Double rescan your television.

[Skink]

First disassemble apparatus. Put together apparatus then scan. Next unplug television wait one minute plug in and scan.

The cable companies are going to hate me for this.

[WI_DEM]

1. I'm not sure I know what you are talking about

[Captain Hilts]

3. How to get over the air HDTV and not subscribe to cable. nt

[EOTE]

6. That simply requires an OTA HD tuner.

It's perfectly legal and doesn't require any special routine to go through.

[Captain Hilts]

13. Stations are being re-turned in some areas. And, some settings just won't receive

the signals as these UHF do not spread as VHF signals did. So, being by an airport or on the wrong side of a building can screw up or block reception.

In DC, Channels 7 and 9 are still adjusting their signals as most people cannot pull them in.

So, you don't know what you're talking about.h

[EOTE]

17. I very much know what I'm talking about.

What on earth does any of this have to do with disassembling your tuner? Absolutely nothing. If you're having a hard time pulling in signals after a rescan, that means that you either need to reposition your antenna or you need a better antenna or better tuner.

[Captain Hilts]

23. I'm affirming the re-scan as the networks are telling folks to do this. nt

[EOTE]

25. What does that have to do with disassembling the tuner box and unplugging the TV?

I'm very aware that a rescan is necessary any time channel changes are made. Disassembling the tuner box and unplugging the TV does absolutely nothing though.

[UTUSN]

28. Disassemble WHAT apparatus?!1 n/t

[EOTE]

29. I assume he's referring to the tuner box.

Regardless, absolutely nothing needs to be disassembled. Or unplugged for that matter.

[dysfunctional press]

11. you also have to have a decent antennae.

and all it's going to get anyone is regular broadcast channels, anyway.

i likes my comedy central, my true blood, and my multitude other channels that have shows that aren't carried over-the-air.

except for the local news, and thursday nights- i watch almost NO broadcast tv.

[Fovea]

10. I found this.

http://npt08.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/double-rescanning-may-help-with-digital-tv-reception/

[tridim]

2. Are you on meth by chance?

[Maru Kitteh]

4. ?

[Wickerman]

5. may I be the first to say

:wtf:

[Skink]

7. It really works.

The June 12th conversion messed up my converter box. This is the remedy.

[EOTE]

8. A simple rescan should have sufficed.

Good on you for disassembling your converter box, but it really wasn't necessary.

[Skink]

12. You have to rescan twice.

The second time unplug it for a minute then rescan. Until I did this the public television station had disappeared. Now I have four public television stations.

[EOTE]

19. Why on earth would anything need to be unplugged?

Or disassembled for that matter? Unplugging your TV is just ridiculous as NOTHING in the tuner is dependent upon anything in the television. Unless you're using DVI/HDMI cables, video coming from a tuner box is strictly one way. Thinking that your TV has anything to do with it is very much voodoo science.

[dweller]

26. unplugging clears the memory

according to the article above in post 10, edited, sorry i read it above and was scanning, etc.

dp

[EOTE]

27. Ummm, there is no article in the OP.

AND, rescanning itself clears the memory, so that's superfluous. Also, unplugging the TV is ridiculous as the TV has no memory and operates completely independently of the tuner.

[Captain Hilts]

14. Okay, it was easy for you. It isn't for many people and networks in many cities. nt

[EOTE]

20. I don't currently use an OTA tuner.

I haven't since 2000 when I got my first HDTV and I couldn't find any cable companies that provided HD. I currently use cable, but I'm the resident tech for all my friends and family who needed tuner boxes for their unplugged TVs. One of my friends bought a $100+ Terk antenna thinking it would bring him in the most channels. He was pretty dismayed when I was able to get the exact same channels upstairs using rabbit ears.

[Captain Hilts]

22. I'm at Bradley and Wisc. and no one on my side of my building can pull anything in.

The apt. seems to have no interest in placing an antenna on the roof, so I am going to have to subscribe to cable.

I was reading on the Post's discussion of this that few folks can get 7 and 9. Before the switch, 4 was the weakest for most folks in the area.

