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Connecting Off-Air Antenna/Cable TV
Make sure to follow the antenna installation instructions correctly. Ground an
outdoor antenna per the National Electrical Code (NEC) and any local
electrical codes.
The audio/video quality on local off-air channels depends on the distance and
terrain between the broadcast station and your home, and on the placement
and quality of the off-air TV antenna you use. If you have questions about off-
air channels, contact the broadcaster, not DISH Network.
Scanning for Off-Air Channels
Use these instructions to scan for off-air channels for the TV.
1Make sure you have your off-air antenna connected to the receiver’s 8VSB TV Antenna/
Cable connection.
2Press MENU, select System Setup (6), and then Local Channels (8) to open the Local
Channels screen. If this is the first time you have opened this screen, it will have no
channels listed.
3Scan for channels by selecting Scan Locals.
4The scan will take a few minutes to complete. When it finishes, the results will show how
many channels the scan found.
5Select OK to go back to the Local Channels screen.
Note: If the channel number says None, you have not yet assigned this channel a network
affiliation or name. The Arrow at the bottom left means that there are more channels, off
the bottom of the screen, which you can get to with the ARROW keys if you wish to edit
their names or remove them.
6If you want to name the off-air channels, continue on. If you do not want to name your off-
air channels, select Done. You will then be taken out of the menus back to watching TV.
7Select a channel and then select Edit Name to modify the way the channel name displays
on your screen.
8Use the virtual keyboard on the screen to select the letters of your channel name.
9When you are finished making changes, select Done.