[BC] DTV re-scanning may not work...

[Byrne, John H (COE Engineering)]

As crazy as it sounds - have her remove the antenna input to the DTV set-top box or TV set, so that there is no RF input into the receiver.  Then perform a scan so that the receiver responds that there are no DTV signals to be found.  Then reconnect the antenna to the receiver and rescan.  For some reason, some DTV set-top boxes or TV sets retain the old DTV PSIP information.

The receiver memory must be flushed and then a scan performed.  This has solved some of the problems for which we have received calls.

-----Original Message-----
 [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] From: Dana Puopolo

My daughter lives outside of Boise, ID and has an outdoor antenna. She
re-scanned her TV on Saturday and all was fine-until today. Now she gets NO TV
at all! I had her re-scan-no difference. When we last talked, she was looking
for the reset button on her converter...

-D

From: Broadcast List USER <Broadcast at fetrow.org>

I had several TVs on an attic antenna, all got OK NTSC signals.  I  
could also watch my Icom R3 with its whip antenna sitting on my couch  
in the living room, roughly 25 feet below the real antenna, even  
though I have never been able to use rabbit ears in my house.

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