why can't we pick up our digital cable on this TV?
1746128
you have to go to settings' installation, channels and then you change antenna to cable there before start scanning. I am sorry. I am not in front of my TV right now to give you precisely the steps. Good luck.
1746129
I'm unsure of the problem since I currently have digital cable connected to this tv. You should try calling your digital cable provider.
1542673
no it doesn't i just break down from digital to analog so it can work on older tv's an u must have active cable but in my country it's not compatible to work
9879
Could be a couple reasons, would need more info from you. Is this TV at the store or at your house? What is the video feed that it's hooked up to? For all my tech questions I go to AVSFourm.com they're more than happy to answer any question you have and will give you the right techial answer. Hope that helps
305030
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.
1349808
You get the card from your cable company instead of a set-top box, and then plug it directly into the TV. However, what I've found is that there are restrictions that don't make CableCards that attractive (at least for now). For example, I have Comcast, and if you use a CableCard for their service you can't get On-Demand programming, any Pay-Per-View stuff, or their graphical program guide. To me, not being able to get this stuff kind of defeats the purpose of having digital cable nowadays.
967359
When you say cable are you refering to cable tv, satellte tv of off air tv ? I would check my connections into the dvr. If you bypass the DVR and hook directly into the tv do you have the same issues ?
518259
No, this is not a digital device. It is an antenna and has to be connected to the antenna/cable connection. Then you'll probably have to go into the TV's menu and set the TV to receive antenna and do a channel search for it to find and register your local over the air HD channels. Mine works great and I live in a hilly area.
72065
The problem is probably signal detection by either your tv or cable box. In newer electronics they use DLNA which means that all your electronics recognize each other's circuitry. Since this device is intended to merely be an analog re-route, chances are that this feature is more than this device is actually able to do. I was hoping that it would be have been able to recognize my DVR also, but depending on the models that you're using some cable or satellite providers may be able to furnish you the component that it is compatible with your set up. But as anything it may cost you. I went to my local electronics store and that was the answer I received from the technician. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks.
2128385
This item has tv with UHF / VHF signal, but i dont know has digital channels or not
735523
I said in my earlier post that I did everything I could which meant I rescanned and also tried the newly purchased more powerful antenna. I received all the stations clearly but not the digital signals. I am in a metropolis city. This tv evidently does not pick up digital signals. I did get over the air signals from the first day I bought it but the question was if it would pick up digital signals after Feb. 17. Even after recanning the test today proved to me that with or without an antenna the tv does not pick up digital signals in a big metropolis area with many tv stations.
1558070
Can be used to pick up any signal the TV is capable of receiving. Only digital TV signals are broadcast now.
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!
811591
Yes, you can hook up a Digital converter box using HDMI or component cables. For me, it is the only way to get HDTV. There is NOT a QAM tuner in this model, so you will only get analog channels when you do the scan for channels. The term "digital" for this TV is misleading in my opinion.
2263055
It's analog TV signal, not digital. You need to connect the antenna to the DVD player, and use it to search channel.
1505743
Ours used to pick up analog TV transmissions but not the newer digital signals.
1550482
the TV has a built-in digital tuner but to get Hi-Def you will need something from your cable provider
914884
first go to DTV.gov. this will talk you through aiming the antennae and how far the broadcasters are from your friends house.second make sure if it is an older antennae that you use new coax and preferably have an outdoor antennae. when they switched to digital the lowered the power output, so some channels you used to be able to get in very easily will not come in now.make sure after you make any changes that you re-scan for channels. this must be done so the television actually looks for them.