upc box

hadepsx

hi, is it possible to run another cable straight out of the old style upc/chorus box, directly into another tv. i notice theres two connections on the back of the box. one has the input cable coming from the upc point, so would the other one be an ooutput? thinking of do this so as i can watch tv upstairs. obviously il cant change channels, but at least il be able to watch something

Peter Rhea

The output might just be a loopthrough, to pass any analogue signals carried on the cable to a tv's analogue tuner. I don't know if UPC boxes have an onboard modulator like a Sky box.

icdg

Moved to Cable. UPC boxes don't have a modulator, for those that have RF out it is just analogue pass-through. Newer boxes don't have the RF out at all.

A solution is to hook the box to a VCR and use its RF out instead.

hadepsx

ah feck, was hoping itd be easy. ok thanks peeps

zg3409

If you want to watch TV on two TVs you should get UPC to install a second outlet and pay extra per month.

In some areas there are 17 analogue channels (not on MMDS, and not in Cork on cable). These can be fed into any TV without needing a box and picked up by doing an auto setup on the TV.

However if you only pay for one UPC connection then that is all you get. If you split it yourself then the signal to the main TV will drop lower. This may cause freezing and break up. When UPC professionally install a second outlet then ensure a strong signal is received on every TV.

If you are currently watching analogue channels via UPC they are not changing on 24th of October and will continue as normal.

nocantona085

yes it can you will just get the normal channels on the tv you run it to and you be able to change the channels as well wit the tv remote the box be able to show its own channels

nocantona085

yes it can you will just get the normal channels on the tv you run it to and you be able to change the channels as well wit the tv remote the box be able to show its own channels