How can I make this Phillips HD antenna work?

Question

It is an Olevia LT37HVS. It's native res is 720p(1366 x 768) and all the channels that I get are 480i. It has some kind of input called DTV, and it says that it is trying to scan for channels. There are two RF inputs, one that is labeled ANT which I assume is for Antennaes, and one that is labled DTV which I don't know what goes there. There is a switch on the Philips HD antenna that goes from sattelite to cable, and when I have it on cable, from my main menu on the actual TV on the TV input, I can switch between Cable and Air. That's the comparison that I am doing it with. I tried switching to the DTV input, and it says scan for channels. I looked up a site and it said that I had to have an antenna hooked up for it to work. So, I plugged in the HD antenna into both the ANT and DTV RF inputs, and scanned for channels. Both times I didn't get any channels. So, I always have the antenna set to cable, never to antenna. How do I make this work? What is the DTV input for?

Answer 1

Your TV has two tuners, each one has a separate input. The "ANT" input is for the older analog (NTSC) channels and the "DTV" for digital channels. To get both kinds of programing you can use separate antennas or use a splitter to use both inputs from one antenna.

It would be helpful if you posted the model number for your antenna.

In the meantime, here are two suggestions:
1. If your antenna has a amplifier, make sure it is plugged in and any power switch is turned on.

2. If #2 doesn't help, try to find/barrow any old pair of rabbet ear antennas you can find and try them on the ANT and DTV inputs. If you can get a signal with them, you have determined the problem is with the new antenna. If you don't get a signal, then your problem is either you don't have a signal (perhaps you are in a room with foil cover insulation or something like that) or the problem is on the TV side of things.

Let us know what you find.