What are IR blasters?
--- In [email protected], MegaZone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Once upon a time Rhonda shaped the electrons to say...
> > I now have Digital cable, and donot own an RF splitter. The cable
man
> > is coming tomorrow, to finish hooking up cable internet, etc. Do
I need
> > an rF splitter to run Tivo with the cable box?
>
> It depends on how you plan to connect things. The TiVo's internal
> tuner only handles analog cable. Most people with digital cable
just
> feed it into the cable box. Then connect the A/V output from the
box
> to the input on the TiVo and use the IR blasters to control the box.
>
> You only need a splitter for the cable if you plan to split the
cable
> and feed a branch directly into the TV as well.
>
> -MZ
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