anyway to add tv tuner?

fztcar · Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 433 Location: Champaign, IL

Hello. I have a Jensen VM-9022 Double DIN headunit in my xb. It has options for everything except a tv tuner. Is there a small unit designed soley for picking up television signals? Is this all a moot point after February when all the signals go digital? It would just be nice to pick up some kind of tv station instead of just displaying movies. Do I have any options? Thanks for your time.

Gothbox · Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 2327 Location: over there

from my past experiences working a n a stereo shop, TV tuners are crap in general. We had a guy that had a xB, that had a tuner in his, and we put 4 antennas in his car, one in each side rear glass, one in the back glass, and one up front, and he still could barely pick up a station or two. if you moved the car a foot, it would pick up diff stations. so they are not very reliable IMHO. if you REALLY want TV, then get SAT for the car.
And I am not sure about the tuners still working when they go digital.

xB_Crew · Posted: 9/3/08 5:46AM Post subject:

SAT FTW..
I was going to say the same.. the tuners barely get the strongest signals..
however, it can be done.. but you will not find it usefull

fztcar · Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 433 Location: Champaign, IL

how do you do the satelite thing? do i have to get that big ugly spaceship thing on top of the box?

duck_dodgers_24_5 · Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 9333

saddly i think so?

burstaneurysm · Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 6224 Location: Forest Park, IL

Yea, that's pretty much your only option. Even if you did a terrestrial tuner, it would be obsolete as of Feb 2009.

kzhorse · Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 604 Location: Dundalk,Maryland

I used a DTV tuner for awhile that worked pretty good,The only problem was I had to run a power inverter to power it.
You can run it right to the monitor.

Scott

cobb · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 1346 Location: Richmond, VA

You can get dtv turners cheap and about every store sells them They pick up digital signals and conerts them to analog for non digital tvs.

kzhorse wrote: I used a DTV tuner for awhile that worked pretty good,The only problem was I had to run a power inverter to power it.
You can run it right to the monitor.

Scott

omarq · Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 63

Yeah you can get one of the DTV converter boxes and use that... but I beleive they all run off 120V so you'll need a converter box. The other problem is finding a good omnidirectional antenna for the car. If you drive near the towers it shouldn't be a big issue, and the beauty about digital is that they signal won't get fuzzy.. its like DVD it can get choppy and blocky.. but if you have a signal you get a crisp clear picture.

Im not sure if they make a DTV converter box for automotive use.

emsmith2323 · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 80

fztcar · Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 433 Location: Champaign, IL

thanks for all the replies.