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mowgwie01
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So, yeah, the big day is here and I turned on my converter box to watch the new Jdorama on 18.2 at 9:00 and - no signal! No signal on any of the "18.x" stations. In fact I have no signal on about half of the digital channels I was getting just yesterday! Where are they?
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6/12/2009, 9:07 pm
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Re: TV Converter Boxes -- Getting Ready for Feb 2009
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So, yeah, the big day is here and I turned on my converter box to watch the new Jdorama on 18.2 at 9:00 and - no signal! No signal on any of the "18.x" stations. In fact I have no signal on about half of the digital channels I was getting just yesterday! Where are they?I'm so glad you posted!!! The same exact thing is happening to me. I turned on the TV to Channel 18.2, and it says "No Signal". Even when I tried checking Channel 18's other digital sub-channels, I keep getting the same "No Signal" message on the TV. I just checked 44.1, and that seems to be working fine. What's odd is that I was able to watch Channel 18.2 perfectly until now, even this morning. I hope this is fixed soon...
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Hmm, good news, and bad news. The good news is that this morning, I tried rescanning for channels and was able to scan Channel 18 and its digital channels. The bad news is that now I'm back to square one! Whenever I flip to Channel 18.x, I get a black screen and the message "No Signal", even when I try adjusting the antenna. I don't have this problem with any of the other digital channels.
Thanks everyone, for your help -- sorry for the constant posts, I'm just afraid that I won't be able to watch 18.2 anymore, LOL!
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6/13/2009, 6:44 am
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Good news and bad news here, too! I can get it all figured out eventually, but hantaejun is certainly correct: RESCAN, RESCAN, RESCAN!
After a program I was recording went to 'snow' in the middle of it Thursday night, I also noticed that my Dondo Hare recording didn't work for the 10:30a Friday showing. So I did my VCR thing, resetting the recording source, rescanning, etc., and programmed to catch Friday's Dondo Bare at 2a this morning. It didn't record! @#$%!
Okay, so I've let go emotionally of the expectation that I'll be able to record all my J-programs for now and will just keep trying to figure this out and accept that it is simply going to take a few days or so for the digital dust to finally settle (I hope). In the meantime, I'll keep trying to figure this out with the particular equipment I own. (I am not going to buy anything new yet.)
I also saw a very helpful little program a couple days ago on indoor antennae. One of them shown was an example of what they call a "smart antenna." It consists of a flat, square, solid 'box' (about the size of a laptop computer). It is able to pick up digital signals from all directions and to 'decide' which is the strongest for the channel you have selected. It eliminates having to fiddle with your indoor antenna, trying to find the best position for reception for this or that station. HOWEVER, a smart antenna works only with a converter box that is "smart antenna" capable—the converter box must have a "smart antenna input" on the back where you hook everything up.
Oh fiddle dee dee, I'll think about it tomorrow....
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6/13/2009, 10:59 am
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Re: TV Converter Boxes -- Getting Ready for Feb 2009
Yesterday, we struggled with the same problem everyone is describing. At one point, after detaching then reattaching the cord from the antenna to the converter box, our system started to show UTB on ch.73.2 instead of 18.2. Finally, we unplugged EVERYTHING, waited five minutes, and then started COMPLETELY FROM THE BEGINNING again -- a completely fresh INSTALLATION SETUP of the converter box (including the automatic "new channel" search). After that was complete, we were successful in getting back all our old channels, including 18.2.
If you happen to have a converter box that allows you to timer record at later times, then you will also have to check to see that your original recording schedule is still operational (for some reason, ours had shifted all recordings to ch.44 -KXLA, and had to be reprogrammed).
Good luck minasan!
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