I am getting laid off of work soon. I am trying to save some money buy getting rid of a DVR. I currently have two. The tv in the bedroom is an old sony 32" wega. The turner seems to have gone out on it. I tried putting the tv2 out on air and cable from the dvr and tv wont pick it up. I also tried the coax output for tv 1. I use to have a digital converter box hooked to and as I remember the tuner went out just before I removed it. All the other inputs work. I tried using the convertor box to pick up the tv2 signal from the dvr but it woud not. If I could make that work I could use the rca from it to the tv. What else could I try.
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Silly question, but have you tried scanning for channels on the TV after you set the TV2 output on the DVR to whatever channel you're using? Some TVs won't pick up channels until they've been scanned in. You shouldn't need the converter box since the signal that's coming out of the DVR is plain old analog NTSC.
Brian,
When you say "old sony 32" wega," how old is it. In other words, is its tuner NTSC or is it ATSC and NTSC?
Brian,
At your TV 1 location, where your DVR receiver is located, you can go to the Modulator Setup screen to see what channel TV 2 is suppose to be set on. Press the Menu button on the DISH remote to bring up the Main Menu on your screen, then press 6 (System Setup), 1 (Installation), and then 5 (Modulator Setup). On the right side of the screen you should see TV 2 Out. Under Channel is the channel number TV 2 should be set to. Place your TV 2 on this channel. If TV 2 is set to Air, the channel will be between 21 and 69; if set to Cable, it will set to 70 or above. When you switch from Air to Cable (or vice versa) it will automatically switch to 60 for Air or 73 for Cable. If after setting your TV to the correct channel and you still don't have a picture, unplug the receiver for 10 seconds and let it reboot. If you still have problems, please PM me. Thanks.
At your TV 1 location, where your DVR receiver is located, you can go to the Modulator Setup screen to see what channel TV 2 is suppose to be set on. Press the Menu button on the DISH remote to bring up the Main Menu on your screen, then press 6 (System Setup), 1 (Installation), and then 5 (Modulator Setup). On the right side of the screen you should see TV 2 Out. Under Channel is the channel number TV 2 should be set to. Place your TV 2 on this channel. If TV 2 is set to Air, the channel will be between 21 and 69; if set to Cable, it will set to 70 or above. When you switch from Air to Cable (or vice versa) it will automatically switch to 60 for Air or 73 for Cable. If after setting your TV to the correct channel and you still don't have a picture, unplug the receiver for 10 seconds and let it reboot. If you still have problems, please PM me. Thanks.
He said his tuner is shot. If the tuner is dead, there is no way he can use coax to get a picture.
he could do a splitter at the forst tv and run it to the second tv. yes they would have the same picture but at least it's something.
Send the NTSC signal to the remote TV over coax, but use an old VCR as tuner and connect it to your Sony with composite video + RCA audio.
You mean one of the VCRs that he doesn't have because he said, "Tossed all my old vcrs" in Post 3?
If his tuner on the Sony is truly shot a tech visit won't help. He needs to go to a Salvation Army type store and pick up a used vcr or tv that has a working tuner.
I have a customer who had this problem so temperately I ran a RCA cable to her RCA input and set the tv to that input, worked until she replaced the tv.
I would just buy a used TV. We get used CRT TVs a lot when people upgrade to a flat panel. They always ask if they can get a trade-in but I tell them that they aren't worth anything to us. I bet you could get a 32" for $50.
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