Can u explain how to set up the television system with my digital television box.

A digital television adapter (DTA), or digital-to-analog converter [set-top box], or commonly known as a converter box, it is a television tuner that receives a digital television (DTV) transmission, and converts the digital signal into an analog signal that can be received and displayed on an analog television set. It may refer to over-the-air broadcast television signals received by an television antenna, or to cable TV systems which switched to digital cable. It normally does not refer to satellite TV, which has always required a set-top box either to operate the big satellite dish, or to be the integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) in the case of direct-broadcast satellites (DBS).

In North America, these ATSC tuner boxes convert from ATSC to NTSC, while in most of Europe and other places such as Australia, they convert from Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) to PAL. Because the DTV transition did nothing to reduce the number of broadcast television system standards (and in fact further balkanized it), and due to varying frequency allocations and bandplans, there are many other combinations specific to other countries.

Sharp televisions don't work like you need them to when connecting them to a 5.1 sound system. You can connect them with a fiber optic cable from their digital audio out to the sound system's digital audio in BUT when you turn everything on no sound comes out of the sound system. So you start checking connections and troubleshooting, call Sharp, and maybe even call the sound system manufacturer. You may get a customer service representative knowledgeable enough to explain to you that Sharp televisions were designed without center channel capability. This means that the only use for the digital audio out is to get sound from your sound system when watching tv channels when your Sharp television is connected to your rooftop antenna only or directly to basic digital cable with no cable box or satellite tv receiver. Yes I just stated that you only connect the sound system to the Sharp television when you are watching over the air broadcasts or basic digital cable without a cable box.

People say "but that doesn't make any sense." But it is true. Sometimes you will get lucky and connect a Sharp television to the sound system with the fiber optic cable and get sound out of one of the devices you've connected to the Sharp television with an hdmi cable. You will then be directed by the customer service rep to connect all your devices to the sound system and connect them all to the television as well OR connect all your devices to the sound system with hdmi cables and connect the sound system to the television with one hdmi cable.

This model will require a digital converter box to receive the digital OTA channels since it has an NTSC instead of an ASTC tuner.

Try switching the external/internal speaker switch on the back of the tv to internal. This way you should at least get sound (from the TV not the sound system) when you change the volume of the TV itself.
Explain your set up if you need more help. By that I mean what do you have hooked to the TV and sound system, Satellite or digital cable box DVD ?
Make a note of where all the inputs to the sound system come from.

Cablevision is forcing people to having to buy Digital Cable Boxes with decoders in them.. On top of what you are already paying you have to pay lets say 2- 6$ per tv for a box per month.  Cablevision is doing this and charging more.  It's really to bad.

Greetings!

This set is listed as having the ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) tuner. This tuner provides reception of digital over-the-air (antenna/rabbit ears) signals and would therefore not need a converter box fir that use.

If you are trying to receive un-encrypted digital signals from cable, the ATSC tuner does no good. The set would then require a QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) tuner. I am not sure if this set has a QAM tuner or not. Even if it did not, your cable provider must provide a way for you to receive their signal and should make their converter box available to you.

Hope this helps explain things a little,
Rob

HDLCD2600 come set for cable. Make sure the tv is set for "tv" or "air" then run the auto channel memory or search feature of the set. If you have the manual it's under "memorizing channels". If your still have problems, call Sansui TV's customer service number 800 289 0980.

More information is required to properly troubleshoot this problem. How is your television connected when you are watching HD? Do you have HDMI for this, do you have a satellite or digital cable box? For analogue are you using regular coax antenna (cable TV), or are you going through a cable or satellite box?
This could be related to the aspect ration setting. perhaps you ahve changed your aspect ratio from 16:9 to 4:3 or some other setting. If you are connected via HDMI, then the digital signal may be "normalizing" your picture during HD, but reverting back to the other setting.

Check you video settings very carefully. HD televisions are very difficult to tweak properly.

Friend's advice

Explain the IRC and component settings on a DVD/Television connection (with sattelite box).