ryde2rope

CptlA

What type of antenna are you using? Indoor/Outdoor? UHF/VHF?

What's your zip code so we can determine the approximate distance from DTV broadcast towers to your house, or you can go to TV Fool and plug in your exact address and post the results here.

Don_M

When you place your flat palm on top of the converter box, gently warm (as in it would feel good on a cold hand) is OK; uncomfortably warm or hot is not OK. The box needs space on all sides for proper ventilation. Never leave anything on top of the box, don't put the box on a soft surface such as a blanket, and always leave at least 1 inch of space around the sides and back panel.

If ventilation is adequate and "extremely hot" really means "too hot to touch," unplug the box immediately. That's a potential fire hazard; the box should be returned to the seller, regardless of return policy/warranty.

Mr. Know it all

It stands to reason that your antenna is not adequate for your situation.

A RV type antenna is not built for high gain UHF reception.

There are several things that determines reception.

One is gain of antenna

Height of antenna above average terrain.

Height of transmitter antenna above average terrain.

Power of transmitter

Location of transmitter

Location of obstacles between you and the transmitter.

Any buildings 4 or more stories high, trees, mountains etc.

The frequency of the stations transmitter, not its virtual channel number.

If your antenna was 1000 feet above average terrain and the transmitter was 1000 feet above average terrain then you should be able to receive their signal.

The higher in frequency you go, the more power it takes to transmit the same amount of distance.


GENERAL TELEVISION FREQUENCIES


BAND CH # FREQUENCY BAND CH # FREQUENCY

VHF LOW 02 54-60 Mhz VHF HIGH 07 174-180 Mhz

VHF LOW 03 60-66 Mhz VHF HIGH 08 180-186 Mhz

VHF LOW 04 66-72 Mhz VHF HIGH 09 186-192 Mhz

VHF LOW 05 76-82 Mhz VHF HIGH 10 192-198 Mhz

VHF LOW 06 82-88 Mhz VHF HIGH 11 198-204 Mhz

VHF HIGH 12 204-210 Mhz

VHF HIGH 13 210-216 Mhz


UHF TELEVISION FREQUENCIES

CH # FREQUENCY CH # FREQUENCY CH # FREQUENCY

14 470-476 Mhz 38 614-620 Mhz 62 758-764 Mhz

15 476-482 Mhz 39 620-626 Mhz 63 764-770 Mhz

16 482-488 Mhz 40 626-632 Mhz 64 770-776 Mhz

17 488-494 Mhz 41 632-638 Mhz 65 776-782 Mhz

18 494-500 Mhz 42 638-644 Mhz 66 782-788 Mhz

19 500-506 Mhz 43 644-650 Mhz 67 788-794 Mhz

20 506-512 Mhz 44 650-656 Mhz 68 794-800 Mhz

21 512-518 Mhz 45 656-662 Mhz 69 800-806 Mhz

22 518-524 Mhz 46 662-668 Mhz 70 806-812 Mhz

23 524-530 Mhz 47 668-674 Mhz 71 812-818 Mhz

24 530-536 Mhz 48 674-680 Mhz 72 818-824 Mhz

25 536-542 Mhz 49 680-686 Mhz 73 824-830 Mhz

26 542-548 Mhz 50 686-692 Mhz 74 830-836 Mhz

27 548-554 Mhz 51 692-698 Mhz 75 836-842 Mhz

28 554-560 Mhz 52 698-704 Mhz 76 842-848 Mhz

29 560-566 Mhz 53 704-710 Mhz 77 848-854 Mhz

30 566-572 Mhz 54 710-716 Mhz 78 854-860 Mhz

31 572-578 Mhz 55 716-722 Mhz 79 860-866 Mhz

32 578-584 Mhz 56 722-728 Mhz 80 866-872 Mhz

33 584-590 Mhz 57 728-734 Mhz 81 872-878 Mhz

34 590-596 Mhz 58 734-740 Mhz 82 878-884 Mhz

35 596-602 Mhz 59 740-746 Mhz 83 884-890 Mhz

36 602-608 Mhz 60 746-752 Mhz

37 608-614 Mhz 61 752-758 Mhz

Trip

KSAZ 10-1 is operating at reduced power for several weeks while they replace and upgrade equipment. If you're seeing 8-1 and 12-1 okay now, then when KSAZ gets upgraded, you should have success with them.

- Trip

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divxhacker

Sounds like you picked up one of the bad DTV converters that were made.

Some converters use a tuner-box linked to a cell phone chip which makes them run very warm. Sure the cell phone chip has everything - the CPU, RAM, and the software, saving lots of space. However using it to process data continuously makes the chip run very warm. The speed suffers, and so does the picture and audio quality. Try to get it swapped with a different box at the store, if there are any left. If there's no luck, try to check for a deal online.

ryde2rope

here is the test resultson signal strength >>> TV Fool

ryde2rope

I am NOT seeing these either...???

ryde2rope

I cannot get either 8.1 or 12.1 .. ??????????

HTNut

What kind of antenna are you using? You're over 40 miles from the main broadcast towers, which will most likely require an outdoor antenna. Give us some details though.