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Originally Posted by mgruber
In any case, much like regular analog tv's that will require a relatively simple analog to digital converter (around $50) to work after February 17, 2009, can't the same be done for the BMW analog tv tuner?
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We could, but it probably would not be that effective. The converters work like the old school VCRs. It is a digital tuner that outputs its "converted" signal through an RF modulator output to channel 3 on the TV, or some composite output to a TV's separate input. This presents a few limitations.
First, there would be no integration. If you used the composite video output, you would have to set the BMW TV on the A/V setting, and then use a separate remote to change channels on the digital tuner. Second, the BMW TV module is designed to use the diversity amp TV antenna feeds. My hunch is that reception from these antenna feeds might not be so great into a converter box, so you would have to use a separate TV antenna.