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Re: [ECS] Fw: [HOMEVIS] Overlaying HV data on whole house CTV Ingo Dean Fri, 15 Oct 1999 13:27:12 -0400

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What you could do is to dedicate a channel to homevision using a
modulator, and have all your TV's switch their PIP to that channel when
something needs to be displayed.  Of course, all your TVs must then have
PIP capabilities with second tuners, but you can always run the video
out to those that have PIP, but only a single tuner.

I know you're looking for an overlay, but that just can't be done unless
you only use a single tuner like Kevin states.

Kevin Keast wrote:

> The only way you can do this is if you utilize a separate tuner for
> all channels and have the TVs set to the same channel, then you would
> be restricted to the same channel on all sets.  The problem here is
> that the overlay has to go on a line level video signal.  You cannot
> overlay it onto all channels.  It would be great to do this but
> unfortunately it cannot be done.  If you find out let me know.This is
> what I do.  When a call comes in I change all TV's to my modulated
> channel that shows the caller ID.  Then after 20 seconds it sends the
> TV's back to their original station using the "Last Channel" IR
> signal.Hope this helps.Kevin-----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Hutchins [mailto:hutchins_ta@fuse.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 7:32 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: [ECS] Fw: [HOMEVIS] Overlaying HV data on whole house CTV
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>      I sent this to both HV-list and CSI and got no repsonse, can
>      anyone out there help me? Thanks,Tom
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Tom Hutchins
>      To: homevision-users@warren.MENTORG.COMSent: Saturday,
>      October 09, 1999 3:59 PMSubject: [HOMEVIS] Overlaying HV
>      data on whole house CTV
>       All, I currently have my CTV split out to 3 TV's and one
>      cable box.  I would like to set up HV-PC to overlay info
>      like CID on all 4 sets.I am using a simple 4 way splitter
>      now and am not experiencing any loss of picture quality. All
>      of my hookups are w/ RG6 and std 'F' connectors.  I do not
>      want to have a 'certain channel' for HV but rather overlay
>      the info onto the incoming video so that you don't have to
>      keep changing channels. Any ideas? Tom
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