Video Asylum

Posted by tunenut (A) on February 25, 2009 at 12:58:33

In Reply to: RE: Outside antenna not pulling in stations that have gone digital posted by Road Warrior on February 22, 2009 at 08:43:29

Weak digital signal is unwatchable. He may need a higher gain antenna. He may need a booster. He will probably need to tweak the direction. Make sure the cabling and connections are good. If he already has a rotator and a booster and everything is working, it may be a lost cause. If his digital tv tuner has a signal strength indicator (I'm sure it does), he can find out whether these signals are dead or just marginal, and maybe can be brought back to life by tweaking.

Final thought: some digital channels are on different places than the analog channels were, like my digital channel 7 is actually on digital 53. So he may want to make sure he's looking for them in the right place.