Need help getting digital signals via antenna - Aquos TV

[Mamba]

We have a Sharp Aquos 32D4U that was recently retired to another room. Now
that I've hooked it up again, I can't get it to recognize the local HD
signals from our little antenna.

This all worked before, but now when I try to tune it to one of our digital
channels (2.1, 3.1, etc) I get the the generic "2002 - Error receiving
signal" message.

As in it's previous setup, the cable from the wall goes into the main
Cable/Antenna hookup. There are two additional hookups labelled "Cable In"
and "Air In". I beleive the "Air In" sis where an external antenna hooks
up - the manual is very non-commital about this point. Regardless, I have
tried going through the tuner setup with the antenna connected to both of
those, with no success.

I can't beleive it would be an actual signal issue, as the new location is
actually beside a window and the prior location was in a corner with no
window. The prior location worked fine, although I do recall there was
something tricky about the original setup.

Naturally I was sure I'd never forget the trick to get it working... Anybody
out there know what part of the puzzle I am missing?

Tnx

[cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net]

"Mamba" <nospam@yahoo.com> wrote:
> We have a Sharp Aquos 32D4U that was recently retired to another room.
> Now that I've hooked it up again, I can't get it to recognize the local
> HD signals from our little antenna.
>
> This all worked before, but now when I try to tune it to one of our
> digital channels (2.1, 3.1, etc) I get the the generic "2002 - Error
> receiving signal" message.
>
> As in it's previous setup, the cable from the wall goes into the main
> Cable/Antenna hookup. There are two additional hookups labelled "Cable
> In" and "Air In". I beleive the "Air In" sis where an external antenna
> hooks up - the manual is very non-commital about this point. Regardless,
> I have tried going through the tuner setup with the antenna connected to
> both of those, with no success.
>
> I can't beleive it would be an actual signal issue, as the new location
> is actually beside a window and the prior location was in a corner with
> no window. The prior location worked fine, although I do recall there
> was something tricky about the original setup.
>
> Naturally I was sure I'd never forget the trick to get it working...
> Anybody out there know what part of the puzzle I am missing?
>
> Tnx

When you say cable from the wall, is it from the cable
company or does it connect to an outside antenna?

Chip

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[rdclark]

On Nov 13, 9:03 pm, "Mamba" <nos...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> We have a Sharp Aquos 32D4U that was recently retired to another room. Now
> that I've hooked it up again, I can't get it to recognize the local HD
> signals from our little antenna.
>
> This all worked before, but now when I try to tune it to one of our digital
> channels (2.1, 3.1, etc) I get the the generic "2002 - Error receiving
> signal" message.
>
> As in it's previous setup, the cable from the wall goes into the main
> Cable/Antenna hookup. There are two additional hookups labelled "Cable In"
> and "Air In". I beleive the "Air In" sis where an external antenna hooks
> up - the manual is very non-commital about this point. Regardless, I have
> tried going through the tuner setup with the antenna connected to both of
> those, with no success.
>
> I can't beleive it would be an actual signal issue, as the new location is
> actually beside a window and the prior location was in a corner with no
> window. The prior location worked fine, although I do recall there was
> something tricky about the original setup.
>
> Naturally I was sure I'd never forget the trick to get it working... Anybody
> out there know what part of the puzzle I am missing?
>
> Tnx

It doesn't matter where the TV is. It matters where the antenna is,
and presumably it hasn't moved from your roof or attic or wherever.

There must be an antenna splitter somewhere if you have outlets in
both locations. Have you checked that the bedroom outlet is actually
connected to anything?

