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Samantha Green Posted on Nov 20, 2013
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Scanning for channels

Cannot get any channels on my tv i have a cable from wall to tv i have scanned the channels with the same cable and tv a couple of weeks ago and had all my channels. then i unplugged it the other day and not it won't find my channels. I have unplugged the tv for 15 minutes and i have tried unplugging the cable and plugging it back in also. nothing works!! the only channel that my tv finds is 82.55 and it has some weird writing on it and the only thing i can make out is "release cambridge" on it and then the other channel is the xfinity channel that it finds.

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Make sure you set the settings for catv (cable) not air (antenna). If any other boxes are connected to it first put them on channel 3 then scan.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 09, 2008

SOURCE: Emerson 20 inch flat screen tv problem

i had the same problem with a 32 inch and i kept "clicking" the channel changer on the remote to force the tv to go to another channel (that had previously been selected during the initial auto scan) --- still trying to figure out why the tv locks onto the scanning for channel

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 24, 2009

SOURCE: Channel Scan on my Philips 26" TV only finds the local channels.

Hi.

you should go into your tv's setup menu and go to the tuner settings and make sure it is set to CATV (cable tv) and not Antenna/Air also splitting a cable to many times can cause the signal to weaken and gain a lot of noise/distortion that could be an issue that can only be solved by having the company come to the house and do a test ALSO when your in the tuner menu in under your tv's setup menu try adding a non local channel manualy and then see if the tv will tune to it, if so then you might have to add them manually at the worst... my guess is that it is not set to CATV/cable tv hope this helps and if not i hope someone else can.

TStevens

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  • Posted on Apr 28, 2010

SOURCE: 47" Vizio Flat screen HD LCD freezes up and remote will not work.

could it be Ch 9's digital signal is not broadcasting right? what is your refresh rate on your tv? 60 or 120hz? if its 120hz, then its more then likely the digital broadcast, if its 60hz I think its your tv can't keep up with their signal that may be at 120hz. Make since??

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