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LEARN HOW TO RUN 2 RV A/Cs ON A 30 AMP CONNECTION
by Tina
(Pinellas Park, Florida)
My TV has a built in DVD Player do I still need a converter box and if I do is there any way of hooking it up to run on battery?
ANSWER: Greetings Tina thanks for submitting your question on our Ask An RV Question Page.
The answer to your first question is yes you may need a Digital TV Converter Box for your current TV. The fact that your TV has a built-in DVD Player does not mean that your TV has a Digital ATSC Digital Tuner built-in. In fact the older your TV is the less chance it has of having a built-in ATSC Digital TV Tuner.
You need to look at your TV's Owner's Manual in the specification section to see if it shows having a built-in ATSC Digital Tuner. Do not confuse this with a NTSC Tuner, an NTSC tuner is an Analog Tuner and will need a Digital TV Converter Box in order to receive Digital TV signals.
If your TV does not have a built-in ATSC Digital Tuner then you need to look at the options below on what you can do to start receiving Digital TV signals.
Option 1: You can buy a Digital TV Converter Box. The Converter Box I highly recommend for RVers is the Zinwell ZAT-970A Digital to Analog TV Converter Box which is very highly rated by its users. Unfortunately that converter box runs on 120 volt power and
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LEARN HOW TO RUN 2 RV A/Cs ON A 30 AMP CONNECTION
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