Philco TB100HH9 Digital to Analog TV Converter Box
Philco TB100HH9 Digital to Analog TV Converter Box
The Philco TB100HH9 Digital to Analog TV converter plays an important role in the completion of the digital TV transition. Designed to easily receive over-the-air ATSC standard-definition and high-definition terrestrial broadcasts, the DTA800 comes equipped with a remote control unit and the ability to provide on-screen program information sent by local TV broadcasters to easily identify details about TV programming. The DTA800 is designed solely to receive digital TV signals with an over-the-air antenna and converts those signals into analog for display through a TV set’s analog connections.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Works great, has a great feature
Picked up two of these yesterday and I’m very happy with them.
They have one great feature in particular - through the menu you can access a signal strength meter. With the meter on, you can adjust your antenna for the best reception and it tells you the strength as you make adjustments. It takes the guess work out of it!
I have a dvd player with a built in converter on one of our tvs. I temporarily plugged in one of these boxes just to find the best antenna position and now we get several more channels.
The only thing I don’t like is the remote. But I plan on programming a universal remote to work the box so I never have to look at their ugly one again.
5 Stars GREAT Analog Pass Through!
The fellow who rated this CECB as bad for analog pass through did NOT read the MANUAL!! You must simply turn on the analog pass through with SETUP. Most say that the picture is actually better than the original signal when pass through is turned on! But slightly less when the unit is turned off. Ergo…don’t buy this box if you are a dimwit.
1 Star Marginal at Best !
I purchased this unit (not from amazon). 1st the box is supposed to have “analog bypass” according to the CECB list on dtv2009.gov. It is not. As soon as the outdoor antenna was connected to the RF antenna-in jack, it made the channels on my tv (bypass mode) very snowy. The outdoor antenna coax was previously hooked up to TV, VHS, and satellite receiver w/o incident, prob not the antenna! 2nd it would only pickup 2 digital channels whereas an RCA converter would pickup 4 channels plus 2 subchannels. I contacted the manufacturer (funai-corp) and was advised this unit is not bypass capable and is not represented as such in the manual, which I desperately reviewed hoping to find that it was, sadly it isn’t. Cus svc at funai-corp is useless! Only the admin dept can authorize factory warranty return, but you cannot talk to them directly! Cussvc will take your name and number and forward it to admin who will (supposedly) return your call. 5 messages and 2 weeks later no response! Do NOT buy the TB100HH9!! I questioned the fact it only rec’d 2 channels, and was advised I needed a digital antenna (bull)! When asked why the RCA box picks up more channels, was told it is recommended I use a digital antenna! If you live w/in 10/15 miles from the transmitter, this box MAY work ok, but is not analog bypass capable! I was told as long as it picked up 2 channels, it was working ok, AVOID!!
5 Stars CECB - Philco TB100HH9
This CECB (but not CE Amazon when I ordered) was a snap to hook up (even with a VCR in the mix). One local TV station already “digital” so I was able to see if the box worked, and it did. Non-digital channels came thru just fine. Wasn’t really interested in digital channels being broadcast, so I just turned the converter box off and everything operated as if it wasn’t there (great). As with any new product that “comes with a remote,” I had to learn to use the new remote which was no big deal. Do wish, tho, that the manufacturer had seen fit to put ventilation louvers somewhere on the box. Signed ECBU.
4 Stars Patience may be needed
For $9.00 after the government rebate (I bought locally not on Amazon), this converter was a good choice for me. In setting it up, however, I got into an enthusiastic hurry and totally neglected to read the manual expecting a Converter Box to work like a DSL box…., i.e., attach the antennae and TV to the converter, plug TV and converter in and its done. NOT SO with the Digital to Analog Converter box. As per other reviewers, the manual instructions need to be followed. After attaching antennae to box to TV, I followed the instructions to scan in the digital channels but none were available, yet, as per the “no signal” message after fully scanning. Then, turning to manual pages 27 through 29, I learned how to “pass through” to analog channels, an additional few easy steps. Finally, with a bit of rabbit ear adjustment for each channel which is usual to pick-up signals in my area, I was done and the stations are coming in clearer with the converter box than with the antennae alone… NO SNOW. SNOW meant I had NOT quite gotten to the “pass through” instructions or had not taken extra time to hand adjust the antennae after “pass through” was complete… I also found (and haven’t quite figured this one out) that I might need to “pass through” for an individual channel if the set-up worked for some but not all the analog channels. Follow the manual, take your time, and the Philco works fine (so far!).
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