Will it pass the antenna signal through when the dvd-player iOFF?

Di dit pass the antenna signal stright through or di dit convert to channel 3 or 4?

Covfefe?

Or RTFM! Micky! (Read the f+++++ manual).

I did that. It's ambiguous.

Very long ago, I had the same model and it did indeed pass the signal when the DVDR was off. It wouldn't be much of a feature if it didn't.

That's what I thought but I wanted to make sure. A) sometimes I have too many tidbits in my mind and I can't keep track. B) there was evidence to the contrary...

When the DVDR broke, after 15 years, I connected the antenna co-ax straight to the RF Modulator (bought when all I had were non-digital tvs). and I couldn't get other stations but I got channels 13.1-6 very well on my one smart tv (which also always gets its signal through the RF modulator.) Then I bought the exact same model dvdr on Ebay and for 3 or 4 days everything worked, but I'm having trouble with the remote extender and for now I'd be happy just to get those same channel 13's, or even one of them, but I get nothing even out of the smart TV when the dvdr is off.

Maybe going through the DVDR weakens the signal compared to being connected straight to the RF modulator?

Easy enough to check, I suppose.

Well, I did. That's the comparison I described in the long paragraph, and it appears thatgoing through the DVDR weakens the signal compared to being connected straight to the RF modulator? I was looking for agreement, that could well be the case, or confidence it's not the case and there must be something I've missed.