then I would have to get a splitter for the TV and internet. I was not sure if would affect my internet service, so I never did it. | The installer placed a couple of connectors in the line so that a splitter or 2 could be put in quite easily!
Other than that he said to put a splitter just before the modem for the internet. |
11-24-2009, 09:25 PM
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Well I just took the 7" portable down cellar where the RR cable comes in and the splitter is still in the line from the previous owner who had cable. Scanned in several channels. The network digitals and a few others were clear, and there were lots of others that were very fuzzy. I don't think I'll hook it up though, the wife thinks we have too much TV now!
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11-24-2009, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceberg You're probably getting clear QAM channels. I assume they all log like a oddball digital channel like 88.123? | Your right I get the QAM channels, to watch HD or what they call HD for ABC I watch 7-1.
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11-25-2009, 02:36 PM
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Back in 2008 when I had Dish Network, I also had Time Warner Digital Phone and Roadrunner..I noticed a stray cable on the back wall of our bedroom..I was already using RCA plugs to connect our DVR 622 to the TV, so the Coax Cable line was free..Hooked the cable in and got good pictures from analog channel 70 on, and Clear QAM (Including stations from Toledo, Youngstown and Steubenville, which are not Part of TWC's Northeast Ohio Cable systems) with locals and selected cable channels..Since then, Ive been back with TWC, and the QAM is very limited..Local channels only pretty much with an occasional Cable channel free preview..and local "bulletin boards"
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