Just Switched to Dish - HAD OTA HD!!

[couger77]

I just switched to Dish and now I can not figure out how to get OTA digital local channels from my roof top antenna. Before I could just go to channel 3.1 and that worked great. When I scan I get zip. Any ideas?

Thanks!


Jer

 

[Jim5506]

Make sure your OTA antenna cable is not plugged into the UHF TV2 Remote RF connector and vice-versa. You remote will work for miles, but you get very little TV.

 

[couger77]

Make sure your OTA antenna cable is not plugged into the UHF TV2 Remote RF connector and vice-versa. You remote will work for miles, but you get very little TV.

Yes, I made certain that it was plugged into the correct coax.

 

[rglore]

The 522 doesn't have an OTA tuner, it just passes thru when turned off.

 

[couger77]

The 522 doesn't have an OTA tuner, it just passes thru when turned off.

Oops, forgot to update my sig.

I have the Vip622 HDDVR

 

[waltinvt]

I just switched to Dish and now I can not figure out how to get OTA digital local channels from my roof top antenna. Before I could just go to channel 3.1 and that worked great. When I scan I get zip. Any ideas?

Thanks!


Jer

If you just switched to Dish, what were you using to get that 3.1 channel before? What was the signal strength?

If it was the digital tuner on your TV or a non-Dish digital tuner and the signal for 3.1 was not real strong, the 622 may not show any signal.

 

[oljim]

What ant do you have, amp? diplexers?

 

[bhelms]

Another thought - if your OTA antenna has a preamp in the system that was powered by your old receiver, the 622 does not provide power through the OTA port. In that case you'd need a separate power supply for your preamp...

 

[Barry Erick]

How about going to Setup/ Locals and scanning for digital. Without that, you need to first plug in the actual over the air RF CHannel and not the digital channel.