Thank you! We were finally able to figure this out thanks to your video! We got over 50 channels. I haven’t watched over air TV in years. It’s so nice. Thanks again!
Even though I do not have a Samsung Smart TV, it is still informative. I cannot believe people dislike a video. Tyler spends hours just to give us free OTA info and some people reject it. Shame on them.
@@AntennaMan What is...interesting (?) is that the viewed by and like numbers are never very close, indicating that many people forget to hit that like button. Yet...folks manage to remember (?) / manage to hit that dislike button. I suspect dislikes are just people being contrarian.
I have spent the last few hours trying to figure out channels on my tv and just searched on youtube for help and I found this video,. It took less than 2 mins to find channels. Thank you for sharing this!!
Thank you so much. I watched so many useless videos and watching this I had it set up in seconds. Your the best. I was so frustrated. Still a relevant video
Thank you so much 😭 it was getting so irritating trying to figure out how to run the channels. I don’t care for cable, as long as the antenna picks up the local channels.
I have 2 Samsung tvs, one was given to me and is maybe 10+ years old while the other I bought last year but have only turned on once or twice to see if it worked as it was bought on sale at an outlet that I had problems with in the past. To say that this, and other videos have been a help and very informative would be an understatement. One of these days I will get a new antenna so I can watch tv after 11:30 pm. For some reason (I am in a fringe area?) the signals get too weak for capture around 11:30-12:45.
Thank you for the video. Can do a video on signal strength vs signal quality. I just got my antenna professionally installed. By signal strength is 100% but signal quality bonces around. I get picture most of the time but break up. Thank you
Got to find a way to detune some of that bring that RF input down. You have too much power coming in at you. Imagine a garden hose. Squeeze the handle on the nozzle until it shoots the straight line. Now open it even further until you can't squeeze any further. That's basically what it's like. You're getting more output from the signal or more input to your television, but it's splattered. That's exactly the way radio waves operate they call it harmonics. Bad harmonics.
Thank you, seriously the only one on here I’ve found with my remote and didn’t make me want to throw my tv out the window. Only thing that would make this video better would be a badgers shirt. :)
I bought an HDTV antenna to access local channels since I don’t have cable, mostly use streaming services. I plugged it in and pulled up the settings menu, but for some reason the broadcasting option where the channel scan is located says unavailable. The tv plus has plenty of channels, but it won’t let me do a scar to access local channels with the antenna
If Broadcasting is Greyed out. It means you have an application open, example tv guide. Close it and you will see Broadcasting is no longer greyed out.
As far as accessing the channels every time we turn on our TV, do we have to repeat this process or are the local channels stored somewhere after we run the scan?
I recently bought the Samsung 55in Smart TV. I found it the channel scan after some playing around. What was really hard was finding the signal meter. It's in the Diagnostics screen which I was afraid to even attempt to go into!
So when you say that the channels that picked up by the scan will be stored on your TV? Where ate they stored? We use Roku and I don't see them in the list channels...Thank You for your help!~
The Cable option is usually useless. Most cable company's you will need a proprietary box to get there channels now! But how I get my internet I can scan in 2 channels. The local Community channel and the PPV preview channel! But the over the air stuff is just as good as a Basic Cable package if you live in a area with lots of the Diginets!
I have an older samsung tv. probably from around 2013 or so. i am running two antennas to pick up stations in different directions with an a/b switch to change the input from one to the other. Is there a way to manually enter and save stations?. The problem (really just a minor hastle) I have currently is I have to run a scan every time i switch from one antenna to the other and the stations from the other antenna are erased. appreciate any advse
How do you tell the difference (on screen artifacts) between interference from LTE (or any interference for that matter) vs low signal strength? Also, what is a good forum to discuss these things? I'm looking to chat with other like minded folks.
My moms TV is a Samsung Smart TV and she has a Spectrum cable box. If Spectrum is down, she wants to have an antenna backup. Can I do a channel scan (Air), then easily go back to the cable box once scanned in?