[whosbest54]

In article <qLidnQbTYf2iy6fanZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@comcast.com>, nospam@yahoo.com
says...
>
>
>We have a Sharp Aquos 32D4U that was recently retired to another room. Now
>that I've hooked it up again, I can't get it to recognize the local HD
>signals from our little antenna.
>
>This all worked before, but now when I try to tune it to one of our digital
>channels (2.1, 3.1, etc) I get the the generic "2002 - Error receiving
>signal" message.
>
>As in it's previous setup, the cable from the wall goes into the main
>Cable/Antenna hookup. There are two additional hookups labelled "Cable In"
>and "Air In". I beleive the "Air In" sis where an external antenna hooks
>up - the manual is very non-commital about this point. Regardless, I have
>tried going through the tuner setup with the antenna connected to both of
>those, with no success.
>
>I can't beleive it would be an actual signal issue, as the new location is
>actually beside a window and the prior location was in a corner with no
>window. The prior location worked fine, although I do recall there was
>something tricky about the original setup.
>
>Naturally I was sure I'd never forget the trick to get it working... Anybody
>out there know what part of the puzzle I am missing?
>
Did you follow the manual? I found it here:

http://www.sharpusa.com/files/tel_man_LC26_32_37D4U.pdf

Look at pages 13 and 15.

For over the air digital, yes, you hook up the antenna to the digital air in
75 ohm plug. Make sure the antenna can get UHF and, if necesary, VHF if any
of the digital stations in your area are on the VHF band. Most are usually on
UHF.

You should hook up your cable TV to the cable analog and digital inputs, using
a splitter if necessary. If you are only interested in cable analog, then you
can hook up the cable just to cable analog. However, some of the digital over
the air channels may be on cable as clear QAM.

Then, following the instructions on page 15, have it scan for channels. Start
with step 3 - select cable for analog and select standard for digital cable
(if you hook it up for digital cable).

Under step 4, select yes for analog, yes for digital (air) and yes for digital
(cable) (if you hook it up for digital cable). Select the smart search and it
should find all your cable analog, cable digital (clear QAM) and over the air
digital stations your antenna can pull in.

If the antenna can't pull in stations with a proper scan, then try to
reposition it or get a decent attic or roof antenna. However, based on
what you say in your your post, I'd think you'd get some or most of the over
the air digital channels.

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[Mamba]

"whosbest54" <whosbest54@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:473b3ba3$0$22523$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com...
> In article <qLidnQbTYf2iy6fanZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> nospam@yahoo.com
> says...
>>
>>
>>We have a Sharp Aquos 32D4U that was recently retired to another room.
>>Now
>>that I've hooked it up again, I can't get it to recognize the local HD
>>signals from our little antenna.
>>
>>This all worked before, but now when I try to tune it to one of our
>>digital
>>channels (2.1, 3.1, etc) I get the the generic "2002 - Error receiving
>>signal" message.
>>
>>As in it's previous setup, the cable from the wall goes into the main
>>Cable/Antenna hookup. There are two additional hookups labelled "Cable
>>In"
>>and "Air In". I beleive the "Air In" sis where an external antenna hooks
>>up - the manual is very non-commital about this point. Regardless, I have
>>tried going through the tuner setup with the antenna connected to both of
>>those, with no success.
>>
>>I can't beleive it would be an actual signal issue, as the new location is
>>actually beside a window and the prior location was in a corner with no
>>window. The prior location worked fine, although I do recall there was
>>something tricky about the original setup.
>>
>>Naturally I was sure I'd never forget the trick to get it working...
>>Anybody
>>out there know what part of the puzzle I am missing?
>>
> Did you follow the manual? I found it here:
>
> http://www.sharpusa.com/files/tel_man_LC26_32_37D4U.pdf
>
> Look at pages 13 and 15.
>
> For over the air digital, yes, you hook up the antenna to the digital air
> in
> 75 ohm plug. Make sure the antenna can get UHF and, if necesary, VHF if
> any
> of the digital stations in your area are on the VHF band. Most are
> usually on
> UHF.
>
> You should hook up your cable TV to the cable analog and digital inputs,
> using
> a splitter if necessary. If you are only interested in cable analog, then
> you
> can hook up the cable just to cable analog. However, some of the digital
> over
> the air channels may be on cable as clear QAM.
>
> Then, following the instructions on page 15, have it scan for channels.
> Start
> with step 3 - select cable for analog and select standard for digital
> cable
> (if you hook it up for digital cable).
>
> Under step 4, select yes for analog, yes for digital (air) and yes for
> digital
> (cable) (if you hook it up for digital cable). Select the smart search
> and it
> should find all your cable analog, cable digital (clear QAM) and over the
> air
> digital stations your antenna can pull in.
>
> If the antenna can't pull in stations with a proper scan, then try to
> reposition it or get a decent attic or roof antenna. However, based on
> what you say in your your post, I'd think you'd get some or most of the
> over
> the air digital channels.
>
> whosbest54
> --
Thanks all for the advice. As mentioned, I had followed the manual
dutifully, but finally stumbled on the problem.
When I ran through yet another tuning attempt of 'Air - digital' channels,
I finally got a signal on a channel I never knew existed, some local
programming on ch 22.1. It was about the only one coming in.

