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Originally Posted by Seattleite
My preference is for something that installs easily. I'm not very mechanically handy, which is why I was hoping for good luck with this indoor sticky idea. I don't mind other ideas but I don't want my house to be dominated by an antenna. I do have a fair amount of large evergreen trees around that are 50-100ft. Does the signal need to be direct line of sight?
I have a 2 story house with windows most directions, I tried the antenna facing many positions downstairs. My TV is too big to move, Lt-37131a http://www.amazon.com/Mitsubishi-LT-...pr_product_top |
As mentioned by another poster, make sure the television is set to the proper input and is set to over-the-air mode. Press "Menu" on the remote, select the "Setup" icon, switch to the correct input, then press "Enter" on the remote to start the channel scan. Note that you can connect cable to one input, the antenna to the other, and switch between them using "Input" on the remote. You can also add or delete channels individually using the "Channel" icon, and there is a signal strength indicator, which is very helpful when using an antenna.
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When it would come on for a moment, it would freeze and then would blink the blue light frequently like it was booting up but not constantly which online looked like something faulty in the TV. Downstairs windows close to TV are west and north, I tried other directions hanging on walls but got mostly the same thing each direction.
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Weak digital signals can produce unusual pictures.
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Downstairs, I couldn't get to SE facing windows and from my signal report it looked like that was the best.
I tried upstairs where I have a CRT TV, Panasonic CT 20658. This one I was able to point in other directions but I couldn't get any channels to register.
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Press "Action" on the remote, select "Setup", then under "Prog Chan", select "Mode", press the right volume button and change it to "TV". Then use "Auto Program" to do a channel scan. This television can also manually add and delete channels.