[SBE] Faulty converter boxes

[John Poray]

My apologies if this is a subject that has already been addressed with this
forum.  I had a call today from a member, Keith Stuhlmann, DOE at WINK-TV in
Ft. Myers, Fla. about the deluge of calls his station took the first few
weeks after they cut off their analog signal on February 17. Their digital
assigned channel is 9, and it seems that many of the Fanai manufactured
converter boxes under the Magnavox and Philips brands have faulty VHF
tuners. 

 

Keith asks if other stations have had the same problem. The boxes were sold
by Wal-Mart (possibly others). In their local area, Wal-mart appears now to
have put RCA branded converter boxes on the shelves and discontinued selling
the Magnavox converters. You may email Keith directly at
keith.stuhlmann at winktv.com if you would like a response to r each him. He is
not subscribed to this forum. (I tried).

 

Thanks,

John Poray

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John L. Poray, CAE

Executive Director

Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc.

9102 N. Meridian Street, Suite 150

Indianapolis, IN 46260 USA

Phone: (317) 846-9000   Fax:(317) 846-9120

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