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- Macintosh TV: New Control Panel for HRC Cable (12/93)
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- Article Created: 1 December 1993
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- TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------
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- Macintosh TV users may find that they cannot receive television signals
- from their cable system. The solution is to get the revised TV Set Up
- control panel.
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- DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------
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- Background
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- About 30 percent of the cable systems in the United States use Harmonically
- Related Carrier frequency, which is different from air-transmitted
- television signals and from the remaining 70 percent of cable systems. HRC
- reduces interference when many channels are transmitted over cable. Most
- television receivers that are labeled "cable-ready" are compatible with
- HRC.
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- Macintosh TV, however, cannot receive an HRC signal -- because each
- channel's frequency is shifted down by 1.25 MHz from the standard channel
- frequencies recognized by Macintosh TV.
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- Solution: A New Control Panel
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- A revised TV Set Up control panel that allows Macintosh TV to pick up the
- HRC frequency will be available starting November 30, 1993. Here's where to
- get it:
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- • From authorized Apple resellers (who may charge a downloading fee).
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- • From the Apple Assistance Center.
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- • From AppleLink. Here's the path:
- Software Sampler
- Apple SW Updates
- Macintosh
- Supplemental System Software
- TV Setup (1.0.1).
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- This new control panel also fixes a problem that would sometimes cause the
- screen to darken after returning from TV mode.
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- Copyright 1993, Apple Computer, Inc.
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