trying to scan to pick up my digital cable channels and its not detecting any channels, why?
886389
Need to hook it up to an antenna. To buy one try web site: http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node;=172665
886390
A lot of misinformation below. This DOES work with cable (in my case FIOS) assuming the digital stations are not encrypted by your provider. Almost all stations are encrypted outside of local networks like ABC, NBC, PBS, etc. So don't purchase this thinking you can bypass your providers set top box for things like HGTV, USA, TBS, ESPN, etc even if they are part of your plan. If all you need is local stations (like me) and stream everything else with Netflix and the like, this should work great (just clarify with your provider that your local stations are QAM-compatible and unencrypted).
886391
Digital cable will not work. If your cable provider offers analog cable (that does not require a box), this should work fine. Just make sure that in the settings you tell it to look for "Cable" not "Air". Many cable companies no longer offer this service.
886392
Make sure you have it on the right setting. Press menu then go to channel search. Look for service type. Mine was on "air" and I had it connected to the cable. Once I switched it to "cable", it searched fine. If you are using an antenna, make sure the antenna setting is on. Good Luck, it is definitely low quality.
886393
I had the same problem. The box is advertised to decode unscrambles QAM off of cable as well as OTA. When I spoke with customer service, they told me I needed a firmware update. The customer service email address then stopped working, so I sent the box back. I have heard that v1 firmware works with QAM, v2 does not. I saw someone say they found firmware that worked using help from the "AVS forum". I've been searching all over and can't find a box that works well decoding QAM from cable. I am now thinking of trying this one again, in desperation.
886394
usinjg your cable box, where you would normally plug it into your TV via RCA plugs, plug it into the Iview then output your Iview to your TV's Input. Should work, even if its scrambled, it gets converted through the cable company's box, you just hook this up inbetween your cable box and tv, you will be able to watch and record all the channels, it wont work just hooking up the coaxle cable into the Iview.
886395
I too had same problem, so purchased a hd antenna. Now able to pickup many channels. Good luck.
597911
I ended up returning mine as I could not hardly get any of my local channels to come in. It may have something to do with the newer televisions work the best receiving digital signals so if the channels you are trying to get to come in are not strong enough the TV set may just agnor the weak signal.
1029999
No it just has to have the ability to pick up digital channels. It picked up one channel without the booster and it didn't pick up any channels with the booster.
78328
Thanks for the kind response. Unfortunately, none of the efforts resulted in this TV to scan all digital and analog channels under the same "digital and analog channel search" function.Amazon.com support was excellent in sending a new replacement with just a simple phone call, as this unit apparently has a faulty tuner.
146586
Hi. Yes, it picks up digital stations for me. Unfortunately, it just didnt get all the major networks. However, for those channels I did get, they were great quality. A friend of mine uses one of these and he gets all the channels available.
735521
I wish it would have picked up the digital signals today during the test this city had for people to check their tvs. It did not. I picked up the local stations but they were running an alert that "this tv is not ready for digital signals" to all tvs that were not digital. If I put the cable connection on it then it is just fine but my understanding was that this tv had a digital tuner and could pick up digital signals.
2203687
how do i get channels to change or to start working so i can set up my cable box
1096370
What are you using to get TV channels...if cable then I would call my cable company. I never had this issue but then I always used cable never TV to search for channels.
1781802
There are words on the receiver that are hard to see but Make sure the short end of the coax is screwed into the TV coax and the long end from the antenna to the receiver (marked ANT) then make sure the power cord is plugged in, if it is plugged into a surge protector, make sure the surge protector is turned On. Auto-scan channels again. Does this help?
2096550
Make sure when you are scanning for channels your TV is on air and not cable. Your antenna should be facing the window. Just keep moving it around until your channels start coming in. Good luck!
934045
Did you select TV Antenna before the scan? IF the TV is scanning looking for Cable channels, it will only find the VHF Channels (Ch 2+13). On air channels above channel 13 are not the same frequency as Cable channels. Hope this helps...................
1418119
Sounds like you cable displays the info. I have program titles display set to no, but when I change channels the cable provides the info.
1887010
This may seem like an obvious first step, but do you have a UHF antenna hooked up to the AM21N? The digital TV channels are all on the UHF band, not the VHF band where the analog channels used to be. One way to test your antenna is if you have a digital-capable TV, hook up the antenna and run the TV's setup to see if you get the expected local channels. It also may take awhile before the locals load into the guide following setup. My AM21N didn't find all the locals in my area, but I was able to get most of them to appear.
1067167
This usually means that you have not scanned for channels at your location. Go to menu and scroll down to the scan item and select it. It will load the database with available channels.
1029998
Of course all TV signals are digital these days, so the TV must be digital or you must use a set top box to convert the digital signals. Your set should also have a menu that allows it to scan for channels using "auto-scan" or "auto-program".
2128463
It's in our camper as well. Just at a place w/cable hook ups and tried it. Seemed to only pick up the analog channels but I'm not totally sure I'm doing it right!
881786
It is not set up to scan. It is set to allow you to tune into channel 16 and one other channel of your choosing so you can talk on 8 or 13 and still monitor 16.