What a hoot!!! Regards, Andrea M. Breier Remember: Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:50 PM Subject: [real-eyes] Digital Ready TV Radio Alternatives >I named this thread very carefully in hopes that as new products come out >we can hold on to it. In researching this for the five hundredth time I >found the following post in an Amazon digital transition discussion. I >can't believe I didn't think of it myself. Only bad part is it still >requires electricity and a fixed installation so it really doesn't solve >the problem of picking up the audio of current over the air TV signals on >something small and portable. The 7 inch TVs that are out cost almost $200 >and eat batteries. Hopefully someone will find a way to make an affordable >TV radio that will pick up the new digital channels. Till then, there's >the USB TV tuners, and this. > R. Allen says: > Hey there's a solution to this that really works. I have done it. I > listened to TV audio at work and was in desperate shape when the > transition happened. Here's the solution and it's not too bad > > You get one of those digital converter boxes paid for with the government > issued coupon. Make sure it is a model with the two audio OUT plugs on the > back. (Most have this I believe.) > Then hook up an antenna. > Then you hook up your headphones to the audio out plugs on the back of the > digital converter box using special adapters from Radio Shack. (The radio > shack people might help you find them..they're not that common.) > Then you connect up a TV (one time only.) > Navigate to the auto scan and scan in all your stations. > Then get rid of the TV and just use the converter box remote control to > tune in stations and adjust the volume. > The sound is great. And all you need is a converter box, the headphones, > antenna and those audio cable adapters,(about $10 at Radio Shack). IT > works!!! Instead of headphones you could also connect the audio out on the > converter box to a stereo system with speakers. Also, one drawback, you > have to flip through the channels blindly with no indicator to see what > channel you are on. But you get used to that. Someday the Digital TV > converter boxes might have a channel display. This really does work fine, > the stereo TV audio signal is quite good. -Rick Allen, Loudonville, NY > > Here's a website I made with diagram and guide on using a converter box to > listen to Digital TV. You don't need a radio or TV set. The converter box > is your "radio" > > http://www.lustronconnection.org/digitaltvonradio/ > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes