[nfbmi-talk] This looks cool for those who don't have cable - FW:[The-Facts-Machine] Digital Radio

Mon Feb 21 05:18:07 UTC 2011

Hey Fred!

Hope things are well with you.

I'm not sure the point of hooking this to a cable.  It is for those who want
to use an antenna and not have cable and don't want a TV.  This is a cheap
and convenient choice, and if I understand, it also has a radio.  It does
stereo, too.  I wonder if it has the secondary channels, which seems likely,
since it is adapted from a Radio Talking Book receiver, as I understand.
Man, the price of cable is way too high as far as I am concerned, so this is
appealing.  Mostly, I only watch CNN.  Otherwise, I watch Lansing channels
which i could get for free with this receiver.

Warm Regards,

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of fred olver
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 5:32 PM
To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] This looks cool for those who don't have cable -
FW:[The-Facts-Machine] Digital Radio

This does not appear to be able to work with cable services because there is
no way to input material accept through with the antenna. I had a similar
thought, though, Fred, to Input the signal from a cable box and use it that
way. It ought to be able to be done with slight modifications.

Fred Olver

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 4:24 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] This looks cool for those who don't have cable -
FW:[The-Facts-Machine] Digital Radio

>
>
>
>
> From: the-facts-machine at googlegroups.com
> [mailto:the-facts-machine at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:14 AM
> To: the-facts-machine
> Subject: [The-Facts-Machine] Digital Radio
>
>
>
> The following is a description of a digital TV radio that Richard 
> Oehm, of Optacon repair fame, is able to produce and sell.  It costs 
> $165 plus $17 shipping.  If you're interested in purchasing this 
> device, please contact Richard directly; his contact info is at the bottom
of this e-mail.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> The DTV radio I can offer to you is a modified version of what we sell 
> to reader services that utilize one of the "alternate audio" channels 
> on a terrestrial (off air) digital TV channel to carry their 
> broadcasts.  This radio is fairly easy for a blind person to use, and 
> the users instructions will come in Braille or as an audio 
> presentation on a compact disk.  The radio doesn't
>
> have speech output, but its operation is fairly intuitive.
>
>
>
> The radio is housed in a small wooden cabinet with its own speaker.  
> There are rear panel stereo RCA type audio output jacks on this radio, 
> that allow you to connect this radio to your hi fi audio system.  The 
> radio tunes all off air digital television channels from channel #2 to 
> channel #69. This is a digital TV receiver capable of decoding all 
> ATSC formatted broadcasts.  This radio will not receive any analog TV 
> broadcasts if there are still any of these available in your area.  
> Additionally, this radio will not receive most of the TV channels 
> carried by your cable company.  The radio has its own telescoping whip 
> antenna for receiving DTV channels within approximately twenty to 
> thirty miles from you.  You can also disconnect this built in antenna 
> and use a superior indoor or outdoor tv antenna for better reception 
> of distant broadcast TV signals. A front panel keypad allows you to 
> set up this radio for reception of digital TV channels in your area.  
> This front panel keypad also allows you to select and listen too, any 
> of the available tv channels and alternate audio programs available at 
> your location.  The radio operates from standard 120 volt AC power 
> outlets.  The radio cabinet measures eight inches high, twelve inches 
> wide, and four inches deep.
> These
> dimmensions asume that the telescoping whip antenna is in its fully 
> collapsed position.  The radio comes with a two year parts and labor 
> warranty.  The price for this radio is $165.00 each.  This price 
> doesn't include shipping charges.  If you're interested in purchasing 
> one or more of
>
> these radios, let me know.  It can sometimes take us approximately 
> fifteen to thirty days to deliver one of these radios.
>
> Very Best Regards,
>
> Richard Oehm
>
> Richard Oehm    E-mail: oehmelec at comcast.net
>
>
>
> Steve
> Lansing, MI
>
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