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Tweaking Your Antenna PositionOnce you hook up your TV antenna, I’ll be honest. Getting the best reception requires lots of experimentation with where you put your antenna in your room. There can be a big difference in the number of channels you get depending on antenna orientation, location, height, and whether it is indoors or outdoors. Changing the antenna angle by a few degrees could change reception drastically for a particular channel.If you are using an indoor antenna, I suggest placing it near a window, then scanning for channels to establish a baseline. Write down the channels you get, move your antenna, and scan again. If you lost any channels, manually add them back in using your TV’s channel management menu, and write them down, so you end up with a master list of all possible channels. Next, go to a weak channel and move your antenna around in real time until you get good reception. You might have to repeat this for other weak channels.You never know where the best antenna position will be.

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After my last move, I mounted my antenna near a window. Reception was very mediocre at ten to twelve channels. While playing around with cable routing, the antenna fell on the floor. Just for kicks, I scanned the channels and found that I got four more channels in that unlikely position!If you are not getting ten or twenty channels, you probably live too far from the transmitters or there is something blocking the signals, like a mountain.

Go to the to find out more. If you don’t have access to your roof (i.e., you live in an apartment), I would suggest using the antenna. It’s thin and easy to hide indoors. It’s what I use. Here are some more.

One thing I want to stress: the difference in the number of channels you can get with different indoor antennas is pretty small. If one antenna can get five channels, you are not going to suddenly get 25 channels with a more expensive antenna. So, do not keep buying more and more expensive antennas with the hopes of solving reception problems. Antenna location has a much bigger effect on reception than the type of antenna you use, as long as you’re not using a cheap rabbit-ear antenna.if you’re interested, here’s. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This site is not owned by any retailer or manufacturer.

This is an independent review site that receives compensation from the retailer or manufacturer (at no extra cost to you) when you purchase through the affiliate links on this site. I personally test and/or research each product or service before endorsing it.Basically, you run a cable from your antenna into the input of this box, and then run multiple coax cables out to your TV’s. The box requires power because it amplifies the signal. The bonus is that this improves reception and you might be able to get even more channels than before!Now, be sure to put this amp as close as possible to your antenna. The reason is that the TV signal loses strength for every foot of cable that it has to go through. Therefore, it’s best to amplify it as early as possible – physically close to the antenna in other words, not at the other end of the antenna near your TVs!Yes, I know it is more of a pain to have to hook up this box in your attic or wherever your antenna is, and supply power to it, etc., rather than right next to your TV. But, if you want to bring in the most stations, you should keep the box closer to your antenna.

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In my experiments, even an additional 20 feet of un-amplified cable run from your antenna can cause you to lose a weak station.That is also why you shouldn’t use a passive (non-powered) splitter for this application. In my experiments, a passive splitter will cause you to lose signal strength and possibly lose the weaker stations.Give it a try and let us know your results! Network monitor software.

So I bought an indoor HD antenna last night (made by RCA) and tried toinstall it - it seemed pretty simple, just plug it in and then run thecoax cable to the antenna input on the tv. I did this andturned the tv on and flipped over to the menu where I had to dosomething to program the tv (I have no idea what I was doing, I wasjust following the instructions in the TV manual). So I hit menu andflip to setup and there is a Digital Antenna menu option but it isgreyed out - if I try to move down the menu to this option it skipsright over it. It's as if the antenna isn't even connected. Doesanyone have any idea what could be going on? I would say it could bethe signal, but if it was the signal, wouldn't the Digital Antennabutton still allow me to click on it? Plus, I live in LA so I'massuming my signal isn't that bad.

I also checked that website thateveryone recommends and it seems to think I should have a pretty easytime getting a signal.Sorry this post is rambling and slightly incoherent, I am slightlydeficient when it comes to HD antennas. So I bought an indoor HD antenna last night (made by RCA) and tried toinstall it - it seemed pretty simple, just plug it in and then run thecoax cable to the antenna input on the tv. I did this andturned the tv on and flipped over to the menu where I had to dosomething to program the tv (I have no idea what I was doing, I wasjust following the instructions in the TV manual). So I hit menu andflip to setup and there is a Digital Antenna menu option but it isgreyed out - if I try to move down the menu to this option it skipsright over it. It's as if the antenna isn't even connected. Doesanyone have any idea what could be going on?

I would say it could bethe signal, but if it was the signal, wouldn't the Digital Antennabutton still allow me to click on it? Plus, I live in LA so I'massuming my signal isn't that bad. I also checked that website thateveryone recommends and it seems to think I should have a pretty easytime getting a signal.Sorry this post is rambling and slightly incoherent, I am slightlydeficient when it comes to HD antennas.Can you post the model number of the television?Chip. So I bought an indoor HD antenna last night (made by RCA) and tried toinstall it - it seemed pretty simple, just plug it in and then run thecoax cable to the antenna input on the tv. I did this andturned the tv on and flipped over to the menu where I had to dosomething to program the tv (I have no idea what I was doing, I wasjust following the instructions in the TV manual).

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So I hit menu andflip to setup and there is a Digital Antenna menu option but it isgreyed out - if I try to move down the menu to this option it skipsright over it. It's as if the antenna isn't even connected. Doesanyone have any idea what could be going on? I would say it could bethe signal, but if it was the signal, wouldn't the Digital Antennabutton still allow me to click on it? Plus, I live in LA so I'massuming my signal isn't that bad. I also checked that website thateveryone recommends and it seems to think I should have a pretty easytime getting a signal.Sorry this post is rambling and slightly incoherent, I am slightlydeficient when it comes to HD antennas.Can you post the model number of the television?Chip-Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB- Hide quoted text - Show quoted text.

So I bought an indoor HD antenna last night (made by RCA) and tried toinstall it - it seemed pretty simple, just plug it in and then run thecoax cable to the antenna input on the tv. I did this andturned the tv on and flipped over to the menu where I had to dosomething to program the tv (I have no idea what I was doing, I wasjust following the instructions in the TV manual). So I hit menu andflip to setup and there is a Digital Antenna menu option but it isgreyed out - if I try to move down the menu to this option it skipsright over it. It's as if the antenna isn't even connected. Doesanyone have any idea what could be going on? I would say it could bethe signal, but if it was the signal, wouldn't the Digital Antennabutton still allow me to click on it?

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Plus, I live in LA so I'massuming my signal isn't that bad. I also checked that website thateveryone recommends and it seems to think I should have a pretty easytime getting a signal.Sorry this post is rambling and slightly incoherent, I am slightlydeficient when it comes to HD antennas.Before you go into the Setup switch the input on the set to the TV-cableinput, select TV from the TV /Cable option then run auto channel memory.