- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
I have a Samsung LCD HD TV that has a QAM tuner. Doing a channel scan found no channels. I tried scanning for STD, HRC, and IRC digital signals. I don't know what else to try. Is FIOS still transmitting some channels unencrypted?
Solved! Go to Correct Answer
Correct answers
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
The coax out of the ONT goes to a 3 way MoCA splitter. I read a bit about MoCA and came across something about the signal being degraded by a normal splitter. Found which coax out of the MoCA splitter went to where the Samsung is and saw that this cable had a "regular" splitter. Removed that splitter, connected the input with a straight connector to the output feeding the Samsung outlet, did a channel scan, and voila!
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
@highschoolhank wrote:I have a Samsung LCD HD TV that has a QAM tuner. Doing a channel scan found no channels. I tried scanning for STD, HRC, and IRC digital signals. I don't know what else to try. Is FIOS still transmitting some channels unencrypted?
Was the coax you were using coming from a splitter from the ONT or from the Router?
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
The coax was not coming from a router, just from the connection in the wall (call it coax1) which was here before FIOS was installed.
Since I orginally posed this question, I tried the same thing using a different and newer TV (Insignia) attached to a different coax wall outlet (coax2). It was able to pick up a bunch of unencrypted channels. I also went back to the Samsung on coax1, did some more playing around, and used an option on the TV to eliminate scrambled ( encrypted) channels. That left me with a number of channels, allegedly unencrypted, but each one was just a black screen, and the channel mubers were nothing like those on the Insignia. The insignia is pretty small so I may try to attach it to coax1 to see if I still get those channels I got from coax2.
Thanks for your response and any insight you can provide!
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
@highschoolhank wrote:The coax was not coming from a router, just from the connection in the wall (call it coax1) which was here before FIOS was installed.
Since I orginally posed this question, I tried the same thing using a different and newer TV (Insignia) attached to a different coax wall outlet (coax2). It was able to pick up a bunch of unencrypted channels. I also went back to the Samsung on coax1, did some more playing around, and used an option on the TV to eliminate scrambled ( encrypted) channels. That left me with a number of channels, allegedly unencrypted, but each one was just a black screen, and the channel mubers were nothing like those on the Insignia. The insignia is pretty small so I may try to attach it to coax1 to see if I still get those channels I got from coax2.
Thanks for your response and any insight you can provide!
Checking coax 1 with the Insignia is a good idea. Are you sure that coax 1 is connected to the same source coax 2 is connected to? Look for a splitter that feeds coax 2 and see if there is a way to connect coax 1 to it. Also if there is a way to connect the Samsung to coax 2 you might be able to find the problem.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
The coax out of the ONT goes to a 3 way MoCA splitter. I read a bit about MoCA and came across something about the signal being degraded by a normal splitter. Found which coax out of the MoCA splitter went to where the Samsung is and saw that this cable had a "regular" splitter. Removed that splitter, connected the input with a straight connector to the output feeding the Samsung outlet, did a channel scan, and voila!