We've had this antenna for 2 years picked up lots of channels, instantly lost a signal for NBC. What could be the problem?
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I own two antennas; one for 2 years. It would either be the signal going to the antenna from the broadcasting center changed or a glitz with the tv and it needs reprogramed.
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I agree with Charles. If the signal is strong enough, it should pick up the channel. I need to move the antenna periodically, but not that often. My antenna picks up two 7.1s and two 7.2s. I hope this helps!
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It is odd. That antenna falls outside the Amateur bands for the 220 MHZ part of the spectrum. You'll find in operation the radio works fine on 2 meters, but not well at all on 220. There's nothing wrong with the radio. Just get yourself a replacement antenna. In fact get yourself a tri-band antenna. I know someone who did and it has worked just fine. This is a case of Baofeng not giving you a good stock antenna again. Try a Jet Stream or Comet antenna. Good luck!!!
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Apologies. Your question is more technical than I can answer. I just hooked the thing up and it worked (well). I run nothing more on the coax in my house than the antenna signal. I should add add that the signal strength has degraded somewhat (fewer channels) since I installed the amplifier in January, but the decrease in performance could be attributable to something other than the amp. Will investigate before winter.
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I have had no problems with this antenna. Channels come in clear and I have actually got more channels than before. It depends on how many over the air channels you have in your area but you should pull all of them in.
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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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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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This radio will not receive TV station sound after the transition to digital. (I confirmed this today by emailing Sangean.)
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Have you tried removing the antenna? That is about the only thing I can figure might help with that particular model. I have had a similar issue because it picks up some of my local stations and throws me off but without the antenna it seemed a bit better.
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There might be a little debris from the other antenna you have replaced that preventing it to retract. You could try to trim it. If it helps. If not you may want to have Toyota delearship take a look inside and fish out what is inside to fully work.
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I'm having the same problem. Worked great for the first month or so, had about 15 channels (Pretty much the maximum amount of channels for my area). Then one day I turn on my television, and I only have about 4 channels. Pretty irritated about it myself! I've tried a variety of different positions for the antenna with no luck. Let me know if you find a solution!!
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Same thing happened to me. It actually took out my DirecTV signal and had to restore the link between the unit and the TV. One one peripheral device ended up working, so I sent it back to Amazon. Refund processed quickly.
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I too had same problem, so purchased a hd antenna. Now able to pickup many channels. Good luck.
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Try moving the antenna facing a different location and on top of a bookshelf or something. I have noticed that mine picks up some channels better than others depending on how it is facing. Good luck. Mine has worked very well for me.
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I installed two of these antennae in two different locations and they work pretty good. check all your connections, you may have gotten a bad amplifier supplied with the antennae.
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Did you make sure to change your input settings to TV? Then you need to go to your menu on your TV and run a channel scan to see if you are receiving any broadcast signals.
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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.