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Poor Signal or Poor Cable Company?

post #1 of 6
2/22/07 at 1:56pm
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I've been reseaching for about a week on why I am receiving most of my Suddenlink (San Angelo, Texas) analog cable channels in mono sound. This includes WFAA (ABC), KERA (PBS), KWSA (CW). Now, I can understand channels like shopping networks and others of that sort, but Sci-Fi in mono is like have a root canal performed.

I've even gone as far as to e-mail their tech support and much to my suprise did not receive a reply.

Now if I were a betting man, I would bet it's not a poor signal that I'm not receiving these channels in stereo...but I have been known to be wrong before...can some one prove me otherwise?

Thanks,
Chris
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post #2 of 6
2/22/07 at 1:59pm
It is time to come out of the 80's and into the digital world of today.
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post #3 of 6
2/22/07 at 2:10pm
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OH...don't get me wrong...I'm running digital cable w/DD 5.1...it's just analog channels that I was discussing since the broadcast channels apparently haven't reached a deal to trasmit their HD signal over cable yet.
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post #4 of 6
2/22/07 at 2:12pm
Even if you prefer to remain in the analog world of yesterday... {severe sarcasm}

How is your cable feed connected to the TV? Cable box? direct from wall to TV.


With analog, "stereo" requires an MTS pilot signal. If you use a cable box that is MTS compliant, then you probably will have to use the red/white audio cables from the cable to the TV for stereo.

If you go directly from the wall to the TV, the you must verify that:
a) your TV is MTS stereo compliant
b) the cable provider passes the MTS stereo pilot carrier
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post #5 of 6
2/22/07 at 2:18pm
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I'm running my audio from a Motorola DCT6200 via optical audio to a Panasonic SA-XR10 receiver.
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post #6 of 6
2/22/07 at 2:29pm
Add red/white audio cables. That may work for analog channels.
Depending on how your A/V receiver works, you may have to manually "switch" audio when changing between "analog" and "digital" channels.
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