I bought a cheap battery operated 14 inch Tv and scanned and adjusted rabbit ears many times before I took delivery of my 75 inch LG NANO. I just switched the antenna to the LG (after I established the rabbit ears were in the best position for reception). I can also use the 14 inch for many other things and its really cheap for all you get.
Mabe with atsc3.0 broadcast internet these free internet channels will really be free if we have the option of free internet or pay internet over the air.
Just a suggestion, but on my Samsung TV's after I do the auto program I like to go into the support, self diagnosis, and then signal information to see what kind of signal I am getting. I noticed that once the signal drops below 15 SNR I lose the station.
I believe 15.2 dB is needed for ATSC 1.0. This is my go-to feature to find how good the signal is on Samsung TVs. To me, signal to noise ratio is better than a percentage bar and I wish that more TV manufacturers would include it.
Would like to see a comparison of the electronic programming guides of todays' tv's. TCL, Samsung, LG, Vizio. The guide feature will help determine which tv brand I buy. Most tv reviewers only focus on the streaming aspect of a tv and ignore the over the air functionality. While I do stream, ota tv is really important.
Have a Samsung TV i get some channels one direction have to turn antenna for other station Question? Is their anyway i can store channels without loosing them when i turn antenna and rescan?
Tyler. With this particular Samsung smart tv, you should also talk about the free streaming channels that come with it. For instance, if you already have internet wifi and did a channel scan, the way you showed here in this video clip, along with the OTA channels would be tons of additional channels that are totally free called Samsung TV Plus. I don't think you've ever touched upon this revelation in all of the videos you've posted. Perhaps you can do a followup video to this one showing the Samsung TV Plus streaming channels you will get. I think mine turned up 127 total extra channels however don't hold me to that particular number. Two of those channels broadcast in 4K.
I have a tcl ruku tv and that one scans both antenna and cable you don't have the option to scan just antenna unless you cancel it before it starts scanning the cable channels
What to do, auto program, on my Samsung smart tv UN55MU6290 states this function is not available! Help please, I do have a RCA amplified indoor HDTV antenna.
Antenna Man, this happened recently. I performed a rescan and got two of the same channel. The channel was CITYTV in Toronto and the virtual numbers were 57-1 and 18-1. But, 18-1 was a test channel with a full signal and 57-1 had the same poor signal. After the FCC Repack, will channel 18-1 become the new CITYTV or will channel 18-1 merge into 57-1?
I get the same channel. I receive all Toronto broadcasts in Buffalo NY and saw it when I did a new rescan as well. To my knowledge, they will be keeping the virtual as 57.1 and using rf 18 after the repack. I saw the same thing happen to Omni 1 and Omni 2 as well.
Do I have to scan channels every single time to watch tv on my Samsung tv???, (which I think is a weak tuner) is this normal now . It picks up and later looses channel.
I have Samsung un50nu6900 was using HD antenna ,working fine about 40 channels typically available to me until one night it just went out now the TV wont even see any channel besides pbs. I reset the TV, unplugged it,scanned numerous times...is it the tvs tunner im stumped
ok did a scan last night on my samsung first scan I got many channels but missing some locals from same broadcasting area did another scan after moving antenna now I cant get anything to come up after repeated scans and antenna movements a very cheap antenna but it was working but not anymore
Sounds like you need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
I have a tv that adds channels automatically it would help if all the relayed tv devises and TV's would work that way if you could send out a email to the manufacturers that might work
Because your antenna isn't getting anything. You'll likely need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
I bought a shitty antenna from ebay, cost me 10 bucks and I'm not even joking I'm getting clear signal from 65 miles away. I don't know how.. but I've messed with it for weeks, hours and hours just because it was fun and I get 30 channels when I was only getting 14 lol. Didn't do anything fancy, just somehow found a perfect spot inside my house. I think my giant smart TV is amplifying the signal because that TV picks up way more channels than my shitty old LCD tv. This crappy antenna had the ability to point directly at the tower so that also helps. I also did this at like 3am, I heard nighttime has better signals, true or?
