on 2/15/04 7:24 PM, Al Poulin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jay Boshara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I have a new 20" 1.25 GHz iMac. I get internet access from my cable TV >> provider (Mediacom) -- the cable is plugged into a snow AirPort basestation >> for wireless access to my wife's PowerBook, and I have an Ethernet cable >> running off the AirPort to my iMac for my Internet access. Since the same >> cable that provides our Internet also provides cable TV access, I am >> wondering if there is a way to pipe cable TV to my iMac. > > Are you sure the cable that goes to your iMac carries the TV signal? With > my cable from Cox, the data carrier is split off the main cable at a > splitter they installed outside the hosue. The told me the TV frequencies > do not come through to the computer.
I have Cox too, I used their "self install kit" and it just came with a plain old splitter and 25 feet of coax cable. I have gotten perfect TV reception from the same cable that goes to the cable modem. But, at my parents' house, where they had Comcast (previously ATTBI, previously MediaOne) do the installation, they DID install a filter on the line to the cable modem. I haven't tried using a TV on the data side or the modem on the TV side there. So, I think it can probably vary whether you can use a TV/VCR/TV tuner card on the same line as your cable modem. The original poster could try plugging a small TV into the cable normally going to their cable modem to see if it worked. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
