How do I get up the on screen guide Antenna Deals talks about??
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Use the Source buttom and scroll to the diagram that looks like a satilite dish. Scroll over to Scan for channels.
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The on screen guide is only if your tv has one installed. The antenna does not provide one it just receives the proper information to support one.
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Your TV should have a menu button. Go to antenna setup, then scan the area for channels. I had very bad luck working with Antenna Deals. They sent me the wrong Antenna, so I sent it back. They say they never received it, so I lost $85 plus the $13 in shipping unit back to them. They never provided an RMA number, only an address to ship the unit to. Recently sent them an email, I have still not heard back from them. I would not do any business with Antenna Deals, they are not honest. I then bought the unit from Amazon. Amazon was great. Problem was, the HD 8000 unit did not work. I was not able to scan anything, so Amazon processed the return of the unit. I got a partial refund on that one. I still do not have an antenna. I plan on going to a local retailer to buy one, in case it does not work, so I can return it. I would recommend, not to buy an antenna over the internet. Too many issues may arise. Good luck&gt; Probe
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I think you're referring to this sentence on the Antenna Deals site: "With your digital antenna you will get many new features just like a satellite or cable box......here is a common example of what you can expect with the new digital signals." The on screen guide shown is an EXAMPLE of what you might see when tuned to a local over-the-air TV station. The 'guide' that shows up on your TV is generated by your TV's circuitry, not by the antenna. Look in your TV's user manual for info about what buttons to press for the on-screen guide.
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OK, near a window? In the city? Let me suggest this: In the center pin of your coax plug, unbend a paperclip, carefully insert it into that coax in on your tv and connect a long wire or :conductive" material to it (foil). If you rescan with that in and STILL get nothing, unlikely but may happen, it's your location. If it picks up anything, the antenna's a dud. If it works, gauge what you can get from a homebrew antenna and go up from there. This may not be strong enough to hit your local channels. I know of a 50 mile radius antenna at $60; before you throw in the towel, try the paperclip trick. THe HomeWorx is inexpensive; returns are "meh." Good luck! OK, near a window? In the city? Let me suggest this: In the center pin of your coax plug, unbend a paperclip, carefully insert it into that coax in on your tv and connect a long wire or :conductive" material to it (foil). If you rescan with that in and STILL get nothing, unlikely but may happen, it's your location. If it picks up anything, the antenna's a dud. If it works, gauge what you can get from a homebrew antenna and go up from there. This may not be strong enough to hit your local channels. I know of a 50 mile radius antenna at $60; before you throw in the towel, try the... » Read More OK, near a window? In the city? Let me suggest this: In the center pin of your coax plug, unbend a paperclip, carefully insert it into that coax in on your tv and connect a long wire or :conductive" material to it (foil). If you rescan with that in and STILL get nothing, unlikely but may happen, it's your location. If it picks up anything, the antenna's a dud. If it works, gauge what you can get from a homebrew antenna and go up from there. This may not be strong enough to hit your local channels. I know of a 50 mile radius antenna at $60; before you throw in the towel, try the paperclip trick. THe HomeWorx is inexpensive; returns are "meh." Good luck! « Show Less
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When I purchased them the screen gave me an option to choose but some offers only have for certain ones at that price. Hope that helps
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OK, near a window? In the city? Let me suggest this: In the center pin of your coax plug, unbend a paperclip, carefully insert it into that coax in on your tv and connect a long wire or :conductive" material to it (foil). If you rescan with that in and STILL get nothing, unlikely but may happen, it's your location. If it picks up anything, the antenna's a dud. If it works, gauge what you can get from a homebrew antenna and go up from there. This may not be strong enough to hit your local channels. I know of a 50 mile radius antenna at $60; before you throw in the towel, try the paperclip trick. THe HomeWorx is inexpensive; returns are "meh." Good luck!
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If your looking for a great antenna that is optimized for the new digital TV frequencies, check out the HD Stacker antenna at Denny's Antenna Service (http://www.dennysantennaservice.com/hd_stacker_tv_antenna-html.html). This is a much smaller antenna and I found it worked very well for me. Price is $99 (on sale). Good luck!
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The further you live from a city the more it will cost for an HD digital antenna. Do your home work and shop around there is a lot of junk on the market. Ask your neighbors and see what they use.
