Can DSR550 utilize OTA & Pass-thru:

[tazzman]

Greetings to everyone. :

I've viewed the forum before, but just joined today. I had recently purchased a DSR550 primarily for use as OTA receiver/tuner.

Question I have is can I route a local cable feed into the back of the 550 in order to get component video output? I would be taking a local cable feed [without STB] into antenna and hopefully obtain component video signal out to a projector.

Can this be done.

Thanks for the help. Looking forward to participating in the forum.

michael

 

[Ilya]

Welcome to the forum!

No. The box can only decode over-the-air digital signals (8VSB).
It cannot decode digital cable, and it doesn't have a tuner for analog channels.
The only exception could be some local digital channels if your cable company passes them through (in 8VSB format). But that it is not common.

 

[tazzman]

No surprise

Thanks for response, I thought this might be the case. I guess I will just add another antenna.

I already have an antenna but the feed isn't easy to get to or to redirect. I was hoping for the path of least resistance.

Thanks Again.

michael