I like the lg. What gets me on the channel scan with cable on a Samsung, channels are normal 2,3,4,5.. etc. my lg however does the 17-1,17-2,18-1, etc. hate the discrepancy between the two brands. Though I’m now a happy cord cutter, in Hagerstown Md, our channel selection stinks.
Antenna Man I need to find the power supply for my antenna master preamp under the antenna. I seem to remember picking up the dc channels with my bow tie. Though I now have a dual bow tie. 🤓 not sure I want to hang a 6 foot yagi on my roof. Thanks for a great job on your channel.
A good set of rabbit ears from the thrift store and an balun are what you want if you want real performance. Barring that a "twinlead antenna" and balun can be good. You just put a cardboard box on top the TV, scrunch the twin lead up at random and stuff it in the box. It works much better than "the cheap antenna I tell people not to buy but they buy them anyway"
i have this tv if the channel scan is whited out and you can't choose to scan channels simply turn tv off for few seconds and then on again. :D then go back to the channels scan menu you will see its now black and you are able to do a channel scan. if you want to find how strong your sinnal is and if it locked go to support then signal information. now you can go through all our programed channels with channel button and see how strong your signal is by viewing the number of blue bars.
If you have an antenna system with a rotator you will have to re-scan it if your channels are in different directions, but if you use a DTV converter box they allow you stack & store them Todays tuners with Roku, netflix built in have INFERIOR single stage tuners & many that you buy now do not have a NUMERIC keypad they use only cursor UP/DN key pads
On many systems you have the option of looking up what TV stations are in your area and manually adding them to the programmed list. This can be good when you have a rotor or the like where you change where your antenna is pointed. BTW: Two directional antennas and an A/B switch is a good option for some.
I have a Samsung tv their is a way around this when ypu do a scan,first know the rf frequency since their are no rf frequency above 36 it makes it easier.Know you frequencys,start your scan,make sure your rotor is point to staion as you scan,as tv is scanning rf channels will change color when scanned,as rf channels count up move rotor to tv staion and so forth,it will work with a little practice.I scanned in over 70 channels in my area doing this when normally if pointed in one direction without moving rotor I would only scan at the most 30 to 35 channels.
I have stations in 3 different directions. Scan each direction and note the stations. Do your final scan in the direction with the antenna pointed in the direction with the most stations then manually enter the missing channels. On some channels that use an RF channel that has a scanned virtual channel, enter a subchannel higher than the OTA virtual channel. IE: NBC10 Philly has 3 subs. I enter 10-4 to program virtual channel 15 WSJT.
@@donbest5024 This is how I did it on one of my TV's which is an older Toshiba without manual scan. I have found that by entering the RF channel as a digital channel (example 10-4), once it locks in it shows the virtual channel (15-4). I then added to the channel list using the ADD option. That also added all WSJT's virtual channels to the lineup. To get RF9 into the lineup I entered 9-1. It then switched to 35-1 and also added the 35's, 39's, 60's and 69's (when I hit ADD).
Sounds like you need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
📡 Do you have reception problems? Consider an antenna recommendation from me below.
👉 www.antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
Thank you! We were finally able to figure this out thanks to your video! We got over 50 channels. I haven’t watched over air TV in years. It’s so nice. Thanks again!
Even though I do not have a Samsung Smart TV, it is still informative. I cannot believe people dislike a video. Tyler spends hours just to give us free OTA info and some people reject it. Shame on them.
Difficult to understand how and why anyone would dislike his videos. People are sometimes thoughtless.
Fred Pinnix my thoughts exactly.
Most tv manufacturers need to dump the cable option because it confuses some people and most if not all you got to have a settop cable box anyway
Yeah some people don't get it. It takes me between 3-6 hours to make each video.
@@AntennaMan
What is...interesting (?) is that the viewed by and like numbers are never very close, indicating that many people forget to hit that like button. Yet...folks manage to remember (?) / manage to hit that dislike button. I suspect dislikes are just people being contrarian.
Thanks! This was so helpful! I almost brought the antenna back thinking it didn’t work.
I have spent the last few hours trying to figure out channels on my tv and just searched on youtube for help and I found this video,. It took less than 2 mins to find channels. Thank you for sharing this!!