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Just plug it in to your tv. Go to your tv settings and change them to antenna. As long as your tv can digitally decode the free airwave channels your good. If your tv doesn't support the HD digital waves you'll have to get a decoder. I'm sure Amazon sells them on here.
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I am not a knowledgeable computer person. I was able to successfully install the antenna using a "driver" downloaded from the internet, after repeated request/complaints to the company. They finally sent the driver identity to me, which resulted in the successful download. I suggest you pester them about it.
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Hi Judy. This website maybe able to help: http://www.antennaweb.org/ Although it is really hard to tell what stations you can pick up. This antenna does have an amplifier so it may help getting distant signals. I would give it a try, if it doesn't work Amazon is good about returns. If you have a BestBuy close to you they may have some suggestions, although their price is usually high.
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the one that comes with it is junk and is only 6 feet....any cable will work....the best thing to do is to go to you old cable box and back feed the wiring thats already in the house...i gotten a house with 6 tv's up and running this way without running one new wire!!! antenna is GREAT when you get it aimed right....moving it a inch in ether direction can make a station come in or not be there at all....make sure its over the roof line unless you know all the tv stations are in one direction...if you go to tvfool.com and type in your address is will show you where EVERY tv station is relitive to where you are so you know where to aim the antenna...also this one is NOT good if the station are over 45 miles
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Make sure you have power to the antenna, and then rotate it 90 degrees and do a channel search. Do a channel search every 90 degrees until you have went 360 degrees. I know it says Omni-directional but it does have a blind spot. If you still can't get a good signal your to far away from the stations or the antenna is defective.
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I don't have the owners manual easy at hand, but the easy answer is RTFOM - read the flipping owner manual. However, from memory, once you first connect the cable, then the power cord, then turn the unit on, go to menu, choose channels, choose the source (cable, antenna) then choose scan for channels. Please remember, I am responding from memory, without the manual, and without the TV in front of me with the remote in my hand. It really is not that hard. Again, RTFOM.
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You need and HD source. OTA antenna if you can pick up locals, sat., or cable box with HDMI or component outputs.
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Your question is not very clear. If you would like to know if you'll get antenna reception in your area, you can go to www.tvguide.com and click on "What's on TV" then on "TV Listings", it's going to bring up your location, you can then click on "change location/provider" at the top/left (it's in red), it will then give you the option to put in the zip code and service type (which would be antenna). If there is any antenna service in that area, it will list the providers and then you can click on that link to see which channels are broadcasted. I hope that answers your question.
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I don't know what it will pick up, up there. You will need to get an inline booster. My channel 7.1 through 7.4 comes in good all the time. My channel 21.1 through 21.4 don't come in to good all the time, at night better. But I did not get any channel 21 before. I think I probably get couple other channels that I don't watch. I went on another site to see what channels, antennas would be out there, and how far away they are. And then pointed my antenna in that direction. Had to play with the ears, and antenna direction to get to work better. I hope this will help you make up your mind. I have not done anything to my antenna, but I have been thinking about screwing a bigger base on it. I don't know what it will pick up, up there. You will need to get an inline booster. My channel 7.1 through 7.4 comes in good all the time. My channel 21.1 through 21.4 don't come in to good all the time, at night better. But I did not get any channel 21 before. I think I probably get couple other channels that I don't watch. I went on another site to see what channels, antennas would be out there, and how far away they are. And then pointed my antenna in that direction. Had to play with the ears, and antenna direction to get to work better. I hope this will help you make up your mind. I... » Read More I don't know what it will pick up, up there. You will need to get an inline booster. My channel 7.1 through 7.4 comes in good all the time. My channel 21.1 through 21.4 don't come in to good all the time, at night better. But I did not get any channel 21 before. I think I probably get couple other channels that I don't watch. I went on another site to see what channels, antennas would be out there, and how far away they are. And then pointed my antenna in that direction. Had to play with the ears, and antenna direction to get to work better. I hope this will help you make up your mind. I have not done anything to my antenna, but I have been thinking about screwing a bigger base on it. « Show Less
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thank you for your response- I found a discussion on yahoo yesterday that explained the antenna pretty well- basically that the so called "HD antenna the retailers are selling is hype and not really needed .
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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