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How come I'm not receiving OTA hd channels? LN40a650

I purchased the LN40a650 television and am not receiving ANY OTA HD Channels. I also have two other hdtv's. Both being VIZIO and I am receiving OTA HD channels, but with my LN40a650 I don't receive any. T.V's are in the same location and I have moved them around, still only the vizio's receive the HD content. Does anyone know why this is?

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have you tried...
Mar 11, 2009 10:37AM PDT

Source has to be set to antenna, and you MUST have an antenna attached to receive any channels. Scan for channels

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I've done that but still.....

I've done that and still nothing. like I said my other tv's recieve the channels just fine and are much cheaper. when my samsung ln40a650 is plugged in and i've scanned for channels just like the vizio's, nothing appears. I recieve espn and espn 2 hd, tnt hd, cbs hd, fox hd..., and so on with the vizio's. when i scan for the samsung, none of those appear.

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local only
Mar 12, 2009 1:19AM PDT

The only channels you are going to receive "over the air" i.e. no cable,antenna only,are local network channels and public television. You say you're getting ESPN,TNT,etc...you are NOT getting those over the air,so I don't know what's up. Hook up some rabbit ears or a cheap antenna on the back of the tv. Go to the menu,look for a little satellite dish,look for antenna,scroll and find auto scan...it will work.