[ivseenbetter]

I just joined up with Dish and was very excited. I was enjoying everything but I missed my local channels. I went out and bought an antenna so I can get OTA. The problem is that when I plug it into the VIP211 and then run a search for local channels it comes up with 0. The signal meter is 0 the whole time no matter what I try. I thought it might be the antenna so I didn't move it, but plugged it into the back of my TV directly instead. When I ran through the setup on the television set I was able to find 15 digital stations! What the heck is that all about? Am I doing something wrong on the Dish box?

 

[ivseenbetter]

I tried it on two different VIP211's. I have one upstairs and one downstairs. I had the same result with both. Maybe it is a settings thing but I couldn't find anything in the manual about it. I called Dish and they told me some bunk about not being able to recieve it through the reciever if it wasn't "originally carried" by Dish. I will keep looking at the settings though. Thanks.

 

[ivseenbetter]

Well, I guess I'm not smarter than the machine because I don't find anything that allows me change the situation and I have combed through all the options. I'm literally getting a 0 for all OTA channels when I know for a fact that I should be getting 15...heck I would be happy with 1 right now. I've been reading a lot of people complaining about similar problems with OTA and the 211 but nobody has posted a fix of anykind yet. Bummer.

 

[ivseenbetter]

Just figured out what I was doing wrong...and I am a huge bonehead! You need to go under the HDTV setup and turn the analog selection to Off-air. Mine was set to cable for some reason. Worked like a charm after that. Hope the info helps somebody else as well.