Thank you so much. I watched so many useless videos and watching this I had it set up in seconds. Your the best. I was so frustrated. Still a relevant video
Thank you so much 😭 it was getting so irritating trying to figure out how to run the channels. I don’t care for cable, as long as the antenna picks up the local channels.
I have 2 Samsung tvs, one was given to me and is maybe 10+ years old while the other I bought last year but have only turned on once or twice to see if it worked as it was bought on sale at an outlet that I had problems with in the past.
To say that this, and other videos have been a help and very informative would be an understatement. One of these days I will get a new antenna so I can watch tv after 11:30 pm. For some reason (I am in a fringe area?) the signals get too weak for capture around 11:30-12:45.
Thank you. I was afraid to go one step further until i watched this. Piece of mind for my wife when the satellite reception goes out
Big big thanks..Got used Element tv. Really appreciate the help. Sharing 85° sunny FL weather with you as thank you!!
Thank you for the video. Can do a video on signal strength vs signal quality. I just got my antenna professionally installed. By signal strength is 100% but signal quality bonces around. I get picture most of the time but break up.
Thank you
Got to find a way to detune some of that bring that RF input down. You have too much power coming in at you. Imagine a garden hose. Squeeze the handle on the nozzle until it shoots the straight line. Now open it even further until you can't squeeze any further. That's basically what it's like. You're getting more output from the signal or more input to your television, but it's splattered. That's exactly the way radio waves operate they call it harmonics. Bad harmonics.
Thank you, seriously the only one on here I’ve found with my remote and didn’t make me want to throw my tv out the window. Only thing that would make this video better would be a badgers shirt. :)
The exact method may vary according to the make of the TV. Many will also autoscan when first plugged in and turned on.
I never seen a TV Auto scan, interesting. What brand does that ?
I bought an HDTV antenna to access local channels since I don’t have cable, mostly use streaming services. I plugged it in and pulled up the settings menu, but for some reason the broadcasting option where the channel scan is located says unavailable. The tv plus has plenty of channels, but it won’t let me do a scar to access local channels with the antenna
Everything is the same for the setup for me but the broadcasting isn’t lit up so I can’t click on it. Any suggestions?
If Broadcasting is Greyed out. It means you have an application open, example tv guide. Close it and you will see Broadcasting is no longer greyed out.
You’re very video worked perfectly and I was successful in scanning and setting up my new antenna, thank you!!!👍👍
As far as accessing the channels every time we turn on our TV, do we have to repeat this process or are the local channels stored somewhere after we run the scan?
They should be stored on your TV after the initial scan. You shouldn't have to rescan unless a channel moves frequencies
@@AntennaMan THANKS!
Thanks for your help. This is NOT common knowledge for everyone.
I recently bought the Samsung 55in Smart TV. I found it the channel scan after some playing around. What was really hard was finding the signal meter. It's in the Diagnostics screen which I was afraid to even attempt to go into!
So when you say that the channels that picked up by the scan will be stored on your TV? Where ate they stored? We use Roku and I don't see them in the list channels...Thank You for your help!~
The Cable option is usually useless. Most cable company's you will need a proprietary box to get there channels now! But how I get my internet I can scan in 2 channels. The local Community channel and the PPV preview channel! But the over the air stuff is just as good as a Basic Cable package if you live in a area with lots of the Diginets!
Our university campus cable is unencrypted and would work in that instance.
I have an older samsung tv. probably from around 2013 or so. i am running two antennas to pick up stations in different directions with an a/b switch to change the input from one to the other. Is there a way to manually enter and save stations?. The problem (really just a minor hastle) I have currently is I have to run a scan every time i switch from one antenna to the other and the stations from the other antenna are erased. appreciate any advse
How do you tell the difference (on screen artifacts) between interference from LTE (or any interference for that matter) vs low signal strength? Also, what is a good forum to discuss these things? I'm looking to chat with other like minded folks.
See video below: ua-cam.com/video/B87GMPdKZ5E/v-deo.html
@@AntennaMan Spot on, thank you :)
So will you loose all the Samsung pluss TV channels? Or will they still be there?
