Newbie here that has a question

[Cope]

I switched over to Dish Network in December in order to get the 811 HD receiver for my living room tv. I was reading about receiving the OTA HD signal by buying the Zenith silver sensor antenna. Today, I picked one up.

Now my question is, and please ignore my ignorance, but where do I hook up the antenna? Do I hook it up into the 811 receiver itself, or do I go directly to the tv? Thanks for any advice.

 

[Bobby]

If your TV has an ATSC (HDTV) tuner, hook it up directly to the TV. If it doesn't, hook it up to the 811 where it says 8VSB Antenna/Cable In. If you use the latter, be sure to scan digital channels. Menu, 6, 1, 5......

 

[Carl B]

Put a splitter on the antenna feed and hook it to both. Your DTVs ATSC tuner may be better than the 811's. If it isn't, the 811 seamlessly integrates the OTA w/ the DBS channels and adds OTA channel programming information to the EPG.