First what make/model of TV do you have? Does it have a digital tuner? (Manufactures had to add digital tuners at various times depending on the TV size)
Next what type of antenna or cable (basic, digital) do you have and how is it connected to the TV? Is it an indoor or outdoor antenna and is it pointed at your area stations? See
antennaweb.org or
tvfool.com for details on where your local OTA stations are. (Note: antennaweb assumes an outdoor antenna but is very conservative in their list.) Antennas can be turned by the wind.
Do you have an amplifier or a splitter in the system?
First, remove the amplifier or splitter and try a direct connection to the TV. (I've had amplified splitters turn into signal filters after they failed. Then they gave no signal out from certain bands. Many areas only have UHF digital stations.)
Next check your cables for damage and try replacing cables. (I recently had a cable in the wall get damaged and had to rewire that outlet. The TV got good signal if I ran a direct line across the floor to another coax jack.) Alternatively, try connecting the TV to a different coax jack.
The final thing to check is the TV's inputs. They can fail. (I lost a few analog TV tuners to a lightning surge.)
I hope this helps.
Cindy Wells
I have the same problem
I can not get a signal when the coax is plugged into Ant-A and/or Ant-B, its just static. I can view
cable when I run it through Ant-A through cable loop-out to the vcr
and change the input to input-1and change channels with vcr.
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