Samsung HC-R4245W Owner's Instructions Manual page 5

Q&A
1. is the antenna | use for existing TV reception good enough for DTV?
Ove>the-air (OTA) digital TV broadcasting uses the sanle channels as analog TV and
works _s'ell with nlan)_ t'xisting TV antennas. Ho_'t'vt'r, DT\' ])roadc'ast chann4
assign[nt, nts are diffl'n'nt than analog chann4s. You should find octt wh'ther )our
local DTV })road_'asts art, on VHF (chann4s 2-1"_) or UHF (chann4s 14-(>9) to set" if
)ou nt't'd a dfff_'n'nt antenna.
If your DTV chann4s art, on UHF and )ou ah'ady set good UHF rtwption, your
present antenna nlay _,,'ork tint'. The sanlt' holds
trtitt'
for VHF I)TV recq_tion. Nott'
that in sonar' Lnarkt, ts bth VHF and UHF chann4s art' used br DTV l_roadcasts.
_\_u can find out the latest DTV channel assignnlt'nts for your area by bro',_'sin;4 selected
Intt'rn_'t web site's such as _'w, Uitant_:corll, and _'_qc'c.gov.
2. How diffisu|t is it to reseive DTV signa|s indoors?
This depends on whether your local DTV stations are running full power or not and
how clost' your location is to tD transnlission t¢,ver. DTV n'eeivt'rs do not n'quin' as
Lllt:tc'h%hal as analog TV rt'c't'tvt'rs to produc't' high-qualit) iLlmgt's and sound.
Once the DTV signal level exceeds a certain threshold at the n, ceiver, the digital video
and auutio data is decoded at the sanle quality it was originally encoded br broadcast.
This is a hg advantage br DTV over analog TV - there is no noise, ghosting static or
scratchy audio.
3. How san | sonnest an antenna in my townhouse, so-operative
apartment, condominium, or apartment?
The Federal Conlnlunications Conlnlission's OTAED Ectle (part of the
Tt'lt'_'onlLnunh'ations Act of 1996) allo_;vs residents of _'ondonliniunls townhoust,, or
Lllt'nlbers of ndghborhood associations to put up outside antt_nnas for rec'eption of
broadcast TV signals as long as thost, antennas art' not [o_'att'd in common an'as and
art, no [non' than 12' fn hdght.
Eesidents of rental units (apartn_ents etc) are not covered }>ythe OTAED rules and
will havt, to ust, indoor antennas to ret'efvt' DTV t)road('asts. It is possfl>le that th'
hndlord of an apartn_ent co[nplt'x can providt, ]_road_*ast DTV signals via a n_astt, r TV
antt'nna s)'stt'm to t'ach apartn_t'nt.
4. Can ! connect my DTV set-top reseiver to my sane TV service?
CaI_le TV systen_s _tse a dificrt, nt n_ethod br transn_itting digital TV progran_s that is
c'urrently inc'on_patil_lt' with broadcast I)TV set-top re<'eivt'rs. So vot:t__:ill still
nt'ed
to
ttst, art outtdoor or indoor antenna to n'cdvt' OTA })ro;_dcast [)TV progratl_s.
The good news is that you won't have to pay a n_onthly or per-progran_ charge to
watch OTA DTV and HDTV progran_s. They'n" Dee unlike sttbseription satellite TV or
pn'n_iun_ cable TI All you need is an antenna and a DTV set-top n'ceiver to enjoy
clear, sharp _v[descreen i_nages and high-quality audio.
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