Magavox TV- cable ready?

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I acquired a used 13" Magnavox color set. Guessing it is about 1990
vintage or older? Supposed to be cable- ready.

Connected to our cable system, it gets all normal channels up to 45,
skips 46, then has all up to 61 and stops. Our local Comcast provider
has channels beyond 80.

It has a Display button, one screen showed Cable TV On/Off, the default
was already ON.

Why does it skip 46, and how to extend beyond 61?

Mike
 
I think you sort of answered your own question, wll at least part of it..
It is a 1990 model.. There were less cable channels in 1990, my Tv is the
same way.


"ms" <msa@nospa.com> wrote in message news:40706A00.744EF90@nospa.com...
I acquired a used 13" Magnavox color set. Guessing it is about 1990
vintage or older? Supposed to be cable- ready.

Connected to our cable system, it gets all normal channels up to 45,
skips 46, then has all up to 61 and stops. Our local Comcast provider
has channels beyond 80.

It has a Display button, one screen showed Cable TV On/Off, the default
was already ON.

Why does it skip 46, and how to extend beyond 61?

Mike
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one way to fix this is to get a cable box... but I'm pretty sure you knew
that...
I dont have any more ideas.. : /
- Mike

"ms" <msa@nospa.com> wrote in message news:40706A00.744EF90@nospa.com...
I acquired a used 13" Magnavox color set. Guessing it is about 1990
vintage or older? Supposed to be cable- ready.

Connected to our cable system, it gets all normal channels up to 45,
skips 46, then has all up to 61 and stops. Our local Comcast provider
has channels beyond 80.

It has a Display button, one screen showed Cable TV On/Off, the default
was already ON.

Why does it skip 46, and how to extend beyond 61?

Mike
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ms wrote:
I acquired a used 13" Magnavox color set. Guessing it is about 1990
vintage or older? Supposed to be cable- ready.

Connected to our cable system, it gets all normal channels up to 45,
skips 46, then has all up to 61 and stops. Our local Comcast provider
has channels beyond 80.

It has a Display button, one screen showed Cable TV On/Off, the default
was already ON.

Why does it skip 46, and how to extend beyond 61?

Mike
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The very definition of cable has evolved over the years...

If you want to use this particular set though, one easy
and relatively inexpensive way out is to get a cable
convertor from your cable provider...

Take care.

Ken
 
ms wrote:
I acquired a used 13" Magnavox color set. Guessing it is about 1990
vintage or older? Supposed to be cable- ready.

Connected to our cable system, it gets all normal channels up to 45,
skips 46, then has all up to 61 and stops. Our local Comcast provider
has channels beyond 80.

It has a Display button, one screen showed Cable TV On/Off, the default
was already ON.

Why does it skip 46, and how to extend beyond 61?

Mike
What you have to realize is some cable systems map their channels.
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so, whats channel 70, may not really be channel 70 on a cable ready tv.
If there not mapping, just use the tuner off a newer VCR.

Some tv's also have a set up menu for cable and over the air tv.
Is yours set up properly?

Bob



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Most of the TV sets of this era only officially went up to channel 56. Some
went a few beyond, because of the firmware used in the uPC of the set, and
the tuner had some range.

As for your locked out channel, on the remote, key in the channel you want,
and then use the "add" feature, to add the channel. If you do not have the
original remote, you may not be able to add this channel.

You would be better off getting a modern cable box for the set, or using a
modern VCR as a tuner for it.

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"ms" <msa@nospa.com> wrote in message news:40706A00.744EF90@nospa.com...
I acquired a used 13" Magnavox color set. Guessing it is about 1990
vintage or older? Supposed to be cable- ready.

Connected to our cable system, it gets all normal channels up to 45,
skips 46, then has all up to 61 and stops. Our local Comcast provider
has channels beyond 80.

It has a Display button, one screen showed Cable TV On/Off, the default
was already ON.

Why does it skip 46, and how to extend beyond 61?

Mike
 
In article <40706A00.744EF90@nospa.com>, msa@nospa.com says...
I acquired a used 13" Magnavox color set. Guessing it is about 1990
vintage or older? Supposed to be cable- ready.

Connected to our cable system, it gets all normal channels up to 45,
skips 46, then has all up to 61 and stops. Our local Comcast provider
has channels beyond 80.

It has a Display button, one screen showed Cable TV On/Off, the default
was already ON.

Why does it skip 46, and how to extend beyond 61?
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Does it have separate VHF and UHF inputs? One old RCA at my parents
house has cable mode, but can only tune all channels if you split the
signal and connect to both the VHF and UHF inputs. It wasn't until the
early 90's when the government put some rules on what 'cable-ready' really
meant.

Cable channel frequencies are not continuous. They jump all over the
place depending on the channel. In order of frequency, the channels go
like this:
2-4, 1, 5-6, 95-99, 14-22, 7-13, 23-94, 100-125. I doubt if any cable
system uses ANALOG channels over 100. These days, those frequences are
used for Internet or carrying digital TV. Each analog channel can hold 6-8
or more digital channels, depending on how severely they compress it.
http://www.jneuhaus.com/fccindex/cablech.html

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Andrew Rossmann wrote:
In article <40706A00.744EF90@nospa.com>, msa@nospa.com says...
I acquired a used 13" Magnavox color set. Guessing it is about 1990
vintage or older? Supposed to be cable- ready.

Connected to our cable system, it gets all normal channels up to 45,
skips 46, then has all up to 61 and stops. Our local Comcast provider
has channels beyond 80.

It has a Display button, one screen showed Cable TV On/Off, the default
was already ON.

Why does it skip 46, and how to extend beyond 61?

Does it have separate VHF and UHF inputs? One old RCA at my parents
house has cable mode, but can only tune all channels if you split the
signal and connect to both the VHF and UHF inputs. It wasn't until the
early 90's when the government put some rules on what 'cable-ready' really
meant.

Cable channel frequencies are not continuous. They jump all over the
place depending on the channel. In order of frequency, the channels go
like this:
2-4, 1, 5-6, 95-99, 14-22, 7-13, 23-94, 100-125. I doubt if any cable
system uses ANALOG channels over 100. These days, those frequences are
used for Internet or carrying digital TV. Each analog channel can hold 6-8
or more digital channels, depending on how severely they compress it.
http://www.jneuhaus.com/fccindex/cablech.html

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This one only has one coax input. It may be a little older than 1990 as
my 1990 Toshiba 19" analog set receives all cable channels.

Thanks for that link, defines the channel layout.

Mike
 
In article <4072A25E.126C9457@nospa.com>, msa@nospa.com says...
This one only has one coax input. It may be a little older than 1990 as
my 1990 Toshiba 19" analog set receives all cable channels.
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The age of the TV alone isn't a good clue. It depends on the brand and
model. My parents have an old 12" Zenith from the early/mid 80's that
receives all channels fine.

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