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Originally Posted by minard3
My mom and my grandpa both get their local channels over the air because their market is not available via DirecTV. Both their TVs only have a single coax input, so now that I hooked their Magnavox digital to analog converter up, the over the air channels look great, but the DirecTV signal is now fuzzy. I assume the box must be interfering. I tried setting the box to use channel 4, but that didn't help. I also saw the RF passthrough option in setup, but I figured that there is no way they would remember to go in there every time they wanted to switch between the antenna and directv. My only solution I could think of is to put in an A/B switch and separate out the over the air antenna signal from the directv signal. Of course, buying a newer tv that at least has composite AV jacks would work too, but neither of them are looking for a new tv right now.
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There are a couple of DirecTV receivers (h20 or hr20 receiver) with a built-in digital receiver capable of receiving over the air signals for local programming. What model number are your mom and my grandpa using?
You are correct in that you cannot connect your converter box to your DirecTV receiver directly. I'm surprised you're getting any over-the-air channels at all.
How many inputs are available on the back of your mom and my grandpa's TV? Most newer TVs (2002-2008) have atleast 2 inputs available which would allow you to connect their DirecTV receiver to one input and the converterbox to the other. Switching back and forth between satellite TV and local programming would be simple by using the TV remote control to switch between inputs.
Welcome to the forum by the way.
