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bark615

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I cut the cord a few months ago and things have been going good!  I have 3 TV's being used for over the HD local channel signals.

 

The local TV station antennas are west of my house 14-19 miles.

 

TV #1  Samsung LCD circa 2012 - using the flat amazon flat antenna mounted on west wall.  great signal + picture.

 

TV#2  Sony LCD  circa 2011  - using HD rabbit ears on east wall.  great signal and picture.

 

TV#3  Samsung LCD circa 2008  - I have tried the flat antenna, the HD rabbit ears and even tried and external yagi antenna but can't get a steady signal from this TV.   I know all TV's after 2007 included a digital tuner and this TV has one.  This TV will pickup local 720 + 1080 HD signals for 30-60 secs at a time but then get pixelated and black out. I have tried morning, noon + night... clear days, cloudy day, rainy ect.  I have done a hard reboot on TV, reset to factory defaults, multiple channel scans.

 

Anyone have this problem before?

 

Thanks!

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I picked up one of these about a month ago and I'm picking up perfect channels 60 miles away on a pos element tv my patents gave me. Have it set up in my garage.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NQMCDK/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_oNJYvb9VV7V5B

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I picked up one of these about a month ago and I'm picking up perfect channels 60 miles away on a pos element tv my patents gave me. Have it set up in my garage.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NQMCDK/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_oNJYvb9VV7V5B

 

I was hoping an external antenna was going to work for me also, that is why I purchased this one.  http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Compact-Outdoor-Yagi-Antenna/dp/B0024R4B5C

 

 

I even tried a +7db signal booster   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EKCGT8

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I was hoping an external antenna was going to work for me also, that is why I purchased this one.  http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Compact-Outdoor-Yagi-Antenna/dp/B0024R4B5C

 

 

I even tried a +7db signal booster   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EKCGT8

probably a dumb question but did you hook up the problem tv to an antenna that works good with another tv, while that antenna is kept in the exact same position?

I have the same flat antenna's on 2 tv's and my tv downstairs gets different channels than the one upstairs.

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probably a dumb question but did you hook up the problem tv to an antenna that works good with another tv, while that antenna is kept in the exact same position?

I have the same flat antenna's on 2 tv's and my tv downstairs gets different channels than the one upstairs.

Alls you need is RFD TV and the outdoor killin shit channel. Edited by max power
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probably a dumb question but did you hook up the problem tv to an antenna that works good with another tv, while that antenna is kept in the exact same position?

I have the same flat antenna's on 2 tv's and my tv downstairs gets different channels than the one upstairs.

 

Yes, I have have hooked all three TV's to the same outside antenna feed.  TV #1 + #2 work great.  Yesterday i even brought TV#1 into the same room as TV #3 to confirm there was no "I quit racing" voodoo in that room.

 

Is it possible the coax jack on the back of TV #3 can be loose or failing going into the tuner??   That is the only other thing I can think of?

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See if there is a way to get the offending tv to scan for channels.

 

The TV will scan for channels and find about 60 of them.. 

 

I get

3.1

3.2

3.3

5.1

5.2

 

ect, I get the correct channels and I can view them for 20-30 secs at a time before the signal pixelates  and goes to "weak signal" screen.

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Take it apart and see if anything is loose? Possibly run audio/Video cables to an external digital tuner, select source video, and see if it does the same thing. Try the coax to the external digital tuner also and compare. My guess would be the internal tuner sucks.

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