[robinlynne]

9. yep.

[Romulox]

15. Yet another tremendous waste of energy and resources on the part of our gov't.

Digital TV conversion, that is.

:wtf:

[Statistical]

30. The govt = taxpayers made money on the conversion. n/t

[Romulox]

31. The gov't demonstrably = / = the taxpayers. nt

[Statistical]

34. You may not be represented well but you are still paying the bill.

The billions collected for DTV spectrum change & auction are billions you won't have to pay in taxes.

Now likely the govt will waste some/all of it but if they didn't have DTV auction they would just waste some/all of your tax money.

[Romulox]

35. Paying the bill isn't the same thing as equality of identity. Not even close!

If it were, then you would be your own descendant (who will be saddled with your debt long after you're gone.)

"The billions collected for DTV spectrum change & auction are billions you won't have to pay in taxes."

No, that doesn't follow at all. There is no evidence that the government would've spent this money in particular if it had not been collected from these auctions. This one can likely be filed under the ancient economic rubric that found money is fun money!

[Statistical]

36. All govt funds go into the general fund.

And each month the govt borrows to cover the difference between spending & general fund.
The govt borrowed nearly $2T this year, they would have borrowed a little bit more had they not had these funds.
I mean whats $10B more when you already dropped $2T.

Congress has long since stopped caring about cost.

[Romulox]

37. The only limiting factor in government spending is the ability to borrow.

Certainly has nothing to do with how much money they received auctioning off the TV spectrum.

At any rate, I was mostly thinking of the poor persons who are forced to pay some Chinese corporation for the converter box so that the US government would have a little more walking around money to float to AIG or Citibank...

[Statistical]

39. coupon program? n/t

[dweller]

16. okay, i'm trying this now

on one digital tv connected to hdtv indoor antenna, and one analog w/converter box hooked to an outdoor antenna...

will let you know.
dp

edit: nope, still not receiving ABC on the digital, and almost not on the converter box. The signal strenght is below 50 consistently (signal originates from station less than 25 mi from me). I called them (WTVD) last week and they admitted they didn't have the strength, and would be applying for more.

What cripes me is that before last friday, i could pick up all stations w/ antennas/converters crisply, not a problem. Lost PBS for 2 days straight and called them, they informed me they were 'having problems and were off the air' yet cable carried it fine.

so, i've surmised they've lowered their signal strength, b/c they can... who gives a fig about OTA anymore?

dp

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

18. Funny you bring this up...

We just bought a new TV and let it "do its thing", and it found 25+ Digital channels. So I went to all the other TV's and did a new scan, all but one found new stations. The one that didn't find any in a old analog TV /monitor (now a PC monitor FT)

Something else funny...
I went to TV Guide Online for a listing of new stations,

Our Cable Co. doesn't list them as 3.1, 3.2, 4.1,,... they list them as 250-325 spaced.

I think they put them in the upper #'s because they can think you will buy one of their Digital packages($25.00+ Month).

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. This is a good way to defeat gang stalkers.

Also: collodial silver.

[alfredo]

24. I made my own antenna and it works well.

[DefenseLawyer]

32. Project X has begun!

The scan is now operational. All systems go. Begin radio silence now!

[EOTE]

33. Keep it down!

Didn't you hear that all communications regarding Project X starting June 12th at 12:30 PM are to be PIN to PIN only? If you haven't received your modified Blackberry yet, you'll need to go a bit lower tech and use cans and string.

[ellacott]

38. One of my local stations doesn't come in

This was their advice that they posted on their website:
*****************
NEW DTV info for Fox 8 Viewers
Staff Writer
Some DTV converters are still not receiving the Fox 8 signal. If you or someone you know is having this problem, try the following steps:

1) Remove the antenna to the tuner 2) Rescan without the antenna connected to the tuner 3) Unplug the tuner for three minutes 4) Reconnect the antenna 5) Turn on the converter box and rescan
Copyright © 2009, WJW-TV
http://www.fox8.com/news/seenontv/wjw-newdtvinfofox8-txt,0,2103251.story