
Setting up Your Digital to Analog
Converter Box
QUICK FACTS
Analog TVs can receive digital television (DTV) signals by using a “Digital-to-Analog
Converter Box” that can be purchased at retail stores. If you have a single antenna
(such as “rabbit ears” on your TV or an aerial on your roof) and one analog TV, the
basic set-up below will convert digital broadcasts so that they can be received and
viewed on your analog TV.
This guide will help you prepare so that when you purchase a converter box you will
know what to expect and whether you may need help setting it up.
The Mailout for this resolution is the 4 mailouts for Setting of a Converter box. (you
can click on the links below for each instruction separately)
Setting Up Your Digital-to-Analog Converter Box (Basic)
This describes the installation of a digital-to-analog converter box with your current antenna and
analog TV. You will need your analog TV, the antenna you have been using (indoor or outdoor),
and the coaxial wire that currently connects your antenna to your TV (as pictured on the right).
Your new converter box will come with a coaxial wire and a remote control. Before you begin
the installation of the converter box, you should unplug your TV and from your antenna, if you
are using an indoor, amplified antenna.
Step 1 Unplug the existing coaxial antenna wire from your TV “Antenna In (RF)” port.
Step 2 Plug the existing coaxial wire into the “Antenna In (RF)” port on your Converter Box.
Step 3 Using the coaxial wire that comes with your Converter Box, plug one end into the “Out
To TV (RF)” port on the Converter Box. Plug the other end into the “Antenna In (RF)” port on
your TV.
Step 4 Plug the power cords on your Converter Box and TV into a power outlet, and turn on
your TV and Converter Box. If you are using amplified rabbit ears, make sure the antenna is
also plugged in. Use the instructions that come with your Converter Box and tune your TV to
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