Technical
Channel Scanning, Peaking antenna, and searching for channels
I Been Quoted in a Major Newspaper!
I’m somebody now! I was actually quoted in an article on DTV reception issues in the area. Our calls had gone down to a trickle this week after our daily phone banks last week during the 6 & 7 PM News, with the majority of callers needing assistance navigating the menus and step by step [...]
Reception Deceptions
A viewer just reminded me of a critical step when channels are missing: check the menu to be sure it is set for AIR and NOT CABLE. She was only getting channels from 40-50 because the cable band is totally different from the off air frequency band! All TV sets and many set top boxes [...]
What a Day!
In Engineering terms, this was just another week, but of all the things that can go wrong in one week, why did it pick this one? Having the studio zapped by lightning is bad enough. It took Wayne, Steve, Joe and I a day and a half to knock out every issue one at a [...]
The Deed is Done! No More Analog TV!
Last Call For Analog!
Twas the night before the analog shutoff,
and all through the house,
not a creature was stirring,
except Dad; scanning and tweaking his hot-dang antenna!
Ready or not, I’m throwing the switch at 12:30 PM tomorrow afternoon. Tonight’s phone bank callers were getting a little desperate and feeling overwhelmed with hooking up converter boxes.
I invited my buddy Fred Pace, [...]
A Midweek Massacre
I usually love Wednesdays. It’s so obvious the weekend is near, and it usually recharges me to finish the week with gusto! Sometimes, things can find a way to ruin a perfectly good day.
Thunderstorms in the Spring are inevitable, and we are sitting right in the middle of pop-up alley. Storms seem to develop right [...]
The Ring
We’ve been answering the phones this week during the 6 and 7 PM News on NBC 17, and the phones have been ringing non-stop. Instead of posting a new blog each day, I’ll use this post to summarize the calls we’ve been getting.
Monday evening I invited Chip Johnson from Garner TV and Appliances to help [...]
A whole week of me on TV!
Three Types of Channel Scanners
Friday afternoon or evening, everyone using an antenna must perform a channel scan on your DTV converter box or TV. Every DTV receiver has two modes to scan channels, a full scan and a quick scan. Friday you need to perform a full scan.
A full scan usually wipes out all previous channels stored in the [...]
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