How do you scan for channels on your TV if you have Satellite?

Question

I have Verizon Fios and its similar to satellite for my reference to where you watch everything on channel 3, so i tried to hook it up to the HD part of my TV to make sure all is well before i order HD service, but when i hooked it up it said i had to scan channels before anything. SO, when i tried to scan channels it wouldnt find any, not even on channel 3 where the input is coming from, and i dont have just basic channels anywhere in the house so i dont know what to do. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Read the manual. These manual writers work very hard putting them together, usually with lots of pictures to show exactly how to set up the equipment for people who buy things they don't understand.

Answer 2

If you have Satellite TV you cannot scan for channels on your TV. The TV comes with auto program, but that is only for Antenna or Cable. Channel 3 is only used for things like Satellite TV. You have to turn this receiver on if you have one. Just the TV has to be on 3 in order to view the Signal. Kind of like a VCR where you have to switch to Channel 3 and then turn the VCR on. There you would see channels through the VCR and not the TV. If you have a HD receiver for satellite service this device will have to be turned on in order to view a picture. Channels are to be purchased through your provider.

Answer 3

It won't find any because you have to TURN ON Verizon TV services Before you get any.....

And that incoming signal is HOT....20db hot, and it MIGHT just toast your tuner without an attenuator on it....

I suggest you get the Verizon Techs out there with the Tuner box, IT DECODES the HD signals....Without the box, you get only the Local stations and nothing else....
You'll be looking at about $128 a month for Phone, Fios Internet and Verizon TV all packaged together...

I would have spent $130 minimum for Verizon Phone/DSL and Dish HD....so it does cost a little less....

I love the fact they run the signal hot and attenuate the signal lines to each TV...Plenty of power so it can drive multiple TVs ....

Cable has to jack up the signal with multiple TVs....it's noisier.

NOW....if you PRESENTLY HAVE VERIZON TV TURNED ON, and you don't get any stations on TV, then they transmit the signals in a totally different frequency spectrum the TV's tuner cannot recieve....it's called OOB transmissions (out of band) and they can set the boxes to recieve them, but regular TV tuners won't......

Don't you just love us well trained TECHIE guys? We get to talk to the Verizon Techs and the Cable Techs and the Manufacturer Techs and the Training we get, just gets us the answers you need.....
And I have Verizon TV....isn't it great?
I had Dish too....and Direct TV....and CABLE....

Answer 4

I hope your Fios set-top box can provide a better signal than RF.
Check in the back to see if there are outputs for component video. Depending on what you find, use this order: component, s-video, composite, RF.

Your TV should be able to find the output of your Fios box; try both cable and ANT scans. But, if possible, use component or S-Video.

Answer 5

You need an HD antenna to get HD channels, even your local ones. Without it, you can scan all you want, you won't find anything. If you have an old-fashioned set of rabbit ears you can hook those up too, but you won't get HD channels with it.