Hotel TV I was given a tv by a hotel that was getting rid of it. However, the TV only goes up to channel 29. How do I reset this tv so that it will work with my cable?

go into tv set up and turn off hotel and turn on home

Hotel sets use a special remote with specific instructions--you need to get that remote and the instructions---hotel knows that..........

It may be a monitor only with no tuner section of it's own or a customised tuner for receiving a house channelling system, like a company Intranet.
If it has any analogue or even digital inputs, however it was connected in the hotel, you can plug in a DTV decoder box, or satellite dish box etc and get full range of programmes available where you are.

The TV will search for active channels and add them itself. Use the remote to select the on screen menu and go to the Channel Setup mode. Then just push the up arrow and it will add the channels for you automatically.

There is a possibility that this set has another "mode' where you can select "hotel" or "standard" if it's there make sure you set that to standard the "hotel" mode disables some of the features like the ability to set the channels. I can't find this owners manual on line for free (RCA usually won't provide them) I can't be more specific. I doubt that you got a copy of the owners manual when you got the TV.

Zashiban

sorry, it wont go away, bet ya got it cheap huh(nothing intended by cheap) but the tv hotel mode is telling you that its a special tuner made for just hotels, the only way to get around this is if you can replace the hotel type tuner on the main-board with a normal type tuner, it'll cost more than you paid though.good luck,a friend of mine bought 12 of then at $25 each, boy he thought what a deal, now he's really crying and they didn't tell him,and they won't refund his money

You have a hotel/motel model that cannot be programmed or any of the settings changed without a special Master remote. Sorry, doubt that you can buy one from the store, they are not sold to the public. Contact the hotel where you bought the set and try to get the model number for the remote from them. This is a different number than the model number of your tv.

Your best solution is to get rid of that crappy TV! Having an old tube Tv really makes the rooms look bad.

for phillips tvs that come out of a hotel try this code with RCA universal remote. the big remote not a small remote. 319753 followed immediately by the mute button. this will pull up the tv setup menu.

What do you mean you activate (hotel on)? Try you use remote control set it in company settings or you reset your tv.

I had the same problem the solution is you have to get institutional remote and reset the tv from commercial mode to consumer mode and then you will have access to the full menu. go to www.phillipsitv.com to get the directions. I actually asked a Hotel could I borrow their master remote used it and took it back and my tv works fine. Hope this helps.