Thank you!! We were stuck for a while 😊
Thanks this was so helpful , you ROCK !
My moms TV is a Samsung Smart TV and she has a Spectrum cable box. If Spectrum is down, she wants to have an antenna backup. Can I do a channel scan (Air), then easily go back to the cable box once scanned in?
I bought a cheap battery operated 14 inch Tv and scanned and adjusted rabbit ears many times before I took delivery of my 75 inch LG NANO. I just switched the antenna to the LG (after I established the rabbit ears were in the best position for reception). I can also use the 14 inch for many other things and its really cheap for all you get.
So does the channels get added to the Samsung Plus line up?
Perfect video!! Great resource
Samsung TVs if connected to a internet connection have many free extra channels also UA-cam and Funimation Pluto tv and more
Those are the SmartTVs. Many older SmartTVs don't have all the options the newer ones have.
Only issue with the free channels is they have even more commercials than local over the air TV.
@@frommatorav1 yes but they often play shows/movies you won't find OTA. Decent tradeoff for free I think
Mabe with atsc3.0 broadcast internet these free internet channels will really be free if we have the option of free internet or pay internet over the air.
Cool thanks for the help video tutorial.👍👍👍
Just a suggestion, but on my Samsung TV's after I do the auto program I like to go into the support, self diagnosis, and then signal information to see what kind of signal I am getting. I noticed that once the signal drops below 15 SNR I lose the station.
Great suggestion! Your comment is pinned to my video.
I believe 15.2 dB is needed for ATSC 1.0. This is my go-to feature to find how good the signal is on Samsung TVs. To me, signal to noise ratio is better than a percentage bar and I wish that more TV manufacturers would include it.
Anything under 20 and there is breakup and random pixelization on ours...
i do that too.
Thanks this was very helpful
When I go to my settings and then see broadcast it’s lightened up so that I can’t access it. Do you know how to fix this so I can scan channels?
Hey Tyler do you have a video comparing the sensitivity of OTA tuners of different TVs? Thanks!
I have a video on the topic but don't have a side by side comparison of hundreds of tv models. That's just not feasible to do.
Would like to see a comparison of the electronic programming guides of todays' tv's. TCL, Samsung, LG, Vizio. The guide feature will help determine which tv brand I buy. Most tv reviewers only focus on the streaming aspect of a tv and ignore the over the air functionality. While I do stream, ota tv is really important.
I have that tv but a different remote. If you want to check signal strength go down the menu to Support and then over to signal strength.
You are a hero... Thank you sooo much...
Have a Samsung TV i get some channels one direction have to turn antenna for other station Question? Is their anyway i can store channels without loosing them when i turn antenna and rescan?
See video below. ua-cam.com/video/YDQzvFG3chs/v-deo.html
Tyler. With this particular Samsung smart tv, you should also talk about the free streaming channels that come with it. For instance, if you already have internet wifi and did a channel scan, the way you showed here in this video clip, along with the OTA channels would be tons of additional channels that are totally free called Samsung TV Plus. I don't think you've ever touched upon this revelation in all of the videos you've posted. Perhaps you can do a followup video to this one showing the Samsung TV Plus streaming channels you will get. I think mine turned up 127 total extra channels however don't hold me to that particular number. Two of those channels broadcast in 4K.
The Samsung TV streaming channels should be common knowledge. I don't own this TV so I won't be making a follow up video.
@@AntennaMan Okay. Thanks for the quick reply.
Omgoodness thank you thank you super awesome 👌🏾 info and so easy did the trick appreciate 👍🏿 you😊
I am waiting on your reviews on the Blake TV Antennas.
I have a tcl ruku tv and that one scans both antenna and cable you don't have the option to scan just antenna unless you cancel it before it starts scanning the cable channels
What to do, auto program, on my Samsung smart tv UN55MU6290 states this function is not available!
Help please, I do have a RCA amplified indoor HDTV antenna.
Simple and to.the point! Thank you!
I can’t change channels - optimum cable box- with my new tv remote it’s driving me crazy!! Any ideas??
