GM> it's connected twice? what you should probably do is:
 MM>  Sounds ridiculous, but yeah, twice. It goes back to 
 MM> the days when I had poor
 MM>  reception and wanted the VCR to boost the antenna 
 MM> signal to the TV instead of
 MM>  splitting the antenna between the TV and VCR (halving 
 MM> the original signal).
ahh. Wouldn't it be easier just to get a signal booster instead of doing it 
in a round-about way like that?
 GM> the video "snow" is) and thinking it's encoded in stereo.
 MM>  Since the connection to the black box is via the 
 MM> antenna-in socket, I assumed
 MM>  it's not in stereo (despite what the cable guy said). Although I'm not 
as
 MM>  sure now that someone else said it could really be in stereo. Anyway, I
 MM>  connected the cable box to the hifi just in case.
a descrambler you mean? I think they're in stereo -- why not? Some converters 
might not be, depending on how they convert it.
ttyl, greg
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