Antenna Cable TV Dish

There are several delivery methods for television and date transmissions these days. As a flipper you have an obligation to develop standard wiring for television reception. But leave exotic methods like dish to the subsequent home owner.

So make sure there is a TV outlet in every habitable room. Don't forget the kitchen counter.

Note: Each line to an outlet should be run from a central point. This is called the home run method. Do not install a loop system where the cable runs from one room to another to another. This can cause problems after people move in that you do not want to have to face. Home runs offer great insurance that the wiring will work fine.

Some details about cable installations:

HOME WIRING

The home wiring rules are intended to encourage competition between multichannel video delivery services by allowing a consumer who voluntarily terminates cable service to use the wiring to receive a competing multichannel video delivery service, such as direct broadcast satellite, wireless cable ("MMDS"), or a different cable service, without the expense and inconvenience of installing new wire.

Under the Commission's rules, cable subscribers may provide and install their own cable home wiring within their premises and may connect additional home wiring within their premises to the wiring installed and owned by the cable operator prior to the termination of cable service. Under this rule, customers may select who will install their home wiring (e.g., themselves, the cable operator or a commercial contractor). In addition, customers may connect additional wiring, splitters or other equipment to the cable operator's wiring, or redirect or reroute the home wiring, so long as no electronic or physical harm is caused to the cable system and the physical integrity of the cable operator's wiring remains intact. Cable subscribers are not permitted to physically cut, improperly terminate, substantially alter or otherwise destroy cable operator-owned inside wiring. To protect the cable system from signal leakage, electronic and physical harm and other types of degradation, the cable operator may require that any home wiring (including passive splitters, connectors and other equipment used in the installation of home wiring) meets reasonable technical specifications, not to exceed the technical specifications of such equipment installed by the cable operator. However, if the subscriber's connection to, redirection of or rerouting of the home wiring causes electronic or physical harm to the cable system, the cable operator may impose additional technical specifications to eliminate such harm.

COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN CABLE SYSTEMS AND CONSUMER EQUIPMENT

Televisions and videocassette recorders ("VCRs") have many special features and functions that may not work when consumers are connected to cable services. The Commission has proposed regulations to allow consumers to use and enjoy the enhanced features of their TVs and VCRs such as "picture-in picture", viewing a program on one channel while simultaneously recording a program on another channel, and recording two or more consecutive programs that appear on different channels. The proposed rules do allow cable operators to protect their premium services from receipt by non-subscribers.

The Commission has established rules to assure compatibility between home electronic equipment and cable television systems so the advanced features of television receivers (TVs) and VCRs will function when connected to cable service. These rules were adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 17 of the 1992 Cable Act.

The compatibility rules specify a number of measures to promote improved compatibility between existing cable system and consumer electronics equipment. They also include provisions for achieving additional improvements in compatibility through new cable and consumer equipment. These compatibility standards facilitate the recording of one program while viewing another, recording consecutive programs that appear on different channels, use of "picture-in-picture" and other advanced features of newer television sets, and operation of subscriber-owned remote control units. In addition, the Commission intends to adopt standards for a Decoder Interface connector in new "cable ready" equipment and requirements for cable systems to support its use. This feature of consumer equipment will eliminate the need for set top converters, allowing them to be replaced with electronic components that plug into a special plug in the back of "cable ready" TV equipment.

With respect to existing equipment, the rules address problems associated with the existing universe of cable system and consumer electronic equipment. They require cable systems that use scrambling technology to offer their subscribers supplemental equipment that will enable subscribers to use the extended features of their TVs and VCRs such as "picture-in-picture" and timed recording. To meet such a requirement, the operator can offer to provide subscribers: (1) a single integrated device with dual descramblers/decoders and/or timers and bypass switches or (2) two independent set-top devices which support similar functionalities. The rules further provide that cable operators must offer subscribers the option of having all signals whose reception does not require use of a converter to pass those signals directly to the subscriber's TV or VCR, without passing through the set-top device. This capability can be provided through a by-pass switch or through internal by-pass circuitry in a set-top box. Cable operators are required to provide supplemental equipment on the request of individual subscribers and may charge for equipment provided under these requirements in accordance with the rate regulations for customer premises equipment.

The rules prohibit cable operators from scrambling signals on the basic tier of cable service. This prohibition ensures that consumers who have TVs and VCRs capable of tuning basic service channels are able to continue to receive service on those channels without a set-top device.

Cable operators who employ set-top devices that incorporate remote control capability must permit such operation with commercially available remote control units, or otherwise take no action that would prevent the use such remote control units. Upon a subscriber's request, a cable operator is, however, allowed to disable the remote control functions of a subscriber's set-top box.

The rules require cable operators to provide a consumer education program on compatibility matters to their subscribers. This information must be presented in writing and provided to consumers at least annually and when they first subscribe to the cable service. The consumer education program must alert subscribers that where a set-top device is used to receive service, subscribers may be prevented from using some of the special features and functions of their TVs. These functions include those that allow subscribers to: view one program on one channel and record a program on another channel; record two or more consecutive programs on different channels; and use advanced picture generation features such as "picture-in-picture," channel review and other functions that necessitate channel selection by the consumer device. Under the consumer education program requirements, cable operators must also inform subscribers that: certain TVs and VCRs simply may not be able to receive all of the channels offered by the cable system once they are connected directly to the cable system; there are various types of channelization (tuner reception) incompatibilities; and offer suggestions for resolving channelization problems, e.g., use a set-top channel converter device that could be obtained from either the cable system or a retailer (in the latter case, only simple channel converter devices that do not include descrambling capability); and subscribers may purchase compatible remote control units from other sources. With respect to this last element, cable systems must provide a list of the models of set-top devices they provide to subscribers and a representative list of the remote control units currently available from retailers that are compatible with the set-top devices they employ.

The rules provide standards for new consumer TVs and VCRs marketed as "cable ready" (or "cable compatible") and are intended to provide the necessary flexibility for the transition from the existing analog cable to the new digital systems. The technical standards for "cable ready" consumer electronics equipment only apply to TVs and VCRs specifically marketed as "cable ready" or "cable compatible." The rules specify that new TVs and VCRs marketed using the terms "cable ready" or "cable compatible" after June 30, 1997, must comply with the "cable ready" equipment standards. The rules further prohibit use of the terms "cable ready," "cable compatible" and other terms and descriptors that convey the impression a device is fully compatible with cable service, in the labeling and packaging of consumer TVs and VCRs manufactured or imported for sale to consumers in this country after October 31, 1994, unless the equipment complies with the "cable ready" technical standards.

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