Can receive only channels 1 thru 27 although connected to cable with 70 channels.

We have 4 TVs in our home. Three work perfectly with our cable system and are much older than the one we cannot seem to set up to receive all available cable channels. It is a Quasar TV/VCR combo model VV-2009. Only 7 years old, and unfortunately, we lack the original owner's manual. The cable service rep did not set up this TV at the time since we did not have a remote. Recently, I purchased a remote and thought I could work my way thru the set up using the action key (gets me to menu), but nothing seems to be working and all we can auto set is 27 channels. It is an original Quasar Tower remote. We checked the back of the TV, and there is only one connection opening and it is labeled UHF/VHF. Thank you in advance for any suggestions you may have.

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First you need to check if your set is in the cable mode and not antena mode,if the set is in cable make sure is in the standard cable mode and not another type of cable like HRC,if it is change it and try the autoprogram to set the available channels.I hope it helps.

Posted on Sep 13, 2006

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