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Westinghouse auto scan

My 24" westinghouse is stuck in auto scan mode. I have no remote, am not connected to cable or satellite. I only use chromecast so I don't even need channels - I am able to use the buttons on the side of the TV but there is no way to press 'enter' - my tv goes through the entire auto scan but then it goes back to the floating window that says 'please run channel auto scan' - please help. i am about to lose my mind!

  • melle sol
    melle sol Mar 03, 2014

    I've already unplugged the TV (for hours) to reset - and when I turn the TV back on the floating window that says PLEASE RUN AUTO SCAN is still there!

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    finally someone understands

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You can try attaching an antenna to the tv and waiting to see if the autoscan finally terminates as the TV in present condition is searching for channels it can not detect. But several things are compounding your difficulty. You do not appear to have model number, remote control, or user guide. Knowledge of the model number would help with identification of the controls on the TV and without that, you are unlikely to get much in the way of assistance. You or an assistant would track down the user guide which is sometimes at the manufacturer's site and other times further afield.

If attachment of an antenna did not stop the autoscan cycle, you would likely seek the procedure to return the TV to its "defalut" state. The manual may or may not help with that but it is a starting place. Acquisition of the model number accompanyed by the brand name and the word remote could get you to a site that sold either a universal remote or better yet the original. With the original remote and a user manual, you have better proscpects of working your way through menus. Is it safe to assume you have seen chromecast on this TV before all cabling and remotes vanished.

Some Westinghouse TVs only have a power button which is a good reason to supply a model number. If there are more buttons affecting input , you might be able to get the TV to the mode where it accepts Chromecast. But if attachment of the antenna does not after a time stop the autosearch scan and any attempt to restore the tv to "default" has failed, you may have a motherboard problem.

Your journey and further assistance from someone will begin with you acquiring the model number which in on the set somewhere. But there is nothing wrong with making a quick fix attempt by attaching a TV cable. If that stops the cycle and there are other control buttons affecting input, you might just stumble into a fix. If you post again, be sure to supply that model number and brand.

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Anonymous

  • Posted on Jul 02, 2008

SOURCE: can not program my cable channels

move your antenna around to get maximum signals to be able to scan.

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Chi Chu

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  • Posted on Apr 15, 2011

SOURCE: panasonic viera TH50PZ700B 4yrs old. will turn on

Tries tv unplug,replug it back like about an hour later for the tv to do a resetting itself back to the factory setting.Go into the tv menu go to PICTURE to go down to do a resetting to the tv Tuner signal board.Tries scanning for channels again.The tv should be work again,if it still have the same result.The tv main board,the tv Tuner signal board is bad.Can u do some mechanicals work like take things aparts and putting it back together again?Yes?Try website like Ebay.com to buy a whole refurbish tv Tuner signal board for the replacement.

Anonymous

  • 304 Answers
  • Posted on Jun 15, 2011

SOURCE: the local cable company has

Hi, You need a analog and digital tuner in the TV, which it sounds like you don't have, or a digital cable box.

Michael Green

  • 3799 Answers
  • Posted on Feb 04, 2012

SOURCE: h i have no remote for hannspree tv, tried scanning channels with buttons on the side of tv, dont know what i touched,but now its wont do anything just says scan channels. wont even turn off

Remove power for about 30 seconds and try again.

rickbrashear

Ricky brashear

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  • Posted on Aug 06, 2012

SOURCE: can't get rid of "Please Run Channel Auto Scan" stays on tv screen

for some reason it is not seeing you cable signal. you will need to make sure you have it set up for cable and not air. check your input options, like tv/av/hdmi/ ect hope this helps

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