I bought one of the Winegard RC-DT09 converter boxes as well as some other brands. I have noticed the RC-DT09 is being referred to as a battery powered box in some places on this forum. That is the exact model number of the one that I have and I do not see any indications of it being battery powered.
This is the box that I bought with a government coupon that was about to expire so it was sort of a spur of the moment purchase. I would have saved the price difference if I would have just let the coupon expire. This box turned out to be defective and by the time that I hooked it up to discover the defect it was to late to return it. It had a 90 day warranty on it.
The defect is that it will not automatically find and it will not accept a manual entry to receive more than three channels of the same number. I can get 20-1, 20-2 and 20-3 but it will not tune in or accept 20-4 that comes in fine with my other box and with my HDTV on the same antenna. It will also not accept the -4 or -5 of another channel.
This box also has no program guide feature at all. It lacks the analog pass through feature so it must have a switch on it so that I can use the satellite box or tune to a low power analog channel. I certainly expected better than this from Winegard.
Assuming that I just happened to get one of the few defective units built. The plus side of it is that this is a smaller more compact box that will not take up as much room. It seems to change channels and do a scan for channels a little faster than some of the other boxes that I have used. It has a very small remote control that also takes up less room. The remote will only operated the converter box and has not got the feature to operate or even turn the TV set on and off. It seems to pull in the distant stations better than some of the other digital tuners. It produces a decent quality picture and sound.
This is the box that I bought with a government coupon that was about to expire so it was sort of a spur of the moment purchase. I would have saved the price difference if I would have just let the coupon expire. This box turned out to be defective and by the time that I hooked it up to discover the defect it was to late to return it. It had a 90 day warranty on it.
The defect is that it will not automatically find and it will not accept a manual entry to receive more than three channels of the same number. I can get 20-1, 20-2 and 20-3 but it will not tune in or accept 20-4 that comes in fine with my other box and with my HDTV on the same antenna. It will also not accept the -4 or -5 of another channel.
This box also has no program guide feature at all. It lacks the analog pass through feature so it must have a switch on it so that I can use the satellite box or tune to a low power analog channel. I certainly expected better than this from Winegard.
Assuming that I just happened to get one of the few defective units built. The plus side of it is that this is a smaller more compact box that will not take up as much room. It seems to change channels and do a scan for channels a little faster than some of the other boxes that I have used. It has a very small remote control that also takes up less room. The remote will only operated the converter box and has not got the feature to operate or even turn the TV set on and off. It seems to pull in the distant stations better than some of the other digital tuners. It produces a decent quality picture and sound.
