[Electronics-Talk] Adding an External Indoor Antenna to a Toshiba Fire TV Model

Sun May 9 04:13:53 UTC 2021

One of the other things about them was the great TV & radio reception you
had with them.

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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Adding an External Indoor Antenna to a
Toshiba Fire TV Model

I remember those receivers, Rob.  They were pretty nice.  Never had one, but
I saw one at the Guide Dog school in San Rafael.

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Toshiba Fire TV Model

Well, I remember the RCA Audio Receivers that had Braille on all of the
dials. They had a problem with their capacitor tube which caused a very loud
hum. I was lucky that I found someone to fix it other than RCA, simply,
because RCA never fixed it correctly. 

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Toshiba Fire TV Model

And the little radios that used to get tv channels no longer work either. I
loved mine.

On 5/8/21, Amanda Lee via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> Oh I understand!  I really will always regretit that the FCC allowed 
> this change to move TV out of a more accessible frequency band.  One 
> can no longer rely upon local tV during a power outage because if 
> cable or FIOS are offline or you have no power, even with the small 
> portable TVs available, you end up with the same reception issues.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf 
> Of Steve Jacobson via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, May 8, 2021 5:50 PM
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> Cc: Steve Jacobson <steve.jacobson at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Adding an External Indoor Antenna to a 
> Toshiba Fire TV Model
>
> Amanda,
>
> No offense or insult was meant by me.  I live in a house that is of 
> wood construction in the Twin Cities.  My daughter had an HD TV with 
> an external in-door antenna, and one of our local channels which was 
> perhaps fifteen miles away, could only be received when I held the 
> antenna up by the ceiling of her room on the second floor.  She had 
> two windows that faced the direction from which the signal came.  If I 
> put the antenna on the top of the dresser, the signal on that channel 
> was gone.  I have no idea why the reception in that case was so 
> tricky, and it dulled my enthusiasm a bit so your experience does not 
> surprise me.  In my case, we didn't pursue it and perhaps a more 
> sophisticated antenna would have done better.  I worked with another 
> guy who put in an amplified antenna in his attic and he also never was 
> able receive all of our local channels until he adjusted the level of 
> this antenna amplifier.  He needed some amplification, but full 
> amplification overloaded the amplifier resulting in less signal.  I 
> don't know if he ever got it working.  <smile>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Amanda Lee via Electronics-Talk
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> Cc: Amanda Lee <amandainparadise777 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Adding an External Indoor Antenna to a 
> Toshiba Fire TV Model
>
> Oh I totally agree! It's just a higher gain effect so the range is 
> perhaps there's some advantage.  I merely stated the description from 
> the manufacturer and not what I expected.  My point being too that the 
> two network affiliates are local to Washington, DC and not in 
> Baltimore which is over 40 miles away from my home so I found it a bit 
> disconcerting with the antenna flat on the window that although I 
> scanned  three or four different times so far with different 
> configurations and antenna positions, the result wasn't that 
> different.
>
> Ok, I'll not discuss this topic anymore unless necessary.
>
> Thanks for the input, everyone.
>
> Amanda
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Steve Jacobson via Electronics-Talk
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Adding an External Indoor Antenna to a 
> Toshiba Fire TV Model
>
> Amanda,
>
> I don't see how an in-door antenna could have claimed a range of 200 
> miles even during the old analog days.  Receiving the newer HD 
> channels is more complicated.  Sometimes VHF channels are paired with 
> UHF channels, for example.  What I have found is that antenna 
> placement can make quite a difference.  Unfortunately, if you move 
> your antenna, you may need to have your TV search for channels again.
> Also, because of the UHF component, your building may block channels 
> from certain directions eve though you are geographically close to 
> them.
>
> Each of the old channels can now carry multiple programs, though, so 
> the number of channels that one can receive is effectively much 
> higher, but sometimes you just can't receive a channel that you should 
> be able to receive.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf 
> Of Amanda Lee via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Friday, May 7, 2021 5:08 PM
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> Cc: Amanda Lee <amandainparadise777 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Adding an External Indoor Antenna to a 
> Toshiba Fire TV Model
>
> I forgot to mention that I  did find between 33 to 35 channels.  Now 
> of course this is good!  However, sadly, it did not find the CBS or 
> ABC Network affiliates.  It did find some interesting channels though 
> which would make the cord cut worthwhile as I like Movies and there's 
> a World Channel and was surprised to find Court TV and a few others.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amanda
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Rob Kaiser via Electronics-Talk
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> Cc: Rob Kaiser <rcubfank at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Adding an External Indoor Antenna to a 
> Toshiba Fire TV Model
>
> I don't know anything about the antenna you got, but I tried to cut 
> the cord a few years ago & tried to go with an antenna, &, I got a 
> wopping 3 channels. I live in the high desert of Southern California.
>
> Rob Kaiser email;
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Amanda Lee via Electronics-Talk
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> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Amanda Lee <amandainparadise777 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Adding an External Indoor Antenna to a 
> Toshiba Fire TV Model
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> I just subscribed to this list so if this is an old topic, please 
> pardon a repeat question or issue!
>
>
>
> I really would like to cut the CableTV cord and save about $100  worth 
> of cable TV costs per month where there's only a few channels that 
> interest me and some of which  I can find from other sources.
>
>
>
> I ordered an amplified antenna.  Unfortunately, the model I ordered 
> doesn't have a switch that I can readily find on the amplifier to take 
> it out of the circuit.  So I scanned with the amplifier in-line and 
> then I manually removed the amplifier and scanned again with no real 
> difference.
>
>
>
> I purchased this indoor TV antenna from Amazon for around $20 after a 
> discount.  It is the
>
> TV Antenna - Latest Amplified HD Digital Indoor Antenna Long 200 Miles 
> Range HDTV Antenna - 17ft Coax Cable Indoor Antenna for 4K Local 
> Channels - Support from  All Television
>
> 4.9 out of 5 stars    14 ratings
>
>
>
> The antenna is a current year model for indoor use and claims to have 
> a chip to filter out what I'd refer to as intermod from FM and other 
> RF signals.
> Since I live in Northern Virginia which is a very hot area in terms of 
> much in the way of active Radio Frequency transmissions from 
> everything imaginable, reception is challenging without an external 
> antenna.  However, I am restricted by Condo Association rules as to 
> what I can place outdoors and attached to my town home  or yes, I 
> would
prefer an outdoor antenna.
>
>
>
> I have had a couple of other TVs in the past 10 or so years which had 
> seemingly better reception and these were digital TVs as well so I'm 
> curious if anyone has observed reception issues with the Toshiba 
> FireTV models?
>
>
>
> I am also curious to know what others have experienced with adding an 
> external indoor antenna to the Toshiba Fire TV and if there's any 
> recommendations?  If this is too off topic, please email me offline.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Amanda
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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