My brand new HDTV has a very weak OTA tuner in it (it picks up hardly anything, though our old HDTV picks up plenty, with an indoor antenna). It's the second one (we returned the first set) with a weak tuner. Perhaps sub par tuners are the norm now...
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Yes, It will bypass your HDTV tuner, similar to the way a cable box bypasses your TV tuner when hooked to a cable connection. You will need to set the HDTV to the channel specified in the instructions, then you can use the external tuner connected to your antenna to switch channels.
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The reception in some areas may not be as good as others. if adjusting the length of the antenna hasn't helped trying wrapping a small piece of wire around the antenna and run it to a higher spot in the room. If that does not help they may be an internal issue such as the antenna connection itself.
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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.
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is it possible that it IS hd but dimmed? when i got my satellite upgrade, i was horrified to see that the picture i was getting was about half the brightness of over the air broadcasts that looked absolutely beautiful. it took me a day or so to figure out that the tv comes from the factory defaulted to 'autoview' under 'picturemode' in the picture menu. put it on 'sports' or 'standard' to suit your taste. this tv is all about inputs, and i assume you have it set on 'antenna/cable'. if you do, i should think you'd be getting HD just fine. good luck. -dan
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Try the RCA Amplified indoor antenna ANT301F, Or scan channels on "other source and not air.I think maybe it isn't picking up the digital channels.My amp RCA antenna was 17 bucks It looks just like this one, diff model number.
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The fundamental problem is that digital broadcast signals are WEAK and intolerant of any interference unlike the "old" analog signals...Another bright idea from Washington where the consumer gets screwed and has to spend money to get what was formerly free.As far as I am concerned OTA Digital TV is a BUST.
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You might be getting some interference with a TV, amplifier/receiver or radio nearby. If not, try resyncing it using instructions on page 4 of your users manual. If those fail, I'd send it back.
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My guess is without knowing your setup is that one of your tv's don't have Audio out. Notice the plugs that it uses in the picture, some higher and lower end tv's skip this as it is an old tech also since it cancels the HD sound with analog sound.
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The Motorola tech support guy told me yesterday that this product is not designed to improve over-the-air reception and was surprised to learn that it's being marketed that way on the package. It simply boosts the signal without "cleaning it up" as a filter might do. It's made for a long cable run where the resistance of the long cable diminishes the signal. Apparently my problem is not a weak over-the-air signal, but a bad signal. On the other hand, the Terk HDTVa works great--includes a little box that I thought was just a booster but must be doing some kind of "signal cleaning" too. The Motorola tech support guy told me yesterday that this product is not designed to improve over-the-air reception and was surprised to learn that it's being marketed that way on the package. It simply boosts the signal without "cleaning it up" as a filter might do. It's made for a long cable run where the resistance of the long cable diminishes the signal. Apparently my problem is not a weak over-the-air signal, but a bad signal. On the other hand, the Terk HDTVa works great--includes a little box that I thought was just a booster but must be doing some kind of "signal... » Read More The Motorola tech support guy told me yesterday that this product is not designed to improve over-the-air reception and was surprised to learn that it's being marketed that way on the package. It simply boosts the signal without "cleaning it up" as a filter might do. It's made for a long cable run where the resistance of the long cable diminishes the signal. Apparently my problem is not a weak over-the-air signal, but a bad signal. On the other hand, the Terk HDTVa works great--includes a little box that I thought was just a booster but must be doing some kind of "signal cleaning" too. « Show Less
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I am not sure either about the tuner type but I use my set with a Terk HDTV indoor antenna and I receive all of my surrounding channels (both HDTV and digital) just fine. I do not subscribe to cable or satellite. Hope that helps!
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Not sure what model you have. The HDTVI is not omni-directional. I can tell you that you won't get as many channels without an amplifier. And I have found that these "omni-directional" antennae still need to be pointed in a certain direction to better pick up a signal.
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I don't know specifically what the problem may be, but have you tried re-scanning for your local channels? Maybe something got mixed up or the locals made changes of which you aren't aware. I looked at some of the other answers and comments and if you want 6.1, isn't that the same as ordinary 6? I know in the St.Louis market the primary local channels I get through DirecTV (2, 4, 5, 9, 11, etc) are the same as 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1, 11.1, etc, which are the OTA channels. Anyway, hopefully re-scanning for your locals will help.
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My experience with his booster has been very positive. It pretty much solved my problem (which was similar to yours). The trick is to put it as far upstream as possible... where the signal strength is adequate (can't boost a signal that isn't there). It sounds like you have a good enough signal coming in, being the other TVs are getting a solid picture. I'm guessing the "problem" TV is at the end of a long run. You might be splitting things up too much, so the signal strength is dropping below the muting point. .. this amp should solve that. Good, solid product.
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It's difficult to say. While it could be component failure in the amp, it could also be interference between your location and the broadcaster, such as larger trees than before, newer buildings or even machinery in factories. Digital transmissions are delicate, and I find my reception is affected even by windy days moving the trees and branches a lot. I know how frustrating it is. Try moving the antenna location, even a foot one way or the other can make a huge difference with DTV interference. My internet-cable company installed a new modem in my house and now I can't get any AM radio reception due to the terrible noise it is silently generating on the airwaves. Just loud buzzing. As soon as I unplug it, I get perfect reception all over the house. Could you have anything new, nearby, ie Microwave oven, electronic power supply for laptops or phone chargers etc? I find that a lot of the offshore made electronics lacks proper shielding. Very poorly made stuff. Just some ideas. Good luck.
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I have used it with my indoor OTA antenna but I have recorders which tune to those channels. I connected mine to my internet cable, and found there are some TV channels there which I can not get with my OTA Antenna. It may depend on whom provides your internet cable but I am getting a number of movie channels and I can either watch live or record on my computer HD to watch later.
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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.
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You can't fix it, because TV is broadcasted in 60hz. Also HD TV is also broadcasted in 1080i or 720p. No network broadcasts in 1080p right now. They would require too much bandwidth.