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riley
2-Feb-2014, 11:15 PM
Hello,
Can anyone offer suggestion to help my blind sister "listen" to PBS stations in the Philadelphia area? She has an HDTV with an RCA indoor HDTV antenna (ANT1400) which is amplified for urban areas. She had NO problem getting the local PBS signal (it's WHYY in Philly). Lost it about 3 weeks ago.

Nothing has changed in her environment. No buildings to block signal. We moved the antenna, but no luck. Rescanned the channels. no luck.

It's weird, for two years everything is fine, then no signal for either NJ or Phila PBS. All other stations come in very fine, and when I check the signal strength, they are supposedly good ( she is only 2 miles from the transmission towers). Even called the WHYY station and the engineer said their signal strength has not changed.

Any suggestions? PBS is one of the few stations a blind person can listen to because so much of the content is educational. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

StephanieS
3-Feb-2014, 1:06 AM
Hello Riley,

There are a number of factors that could be at hand.

My first test would be to see that if the RCA's internal amplifier failed. That would explain the degraded reception.

I would pick up a replacement as a test to see if WHYY returned.

teleview
3-Feb-2014, 1:56 AM
Digital Tv tuners can develop -Digital Glitches- that are not cleared out with simple channel scans.

To clear tuner do Double Rescan.

www.wchstv.com/DoubleReScanAlert.pdf

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The Tv Must Channel Scan for the , ATSC-Digital Broadcast Tv Stations/Channels.

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Please make and post 2 Tvfool reports using the correct address and make the antenna heights above ground 10 feet and 25 feet antenna heights above ground.