Is anyone having trouble getting your Digital converter box to work with old sets?

[Tubejunke]

I will clean the tuner as general purpose, but I still doubt that it is the cause, the dirt that is. As far as theorization goes, I just made this thread in hope to compile enough good ideas and theories to be able to attack the situation. No real hurry anyway. I only use the old sets a few times a year.

Last night I hooked up the digital box to an early 50's WELL MADE Sparton and it worked fine. The Philco has been a mainstay of mine for MANY years, but it is a very basic set in all respects. I do feel that the basic nature of it is why it has always played perfect beyond minimal repair like a tube or a resistor here and there over the course of over the 25+ years that i have owned it. Oh, I forgot, the original CRT finally got weak enough for a change out.......

[Phil Nelson]

If this TV works well on channel 3 & 4 with your VCR, then tuner cleaning probably won't work any miracles.

Can you borrow a DVD player (or even a different brand of converter or VCR) from a friend? Every source can be a little different, and it wouldn't be unusual to find that your TV "likes" some better than others.

If you discover that your converter has a stronger signal than other sources, then maybe a cheap attenuator will make it more usable on this TV.

Phil

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

If you discover that your converter has a stronger signal than other sources, then maybe a cheap attenuator will make it more usable on this TV.

What is this (attenuator) and where do you get them? I am familliar with signal boosting, but not signal reduction....