Samsung HCN5529W Official Projection Television

User Manual - Page 8

For HCN5529W.

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Q&A
1. Is the antenna I use for existing TV reception good enough for DTV?
Over-the-air (OTA) digital TV broadcasting uses the same channels as analog TV and
works well with many existing TV antennas. However, DTV broadcast channel assign-
merits are different than analog channels. You should find out whether your local DTV
broadcasts are on VHF (channels 2-13) or UHF (channels 14-69) to see if'you need a
different antenna.
If yolu" DTV channels are on UHF and you ah'eady get good UHF reception, yolu" pre-
sent antenna may work fine. The same holds true for VHF DTV reception. Note that
in some markets, both VHF and UHF channels are used fbr DTV broadcasts.
You can find out the latest DTV channel assignments %r your area by browsing selected
Internet web sites such as www.titant_com, www. 10000watts.corn, and ww_tfi'c.go_
2. How difficult is it to receive DTV signals indoors?
This depends on whether your local DTV stations are running flfll power or not and
how close your location is to the transmission tower. DTV receivers do not require as
much signal as analog TV receivers to produce high-quality images and sound.
Once the DTV signal level exceeds a certain threshold at the receiver, the digital video
and audio data is decoded at the same q.ality it was originally encoded for broadcast.
This is a big artvantage fbr DTV over analog TV - there is no noise, ghosting, static, or
scratchy alldio.
3. How can I connect an antenna in my townhouse, co-operative
apartment, condominium, or apartment?
The Federal Comm.nications Commission's OTARD R.le (part of the
Telecommlu_ications Act of 1996) allows residents of condominilm_s, townhollse, or
members of neighborhood associations to put .p outside antennas for reception of
broadcast TV signals as long as those antennas are not located in common areas and
are no more than 12' in height.
Residents of rental units (apartments, etc) are not covered by the OTARD rules and
will have to use indoor antennas to receive DTV broadcasts. It is possible that the
landlord of an apartment complex can provide broadcast DTV signals via a master TV
antenna system to each at_artment.
4. Can I connect my DTV set-top receiver to my cable TV service?
Cable TV systems Hse a different method %r transmitting digital TV pit)grams that is
currently incompatible with broadcast DTV set-top receivers. So you will still need to
llse an olltdooi" or indoor antenna to receive OTA broadcast DTV t_I'ogI'ams.
The good news is that yoH won't have to pay a monthly or pei_program charge to
watch OTA DTV and HDTV programs. They're fl'ee, Hnlike sHbscription satellite TV or
premium cable TV All yo. need is an antenna and a DTV set-top receiver to et!joy
clear, sharp widescreen images and high-quality audio.
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