Using a switch is not practical......
2007-06-27 11:44:49 · 3 answers · asked by naybore 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
You can't do it. Even if you did use a switch, everytime you switched from analog cable to over-the-air antenna and back you would have to re-do the channel search. How do I know this? I have a 42" Panasonic plasma HDTV with one antenna connector and I tried doing what you're trying to do.
My solution was to hook up the over-the-air antenna to the antenna connection and use a cable box for the analog signal. I use the video/audio output of the cable box into into one of the many video/audio inputs ( I believe I have seven of them) that my set has. That way I can easily switch between cable and antenna -although that means juggling remotes. Besides a cable box, you could use anything that can tune the analog cable signal such as a VCR or a DVD recorder.
2007-06-27 12:23:09 · answer #1 · answered by gkk_72 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just a response to gkk's comment.
Not all TVs behave like your Panny. My Sharp keeps separate channel listings for both the Antenna and Cable connections. I also only have one coax input.
I have to go into the menu to switch from Cable to Antenna, but I don't need to re-scan.
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2007-06-27 22:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by ftaok 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try a "Y" splitter for cable. it would have to be 1 male and 2 female... lucky "Y" splitter... lol
2007-06-27 18:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