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OK I tried the process several times with no results. The picture is good but it's just B&W.
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Try plugging it into a different HDMI port on your tv set. If that doesn't work, I'll have to guess it's defective, and you should send it back and try another one.
OK Mike, thanks. I'll try again tomorrow, I may have one of the cables switched. The names and colors of the different ports are not the same on both units. There are 5 composite jacks, 3 component jacks, an HDMI port, and the two RF terminals. I have a Vizio D40f-G9 TV that is only about 4 years old. But one problem is that the manual and the TV do not have the same jack layout, so I have had to extrapolate to get things going, and like I said, there was a lot of probability of not having the right cable going to the right place. Thanks for the help...
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Glad to hear that it picks up more channels.
But sorry to hear that you are having problems. I bought the HW150 because it has a built-in power supply. Tyler the Antenna Man uses the HW130 which is less expensive but has a separate wall wart power supply.
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Rabbit, Do you have to connect all of the ports on the back of the 150? The QUICK START-UP,
Guide labels all of the connecting cords as "Optional" so...Which ones do you not have to use?
Guide labels all of the connecting cords as "Optional" so...Which ones do you not have to use?
No, you do not have to connect all ports to your TV.
What is the brand and model number of the TV? Maybe I can find the manual for it on line.
There are three ways you can connect the HW150 to your TV. Which way you use depends upon what input connections your TV has.
GOOD: Composite
Uses Video out (yellow) and L and R audio
BETTER: Component
Uses the 3 connectors on the top row Y/Pb/Pr for video and L and R audio
BEST Quality: HDMI for video and audio
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Can I get by as far as video goes just using the HDMI cable? Then the 2 audio cables.
IF you use an HDMI cable, you do NOT have to connect separate audio cables. It would be best if you used an HDMI cable. That will give you the best output.
The HDMI cable should give you video and audio. If it doesn't, something is wrong; maybe the volume on the remote.
I downloaded the manual. I think you might have the tv format set to pal. If you do picture would be black and white. It needs set to ntsc. Get in your menu, press picture, scroll down to tv format and set the tv format.
Thanks for the update, Benny. Glad to hear it's working for you.
I was almost ready to say if HDMI doesn't work, use component. Fortunately, the HW150 has component OUT and your TV has component IN. The HW130 doesn't have component OUT.
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Your TV connections:
The HW130 doesn't have component output like the HW150:
The HW130 doesn't have component output like the HW150:
The above terminal layout is what was giving me problems...Even though that is listed as my TV, it is not. I have 2 HDMI ports, and the rest of the ports are not the same...Anyway I left the HDMI cable attached and removed all the other cables and everything is working like it should. I don't know why the rear panel layout is not the same as what I have. Also the HomeWorkz manual leaves out some of the procedures for connecting. Live and learn.. Thanks again.
Benny - W5TYZ
Hi Rabbit...
In one of your attachments above it shows the S-N Ratio%..I have not been able to bring up that screen. I can open a screen that looks like it but there is no S-Noise R%
What do I need to do?
Benny - W5TYZ
Yeah, the manual isn't very clear about that. If the tuner has already picked up that channel, all you have to do is press the remote control INFO button twice. I edited that from the manual:
If the tuner has not yet picked up that channel in a scan, you have to use the Manual Search screen in the menu. If the tuner picks up that channel in a Manual Search, the Signal Quality Bar will also show in the Manual Search window.
OK....I DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE FINDING THE "QUALITY BAR". ONE OF YOUR ATTACHMENTS, THE COLORED ATTACHMENT ABOVE SHOWS S-N RATIO, WHICH SHOULD SHOW SOMETHING 50% OR 60%. Sorry for the caps... I'm not screaming, I just didn't know I had hit the caps lock bar. Look up in one of your first posts to me about the Mediasonic 150, and the screenshot is there...
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