Question about Philips 34PW9815 34" TV

AV4 input How do I connect my outdoor antenna to AV4 digital HD input? I would like to pick up over th air HD signals now being broadcast by local channels here in Beaumont, TX.

Alan Bills Aug 26, 2007

Noggin:

Thanks for your solution. Actually, the only receiver I have is a SONY Digital SAT-T60 receiver/recorder which I used to use with DIRECTV when I subscribed to that service. Can this be used to pick up digital signals from my outdoor antenna?
Alan Bills Aug 26, 2007

techman:

Thanks for your response. I do have the owner's manual and it says to connect the antenna to a digital set top box (what's this?). Then, connect the se top box to the AV4 input using the H, V, Pr, Pb and Y jacks. I was wondering based on the response from Noggin if I could use my SONY receiver/recorder SAT-T60?

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Here is the link for the user manual if you need it; http://www.p4c.philips.com/na4/3/34pw981599/34pw981599_dfu_aen.pdf Check page 27 of the manual (29 of the pdf file) for how to select AV4 as the video source. Check page 38 (40 of pdf) - AV4 can handle digital signals from a digital HD Receiver - Do you have one? exact connection details will depend on which digital set-top box you have. If you can post back with details of your receiver, then I hopefully can describe the connections exactly. Contact the transmitting company for details of which receivers will work. (ask again if you need contact details). Hope this helps :)

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Here's the link for the support page for the SAT-T60;
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/model-docu...

You can download the user manual and the installation guide. However, the manual is mostly describing using Direct TV, and there was no reference I could find to HD signals - I suspect the box will not decode them. Without causing any damage though, you should be able to hook your antenna cable to the "VHF/UHF In" Socket on the back of the receiver. It will either work or not. Perhaps you need a decoding card to make it work.

Best to contact one of the local transmitting channels and ask which type of reciever they recommend/supply and if a card is required.

For sure you need one that is HD capable.

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To get your over the air signals, you would of course hook up the outside antenna cable to the back of the TV set, as per the owners manual. Then go to channel search in the set up menu as per the owners manual, then do a guide plus set up and follow the directions word for word in the owners manual. It is just way to long to explain here. In case you do not have the owners manual, you can get one from here http://www.p4c.philips.com/na4/3/34pw981599/34pw981599_dfu_aen.pdf Good Luck

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