Didn’t Dish (or one of the other satellite providers) use to do program updates over the telephone. Long shot but I’d make sure that whatever old hardware is not plugged into the telephone jack or connected to the Internet. It might be an old dongle, too?
Also, they may have a record of you owning a system that you don’t.
All guesses.
Run the correct wire for your antenna and set directly to the set through a window to eliminate any matching networks in the house to see if it works. If it does you may need to run a new wire to bypass the matching network. (The impedance (resistance) on the cable/antenna and set must match.)
Have you ever thought about cutting all connections? Did it three years ago after my mother died and haven’t missed it one bit.
Gotta aim it at the antennas.
I live on the step of a mountain range, high above my city and virtually all of the TV and radio antennas are just around the bend from me so we receive - 0 - TV channels in this house (which we custom built 20+ years ago) and just a few radio stations. We do not have cable or natural gas service within 1 mile of this location.
With that in mind, I DO have Dish network and have always done all the installation of equipment myself (or with VERY strict oversight by me).
I wired this house myself for not only electricity but for telephony and RG-6 coax as well. I installed the coax for the Dish dish while building the house.
My friend is a Dish and DirectTV rep in the area and when I need a new box, he hands it to me and I install it, then return the old box to him.
Currently we run a 722 without a ‘Joey.’
I can assure you that Dish has NO special equipment in your house screwing up your coax, unless you have a ‘Joey’ - which could possibly block/override your OTA antenna.
If you have removed the 322 (and your Joey, if you have one) then you likely just need a good RG-6 coax from your antenna to the TV...
Is your TV newer? Does it have a tuner for OTA broadcasts? A few do not have this.
If it does, look through the menu on the TV for digital OTA and see if there is a ‘setup’ or ‘find stations’ menu. That may do the trick.
Best!
Another way to watch shows is to hook your computer up to the TV with HMDI or other video connection. You can then bookmark most of the shows you normally watch and view them a few days after they air. It’s like DVRing everything. Not sure about sports stuff. That’s probably not very good.
I used MS Word to create a simple home page with all the links I need. There have only been a few shows I couldn’t find that way. I watched those on NetFlix when they get released. It’s amazing what you can get for free if you look.
Look in the heels of your shoes.
I have had better luck with cheaper antennas than the fancy ones. You may have to try several. Also if you try an antenna that has a plug in “booster” try the antenna without plugging it in the wall socket. I had to try several antennas to find the one that worked best. The same antenna sucked at another location only a mile away. Good luck.
Did you get a pre-amp with your antenna? Coax will kill your signal without one.
I’m using two antennas... an old radio shack
rabbit ears...and a clear TV flat 8 in square to recieve between 43-51 channels during summer months and up to 63 channels during the winter....according to the broadcast antenna locator map....( their about 40 miles away) I get most of the channels out of Philly..(68 miles away).CW..ION...ABC..FOX
NBC...CBS..PHIL17...F24...RT..NRK..a slew of Spanish chs...including UniMas, which broadcast Formula 1 races live... oh.. and of course, HSN..QVC..
There is no problem with spy equipment hidden in your home. PS—that pothos by the TV looks a little wilted.
Which Channel Master 45 antenna do you have? The Masterpiece 45, Digital Advantage 45, or the Suburban Advantage 45?
And how does the new antenna’s size compare with the old antenna?
Basically more surface area of antenna = stronger signal.
I agree with the suggestions about checking signal strength, and with trying it hooked up without the box.
I’m not sure what box setup they have lately, but I doubt you will much terrestrial antenna signal through the box.
gotta have unobstructed line-of-sight to transmission towers for HD TV signals, unlike the old VHF and UHF signals that could tolerate trees and hills and such in between.
As the quality & number of elements go up the antenna’s focus becomes quite narrow. This causes it to reject station signals that less sophisticated antennas will capture. The new HD digital signal format works quite differently from the old analog format. If the TV’s processor cannot decipher the signal coming in it will refuse to paint a picture on the screen. Sorting out the signal can take a few seconds, we usually are not patient enough to wait those seconds and move the aim which will likely reset the process. (More seconds).
The Winegard RV antenna company markets the Sensar Pro which operates on 12VDC and displays signal strength info. This aids in aiming as RV’s tend to to move often. It also provides 20db amplification.
Check the main distribution point in your house. The multiple coax ports in your house all run to a central location in your home, where the outside connection lands. It is likely a large multi-connection coax splitter that has a power adapter to it.
Trace the wire from the antenna to the tv. Literally.