Laptop comes on great and seems to make all the right noise but the screen looks like the old vhf/uhf tv screens from the 60's....wont show a thing encept "fuzzy static"...it's a slimnote twinhead 713tv

If you are in the US, there is no logical reason to go back to UHF/VHF as there are no broadcasting stations using the analog frequencies anymore. Those old tuners will not decode anything that is coming over the airwaves. Thus their channel scans will not detect ant channels, making you think there is something wrong. You would need one of the digital converter boxes sold during the transition period and then you will only get your local channels, much as you would have before.

1 Press menu button to enter the menu screens for the following optional adjustable settings.choose
2-tune
3-AUTO SEARCH (Activate to auto search & preset receivable broadcast stations)

-if it don't work change this
4Press menu button to enter the menu screens for the following optional adjustable settings.choose
5-tune
6-BAND (change the band system for tuning (i.e. VHF-L,VHF-H or UHF).

if VHF-L don't work try VHF-H or UHF and restart all over

good luck

Are we talking 2 wire or RF?

If your antenna is a VHF , the rest of those channels wont come in.
You need a UHF antenna or a combo UHF / VHF

Go to walmart but UHF/VHF connector,one that you can connect both wires too and then plugs into TV.Cable IF

Video game cartridge terminals and the console connector pin require servicing similar to this service.

Please let me know how I may assist further.

uhf and vhf tuning is performed in one board(tuner brd) there are some on line part stores that can help you with the number and price, you'll need to provide the model number. partstore.com is one of them, but there are more.good luck.

I have a similar issue. When the digital switch happened here some of the local TV stations changed frequencies from UHF to VHF. I do not have a VHF antenna so I am unable to receive these channels. I do have a great UHF antenna, but it will not receive VHF. The fix is of course is a new UHF/VHF antenna. I am 50 miles away from the TV transmitters.

This may or may not be your problem. I hope this is helpful to you.

Bob

UHF needs a UHF antenna most all channel antennas do not work good on UHF,
Try the set at a friends house that does get those channels. UHF is harder to get and that is why a UHF only antenna is needed by most people. Lots of antennas are junk do a search and you will find the 8 bay C/M is rated the best by a large margin.
A good antenna amp at the antenna is also needed it should be a low noise one. A search will show the ones that work best.
The Gov. as much as lied to us and the TV Stations the type of digital they forced on us is the wrong one and millions of people even with a great antenna have lost TV.

OTA stands for "over the air"and for a std TV it is searching for VHF/UHF signals as beamed from satellite. If the antennae is properly mounted and connection don't have any sulpher deposits, then the tuner has to be replaced. As far as the antennae, the basiscs are:
Based on this information, you need an antenna that receives high vhf and uhf. KVIE (ch 9, PBS) and KXTV (ch 10, ABC) are high vhf and not receivable with the CM 4220. I would recommend the Winegard 7694 or HBU-22 antennas. The Winegard has higher gain and is a 5 inches shorter than the HBU-22. Shorter boom length and higher gain will come in handy with an attic install. However, 7694 is more expensive ($60 vs ~$40).........................................sodeep