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- Sep 7, 2003
If this is the wrong section, I apologize. I think this is the best section though.
Basically, I bought a Samsung SIR-TS160 TV Tuner. It's the stand alone type that is about the size of a large VCR. It's the equivalent to the innards of a regular TV. You plug a monitor, speakers, and antenna into it, and you're good to go!
I spent my ebay bucks on a new Samsung 22" Widescreen, so now I can dedicate my 20" Acer to this TV. I haven't done anything with sound yet, but I'll just plug its digital out into my receiver, shouldn't be a problem.
I bought a $10 antenna from Wal Mart.
The Problem:
I'm not picking up any channels! Well, I am picking up one, TBN,the religious channel, but I don't want to watch that. If I fiddle with the antenna I can get the channel ok, still really fuzzy, but ok for analog. Sometimes I can get channel 19 as well, but it's horribly fuzzing beyond being able to watch it. I tell the device to scan for all channels, and sometimes I'm lucky and get those two analog ones, but zero digital ones. I specifically bought this to receive the over the air digital channels.
I can hold down the menu button and press the right arrow twice to get into a hidden menu, but all it lets me do is reboot the unit, which hasn't helped. I've left it turned on, and off and plugged in trying to let it download some new firmware, but I have no idea if it's done that. There is a firmware update section of the hidden menu, but it's greyed out along with all the other fun options.
I also have a DirecTV card that is inserted into the back of the unit, but it doesn't appear to have any effect. I can't even pick up ABC AT ALL, so something is wrong. I just set up a converter box on my mom's ancient TV and it picked up all the digital channels perfectly fine, and I know there is tons in my area. It's in my computer room, so maybe there is tons of interference or something?
I am thinking about going to Radio Shack and seeing what antennas they have. By the way, unplugging the antenna makes me lose TBN instantly, so the antenna is doing something.
Is it possible that the unit is too old and there was a cut off date on these units receiving channels? I am thinking about going and getting one of those $60 converter boxes that I set up for my mom, at least that worked.
Ideas? I'd be really appreciative! Thanks!
Basically, I bought a Samsung SIR-TS160 TV Tuner. It's the stand alone type that is about the size of a large VCR. It's the equivalent to the innards of a regular TV. You plug a monitor, speakers, and antenna into it, and you're good to go!
I spent my ebay bucks on a new Samsung 22" Widescreen, so now I can dedicate my 20" Acer to this TV. I haven't done anything with sound yet, but I'll just plug its digital out into my receiver, shouldn't be a problem.
I bought a $10 antenna from Wal Mart.
The Problem:
I'm not picking up any channels! Well, I am picking up one, TBN,the religious channel, but I don't want to watch that. If I fiddle with the antenna I can get the channel ok, still really fuzzy, but ok for analog. Sometimes I can get channel 19 as well, but it's horribly fuzzing beyond being able to watch it. I tell the device to scan for all channels, and sometimes I'm lucky and get those two analog ones, but zero digital ones. I specifically bought this to receive the over the air digital channels.
I can hold down the menu button and press the right arrow twice to get into a hidden menu, but all it lets me do is reboot the unit, which hasn't helped. I've left it turned on, and off and plugged in trying to let it download some new firmware, but I have no idea if it's done that. There is a firmware update section of the hidden menu, but it's greyed out along with all the other fun options.
I also have a DirecTV card that is inserted into the back of the unit, but it doesn't appear to have any effect. I can't even pick up ABC AT ALL, so something is wrong. I just set up a converter box on my mom's ancient TV and it picked up all the digital channels perfectly fine, and I know there is tons in my area. It's in my computer room, so maybe there is tons of interference or something?
I am thinking about going to Radio Shack and seeing what antennas they have. By the way, unplugging the antenna makes me lose TBN instantly, so the antenna is doing something.
Is it possible that the unit is too old and there was a cut off date on these units receiving channels? I am thinking about going and getting one of those $60 converter boxes that I set up for my mom, at least that worked.
Ideas? I'd be really appreciative! Thanks!