-=[ Quoting Greg MacLellan to Mark Madronio ]=-
 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).
 GM> ahh. Wouldn't it be easier just to get a signal booster instead of
 GM> doing it in a round-about way like that?
You have a point there.  I use an amplifier here that has 2 outputs on it,
and I kind of wish it had 5 or more.  It does make up for the losses in
the splitters after it, but the installation would be cleaner if it all
came off the amp.
 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.
 GM> a descrambler you mean? I think they're in stereo -- why not? Some
 GM> converters might not be, depending on how they convert it.
They aren't all stereo :( as I've just noticed when I checked mine after
reading this thread.  Why would a major manufacturer like Jerrold bother
putting A/V outs on without making it stereo?
                                Phil
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