Using this channel, I attempted to reposition the antenna to maximize
signal. The only factor I had neglected to mention earlier was that this is
a powered booster antenna, and I had it powered up to mid-range power
boosting, same as it had been set in the prior location. For giggles, I
turned off the power to the antenna, and the signal jumped way up. WTH?

So I re-ran the tuning again with the booster off, and lo and behold, all
the "lost" channels tuned in fine. Dunno why, but moving the TV/Antenna
upstairs made the signal booster actually impede the signal rather than
enhancing it.

Again, thanks for all the suggestions.

[cjdaytonjrnospam@cox.net]

"Mamba" <bo@gus.com> wrote:
> > --
> Thanks all for the advice. As mentioned, I had followed the manual
> dutifully, but finally stumbled on the problem.
> When I ran through yet another tuning attempt of 'Air - digital'
> channels, I finally got a signal on a channel I never knew existed, some
> local programming on ch 22.1. It was about the only one coming in.
>
> Using this channel, I attempted to reposition the antenna to maximize
> signal. The only factor I had neglected to mention earlier was that this
> is a powered booster antenna, and I had it powered up to mid-range power
> boosting, same as it had been set in the prior location. For giggles, I
> turned off the power to the antenna, and the signal jumped way up. WTH?
>
> So I re-ran the tuning again with the booster off, and lo and behold, all
> the "lost" channels tuned in fine. Dunno why, but moving the TV/Antenna
> upstairs made the signal booster actually impede the signal rather than
> enhancing it.
>
> Again, thanks for all the suggestions.

It sounds like when you moved the antenna, it no longer needed
the booster. When you use one and don't need it, the signal gets
over driven. Sometimes less is more! Glad you got it working!

Chip

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[T Shadow]

"Mamba" <gw@nottoday.net> wrote in message
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>
> Using this channel, I attempted to reposition the antenna to maximize
> signal. The only factor I had neglected to mention earlier was that this
is
> a powered booster antenna, and I had it powered up to mid-range power
> boosting, same as it had been set in the prior location. For giggles, I
> turned off the power to the antenna, and the signal jumped way up. WTH?
>
> So I re-ran the tuning again with the booster off, and lo and behold, all
> the "lost" channels tuned in fine. Dunno why, but moving the TV/Antenna
> upstairs made the signal booster actually impede the signal rather than
> enhancing it.
>
> Again, thanks for all the suggestions.
>
>

Unless your >20 miles from transmitter it's unlikely you need amplification.
It may be over saturating the TV if your too close.

[mykey]

the wire from the antenna needs to be as short
as possible, as direct as possible, no splices or
splitters.
the antenna needs to be high and aimed
exactly,.
if any of the above has been altered from
original, that's probably the reason.
have you checked regular air stations? are you
receiving normal TV from the same antenna
connection?
do anything to increase the signal strength
(following the above)
but when using an amplifier
the amp is located at the SOURCE end,
(at the START of the signal path)
not the receiving end.
Air in would be correct...