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Tuesday, March 8th, 2022

Run channel auto scan

Tv was fine this morning. This afternoon I am getting the message “please run channel auto scan”. This is only on bedroom tv. How do I do this?

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ACE - Professor

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4 years ago

That message has nothing to do with your DirecTV, the tv is looking for over the air channels from an antenna which you probably don't have connected to your tv. Change the INPUT on your tv to the one that DirecTV is connected to (HDMI 1, HDMI 2, etc...

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4 years ago

Channel scan is a TV message. It is looking for traditional locals you get over-the-air (OTA) with a simple antenna (rabbit ears).

Change your TV's INPUT/SOURCE back to the one DirecTV is connected to. That would be HDMI-1, HDMI-2, etc. (or even A/V if not an HDTV).


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