1:48 Must of been a Thursday when you recorded this video. Monk is on H&I.
I think it was a Thursday.
Antenna Man, this happened recently. I performed a rescan and got two of the same channel. The channel was CITYTV in Toronto and the virtual numbers were 57-1 and 18-1. But, 18-1 was a test channel with a full signal and 57-1 had the same poor signal. After the FCC Repack, will channel 18-1 become the new CITYTV or will channel 18-1 merge into 57-1?
I get the same channel. I receive all Toronto broadcasts in Buffalo NY and saw it when I did a new rescan as well. To my knowledge, they will be keeping the virtual as 57.1 and using rf 18 after the repack. I saw the same thing happen to Omni 1 and Omni 2 as well.
Brickport Thank you.
where do you hook up the cable to the back of the samsung 7 ?
Samsung TV plus is screwing me up.
Another great review
Thx! This was very easy instructions! 👍🏽
Do I have to scan channels every single time to watch tv on my Samsung tv???, (which I think is a weak tuner) is this normal now . It picks up and later looses channel.
This was very helpful thank you 😊
What is the best indoor antenna?
This is one of the best indoor antennas: bit.ly/2W92bEB
Super simple and helpful
I appreciate you watching this video! Glad to have helped :)
Thank you for this video. Big help.
Thanks for your help 👍🏼
I have Samsung un50nu6900 was using HD antenna ,working fine about 40 channels typically available to me until one night it just went out now the TV wont even see any channel besides pbs. I reset the TV, unplugged it,scanned numerous times...is it the tvs tunner im stumped
There's no such thing as an HD antenna. You likely have a junk antenna that broke. Get a better antenna.
you are the man..thank you
ok did a scan last night on my samsung first scan I got many channels but missing some locals from same broadcasting area did another scan after moving antenna now I cant get anything to come up after repeated scans and antenna movements a very cheap antenna but it was working but not anymore
Sounds like you need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
My Sceptre 40 inch has a very good ATSC tuner.. Super sensitive!
Thank you, I tried looking in the manual and found nothing. Great video
The auto program option is greyed out and says this function is unavailable do I need to change a setting?
Good job 👏
Thank you so much!! It worked great!!
there's two options on scanning for channels: DTV AIR and AIR ? what's the difference?
Air is in analog. You want DTV air.
You are Amazing thank you sooo much!!!!! it worked!!!!!!!!
no, my new samsung tv says autoscan function is NOT AVAILABLE
Excellent Thank You
Thanks, that worked!
And don't forget to re-scan every now and then! If you loose channels they may have moved and sometimes new channels are added.
The broadcast button is locked it won't allow me to scan the channels
Amazing! Thank you
my auto program is greyed out and will not let me scan
I have a tv that adds channels automatically it would help if all the relayed tv devises and TV's would work that way if you could send out a email to the manufacturers that might work
Thank you!
My remote has no settings button pushed every button nothing so frustrating
How come when I scan it doesn't pick up any TV channels?
Because your antenna isn't getting anything. You'll likely need a better antenna setup. Consider an antenna recommendation from me at the link below. This can prevent you from spending hundreds of dollars and time wasted on setting up the wrong antenna for your area. antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
@@AntennaMan Can't you pick up terrestrial TV wirelessly via your ISP?
About to do this, thanks Ty
why we need to do auto scan
my brodcasting option is greyed out
Yassssss thank you so muchhhhhh
Why do I never get 11 and 9 ? I'm in so cal.
You may need a better antenna setup. Consider a custom antenna recommendation at the link below: www.antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
Thanks man
I bought a shitty antenna from ebay, cost me 10 bucks and I'm not even joking I'm getting clear signal from 65 miles away. I don't know how.. but I've messed with it for weeks, hours and hours just because it was fun and I get 30 channels when I was only getting 14 lol. Didn't do anything fancy, just somehow found a perfect spot inside my house. I think my giant smart TV is amplifying the signal because that TV picks up way more channels than my shitty old LCD tv. This crappy antenna had the ability to point directly at the tower so that also helps. I also did this at like 3am, I heard nighttime has better signals, true or?
