Re: Cable RF - stereo or mono?

"howldog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Pardon my newbie question please....
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> we have a stereo-ready tv, but our VCR is mono only.
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> Our cable RF goes directly into the VCR antennae in, then back out the
> the TV via RF out.
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> if the original signal from the cable company is stereo, what happens
> when we route the RF signal thru our VCR? Does it retain the stereo
> audio split via the RF cables, or, does it automatically convert to
> mono?
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As long as you are passing the RF through to your TV and using your TV tuner
to tune in the channel, it will still be in stereo if it is being
transmitted that way. If you use the VCR tuner to tune in the channel and
put your TV on channel 3 (or 4) to see the output of the VCR, then the audio
would most likely be mono.

> How much programming does a "typical" cable company boradcast in
> stereo? I am assuming that not much of the big network stuff, ABC,
> NBC, etc, is broadcast in stereo..... am i wrong?
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Actually, the big networks broadcast almost everything in stereo, along with
most of the major cable networks and premium services. It's up to the cable
company how much stereo actually gets to your house, but most systems have
all of the most popular channels in stereo.