tuner
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One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.
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A box connected to a television (or VCR) SCART connector is fed with the baseband television signal from the set's tuner, and can have the television display the returned processed signal instead.
Access to an FM tuner (98.5FM) is required to enjoy the soundtrack.
A level 5, this was perhaps the easiest monster to make in the deck, and it was a tuner monster so it was easy to climb up into higher level monsters with it.
A Microsoft ClearType tuner utility is available for free download for Windows versions lacking this facility. citation If ClearType is disabled in the operating system, applications with their own ClearType controls can still support it.
Europe In Europe, a set-top box does not necessarily contain a tuner of its own.
High-definition TV sets, receivers, and tuner cards are also covered, though the technical specifications are different (high-definition display screens, as opposed to high-definition TVs, may lack captioning).