Thanks I Have Samsung Smart TV 7 Series
Thanks!
I like the lg. What gets me on the channel scan with cable on a Samsung, channels are normal 2,3,4,5.. etc. my lg however does the 17-1,17-2,18-1, etc. hate the discrepancy between the two brands. Though I’m now a happy cord cutter, in Hagerstown Md, our channel selection stinks.
I have a friend in Hagerstown. There's not much there over the air unless you have a large outdoor antenna for DC.
Antenna Man I need to find the power supply for my antenna master preamp under the antenna. I seem to remember picking up the dc channels with my bow tie. Though I now have a dual bow tie. 🤓 not sure I want to hang a 6 foot yagi on my roof. Thanks for a great job on your channel.
you'e the best
All I want to do is be able to add a TV station without rescanning my damn TV every time without a convertible box.
Is that too much to ask for?
This did not work for me. I think I need a bigger paper clip receiver.
A good set of rabbit ears from the thrift store and an balun are what you want if you want real performance.
Barring that a "twinlead antenna" and balun can be good. You just put a cardboard box on top the TV, scrunch the twin lead up at random and stuff it in the box. It works much better than "the cheap antenna I tell people not to buy but they buy them anyway"
Thank you so much.
Im using an antennas direct 8 bay with a channel master pre amp 1 and get over 50 channels faithfully 😂🤟🤟
I'm 73 and don't understand this at all. This is the first time I've EVER needed to use an antenna.
It shouldn't be hard to figure out I I literally go through the steps and even show the remote.....
i have this tv if the channel scan is whited out and you can't choose to scan channels simply turn tv off for few seconds and then on again. :D then go back to the channels scan menu you will see its now black and you are able to do a channel scan. if you want to find how strong your sinnal is and if it locked go to support then signal information. now you can go through all our programed channels with channel button and see how strong your signal is by viewing the number of blue bars.
My tv won't scan
If you have an antenna system with a rotator you will have to re-scan it if your channels are in different directions, but if you use a DTV converter box they allow you stack & store them Todays tuners with Roku, netflix built in have INFERIOR single stage tuners & many that you buy now do not have a NUMERIC keypad they use only cursor UP/DN key pads
On many systems you have the option of looking up what TV stations are in your area and manually adding them to the programmed list. This can be good when you have a rotor or the like where you change where your antenna is pointed.
BTW: Two directional antennas and an A/B switch is a good option for some.
I have a Samsung tv their is a way around this when ypu do a scan,first know the rf frequency since their are no rf frequency above 36 it makes it easier.Know you frequencys,start your scan,make sure your rotor is point to staion as you scan,as tv is scanning rf channels will change color when scanned,as rf channels count up move rotor to tv staion and so forth,it will work with a little practice.I scanned in over 70 channels in my area doing this when normally if pointed in one direction without moving rotor I would only scan at the most 30 to 35 channels.
I have stations in 3 different directions. Scan each direction and note the stations. Do your final scan in the direction with the antenna pointed in the direction with the most stations then manually enter the missing channels. On some channels that use an RF channel that has a scanned virtual channel, enter a subchannel higher than the OTA virtual channel. IE: NBC10 Philly has 3 subs. I enter 10-4 to program virtual channel 15 WSJT.
Some tv don't have manual scan but if you can point antenna rotor as you do the scan it takes some work but it works.
@@donbest5024 This is how I did it on one of my TV's which is an older Toshiba without manual scan. I have found that by entering the RF channel as a digital channel (example 10-4), once it locks in it shows the virtual channel (15-4). I then added to the channel list using the ADD option. That also added all WSJT's virtual channels to the lineup. To get RF9 into the lineup I entered 9-1. It then switched to 35-1 and also added the 35's, 39's, 60's and 69's (when I hit ADD).
Can you please put written instructions down.
My TV picks up nothing, this is driving me crazy.
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@@AntennaMan thank you, I'll look into that, the antenna is setup in my building block, i just plug it into the wall and channels should load up.