Guide plus+ gold

Not sure if this is it:

http://www.conxxus.com/armstrong.html

Individual Pricing per Item:
Internet Services:
2 Mbps $29.95
7 Mbps $39.95
10 Mbps $49.95
Cable TV:
Basic Package: $12.00
Expanded Basic: $47.00
Digital Plus Package: $63.00
*Must have a DVR/HD box to view channels above Ch. 54
Premium Channels:
Cinemax Group: $13.00
Encore Group: $8.00
HBO Group: $16.00
Showtime/TMC Group: $13.00
Starz Group: $8.00
*Must have a DVR/HD box to view channels above Ch. 54
Phone: $39.95
*Includes: Unlimited local and long distance; caller ID and call waiting
Install Fee:$35.00
Package pricing:
2 Mbps/Expanded Basic Cable Package: $71.95
2 Mbps/Expanded Basic Cable/Phone Package: $89.95
2 Mbps/Digital Plus Cable Package: $87.95
2 Mbps/Digital Plus Cable/Phone Package: $117.95
7 Mbps/Expanded Basic Cable Package: $81.95
7 Mbps/Expanded Basic Cable/Phone Package: $99.95
7 Mbps/Digital Plus Cable Package: $97.95
7 Mbps/Digital Plus Cable/Phone Package: $127.95
10 Mbps/Expanded Basic Cable Package: $91.95
10 Mbps/Expanded Basic Cable/Phone Package: $109.95
10 Mbps/Digital Plus Cable Package: $107.95
10 Mbps/Digital Plus Cable/Phone Package: $137.95

Contact the cable provider to know about the signal type they are transiting by it. If it is digital type, you must ahve a set top box to convert it to analogue signals, which your TV can process. It sounds so.

Look to see if "GUIDE PLUS" logo is on front of set, if so it is your problem.

Go into customer menu and setup for Guide Plus and enter area code 99999 and when it asks if you have cable box or vcr answer/select NO, the guide plus is your problem.

Try and if this resolved your problem rate this solution as VERY HELPFUL as I do this here for free.

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I discovered last year what you just recently discovered. Cable TV providers transmit digital signals over cable using what is known as a QAM signal. Most new TVs (but not all) are equipped with a QAM tuner (check your owners manual in the specs section). Your cable company sounds like a kinder more humane provider, just like mine. There are no federal regulations regarding what cable companies can or cannot do with QAM transmission. Most of the big providers such as Comcast scramble most or all of these signals, forcing the customer to pay extra for cable box rental. But some of the smaller providers allow all of their basic tier, non-premium channels to be transmitted freely, meaning that if you are not interested in PPV or premium channels, you don’t need a cable box. My cable provider (Service Electric Cable TV of Lehigh Valley, PA) initially did not print any QAM channel line up, so I went through each one, wrote them down, and created an Excel Spreadsheet so I had my own printed line up, which turned out to be a good idea, because my carrier has made several changes over the past year in their line up. Later, they did post a line up on their web site, but promptly made more changes without updating the line up so my advice to you is to create your own.

Guide plus still works even if you don't have the wand hooked up. In the setup section of the guide plus there are several questions that must be answered properly or it won't function as you would like. It maybe labeled as options as well. Thanks

Go to SET UP TV, press yes for the following question. SET UP GUIDE PLUS. This will take you to another GUIDE PLUS SET UP SCREEN. Answer the questions as they appear. The important question is going to be. DO YOU HAVE CABLE? Answer yes to this questions. Answer the rest of the questions as they appear. Then go back to MAIN MENU, select channel, then select auto channel search. This will find all channels that are offered by your cable package.

go to menu and find the automatic set up of your channel

pull the ac plug for about 5 min and start your set up again paying atention to the features you want and don;t.set the menu to suite your requirements.

I have an RCA televison with Guide Plus Gold and it works great. I am not sure about the Zenith and how it works on it. When I turn on the TV with the remote the guide comes up on screen. I just have to press the guide button on the remote to remove that screen and watch the show. If I don't press anything it will go off after 2 minutes. If you have never set up the guide it will probably show up all the time. You will have to go through and program it so it will know if you have cable, over the air or satelite. I don't have satelite service so I don't know if it will reconize it. I know it works with over the air and cable.

Good luck

I had the same problem sometimes when my Gold Plus would reset itself and include all the channels but only those Over-The-Air channels. The only way I could change the programming was to completely shut down the power. Not just turning the tv off but completely unplugging it from the wall outlet. When you turn your tv back on you'll be able to choose from Antenna/Cable option. As for Guide,if you don't want to use it, don't set it up, it won't effect anything else on the television.