Will this pick up free TV stations right outta the box?
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Yes. Just plug in any TV antenna. Beware that some of your local TV stations might be broadcasting on the VHF TV frequencies. Those flat or mini "digital" antennas are optimized for the UHF frequencies, so won't pick up VHF stations well unless they're strong, & you're really close to the station. For an indoor antenna, a set of rabbit ears extended about 15"-18" work well for VHF indoors, & do pretty good with the UHF stations too. Look up your local TV station frequencies to see if any of them are broadcasting on VHF. If not, you can get away with a little or flat antenna if you live near a city with lots of stations. In my area Channel 67 broadcasts 4 great sub-channels on the old VHF frequency channel 7. Rabbit ears were the only things that would pick it up. The mini & flat "digital antennas didn't work, but got the UHF stations fine. The better the antenna, the more stations you'll get.
1654193
Yes it will. During setup you select the round antenna. You will not get HD or local stations.
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If you already have a converter box, then yes. A better antenna will do.Go to www.antennaweb.org Type your street address, city, state and zip and press the button. You will see all potential channels in your area. Then you can press the street map button and see which directions the transmitters are located. That should help you point the antenna in the right direction.
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not really - unless someone wrote a google app that gets your local TV stations.everything you run on this has to be Android-aware - maybe something in the google play store...
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If you mean not having a subscription to a cable company, that is correct, the RCA Indoor antenna picks up channels without having cable. I canceled my Time Warner Cable subscription completely (except for Internet, I still use them). Please note, if you have a HDTV or digital TV, all you have to do is plug it in to get local channels. If you have an old set like I do, you'll need to also purchase a Digital to Analog TV Converter Box (for Antenna Use). I purchased a Zinwell model ZAT-970A from Amazon for $45 and free shipping. Hope that helps!
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You only need a HD antenna to pick up any free HD channels in your viewing area but this won't get paid channels for free only HD channels of local digital over the air content Hope this helped I used to be confused about what free HD meant too
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Yes. Just connect to your TV and from the setting menu choose antenna and the TV will find the channels that are available. I get 13 free channels including local ABC, CBS, Fox And NBC stations.
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Yes. The program you get from their website (free,) has a built in broadcast module. Just set it up, start playing and broadcasting in one go.
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I live a good ways out of the city and I have not had a problem picking up the stations. it works great in my area. Hope this helps.
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No this will not take the place of the digital box. Only bring in channels clear that it can pick up, mostly local channel.
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Yes, it will work on Cable or off the air, I have Suddenlink cable and I can get the free local channels as well as the standard cable channels.
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NO! Just free over the air digital broadcast that can be picked up with an antenna.
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It picks them up if the antenna is placed in the right spot. My old rabbit ears worked better for some stations. If you can get the antenna to an outside wall or window it works pretty well.
1279651
What are you picking up with your old TV? All the channels have converted to digital. You need a digital convert box. If you look on Amazon you'll see the Home Worx 150-PVR (just a suggestion). In combination you'll be able to receive many of the Free to Air tv stations - and there are many. Ditch cable ;-)
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I dont see any reason why that wouldn't work, as long as you combine the signal before you have the tv scan all the available frequency's its seeing. Get a good quality pre amp and Make sure you get a good tight coax connection to the back of the tv and you should be well on your way to free tv!
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That depends. If you have a flat screen with multiple source inputs then yes. This does a fine job but it only brings in local stations within range.
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Yes, but it will interfere with the distance your antenna can get a signal from. This may or may not matter depending on where the stations are you are trying to pick up.