TV unable to find channels

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baladur13 Posted messages 47556 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   -
Hello,

I have a problem with my TV, a new Clayton CL32LED21B. When I search for channels, it finds none and displays "check the cable." The cable is new, so the problem doesn't come from that, and it's perfectly connected. I don't need a decoder because it's included in the TV, but just to be sure, we tried with my neighbor's decoder and the result is still the same, so now I'm out of ideas. Also, I'm renting, so I can't really change anything, and the previous tenant also had difficulty setting it up.
If someone knows what I can do, that would be great.

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baladur13 Posted messages 47556 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   14 374
 
Hello,
I highly doubt that in a rental apartment the only antenna present is a satellite dish.
As already mentioned, for a satellite dish, you need either an external receiver or the television to have a satellite tuner, which is not the case for this television.
It has a digital TNT MPEG4 tuner...

Channel searches should therefore be done on "Digital antenna"
I assume that during the very first attempt to set it up, you correctly chose France as the country..
Otherwise, you'll need to start from scratch and redo the "Initial installation"
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Hello, technically it's an apartment but for the insurance, it's a house; the town hall considers it an apartment. Well, I don't have any upstairs or other neighbors. On the TV manual, it just says to plug the TV into the wall and there's a sign that says terrestrial B, I think, or a logo like that. I tried with my neighbor's decoder, but my TV doesn't detect it at all.
Yes, yes, I did select France. I tried both automatic and manual search for everything, and in manual analog search, it only finds a signal, but it goes up to 18%, then 16%, and then drops back to 0% immediately.
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madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 483
 
Hello
I'm not a specialist, but if two TVs aren't detecting anything at all, it's most likely the source that's the problem, rather than the TVs themselves.

best regards

So this is correct, and depending on the signal provided in your location, it might not be the right tuner.
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Good evening, no my TV is new so it can't come from there, the cable is new too. Maybe it's the satellite dish but I can't go check if the connections are good or not. After, I know that the socket is well connected, a municipal employee checked it. When I do a manual analog search before starting the search, it shows me the signal percentage, and it shows 0%, 16%, 0%, 18% and it always changes, so maybe it could be a signal problem?
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madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 483 > Lulu
 
That's what I was saying and what the other speakers are highlighting, it's "before" the TV of problems.
So talk to your landlord.
Because I have doubts about the analog signal.
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Lulu > madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention  
 
I'm going to try to see with her if it's possible that the issue comes from the cable between the wall and the satellite dish, because I see that
I only have analog, and I "pick up" a signal that goes up to 16%, 18% and drops back down to 0% immediately; for the others, it doesn't find any signal.
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Droopy-76 Posted messages 1256 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   368
 
Good evening,
And if the antenna is the issue, please check its orientation if possible and/or try using a signal amplifier (see if you can borrow one for a test)

Best regards :-)

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Good evening, thank you for your response. I'll take a look at it; the antenna is a satellite dish, I don't know if that changes much.
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Clarckos Posted messages 10244 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   921 > Lulu
 
Good evening.

You say the cable is new... you're referring to the one going from the TV to the wall socket...

But the one from the wall socket to the satellite dish, have you checked that? As well as the connection of the wall socket or the connector on the satellite dish side?
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Lulu > Clarckos Posted messages 10244 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention  
 
Hello, I don't know, the gentleman from the town hall took apart the outlet to see if it was unplugged, and it wasn't, so does the problem come more from the satellite dish? I don't know, he would need to go up on the roof to check. Also, the previous tenant had trouble as well.
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madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 483 > Lulu
 
As already mentioned, we won't be able to help you as everything seems to indicate that the issue lies with the source, antenna, or signal distribution, or the decoder.
The signals are generally digital and the integrated decoder may not be the right one because, as superbarnis points out, a Canalsat-compatible decoder is required and those that are integrated (in principle) do not provide this.

Again, check with your landlord or provider.
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superbarnis Posted messages 4409 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   524
 
For the parable, you need a satellite decoder and which satellite, Hotbird or Astra, it's not the same at all; one is Fransat and the other is Astra Canal Sat.

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Andy31200 Posted messages 26918 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 197
 
No,
TNT SAT on Astra 19.2° East
Bis TV on HotBird 13° East but with subscription
Fransat on Eutelsat 5° West
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Hello, but knowing that my TV has the decoder included, I shouldn't logically have to buy an additional decoder. That's what my neighbor told me, that there are decoders that don't work with the satellite dish and are specialized for antennas.
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Andy31200 Posted messages 26918 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 197
 
"My neighbor told me that there are decoders that don’t work with the satellite dish that are specialized for antennas"
Satellite dishes are absolutely not "specialized for antennas"

"Knowing that my TV has the decoder included, I am not supposed to buy an extra decoder"
Well, yes, because it's either terrestrial reception with an antenna and a built-in HD TNT tuner in the TV or satellite reception with an external decoder required.
You need to know which satellite this dish is oriented towards and buy a decoder accordingly:
TNT SAT if Astra 19.2°
Fransat if Eutelsat 5° West
Both starting from €100, available everywhere

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baladur13 Posted messages 47556 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   14 374
 
It is possible that the satellite signal is coupled with the signal from an antenna. ...
But in any case, your television only has a DVB-T (TNT) tuner, see
https://www.avcesar.com/specifications/clayton-cl32dled14b
It can only process signals provided by a terrestrial antenna, not those from a satellite dish.
You need to check if there is a terrestrial antenna and/or a satellite dish on the roof, since it is a house.

That being said, your landlord is required to provide you with access to television... Contact him

You also mentioned having tested with the neighbor's decoder? Which decoder?
But in any case, if there are any decoders, channel scans should be done on the decoder, not on the TV.
The TV itself must be set to the HDMI source where the decoder was connected.
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Lulu > baladur13 Posted messages 47556 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention  
 
Hello, I spoke today with a municipal employee and I definitely need a satellite decoder because the one built into the TV is for antenna and I have a satellite dish that is clearly visible on the roof. I think that if I couldn't find channels with my neighbor's decoder, which was connected via HDMI, it's because I went ahead and acted like I didn't have it (searching for channels on the TV instead of the decoder, and I also didn't select HDMI on the TV ????). So I think the matter is settled; I just need to buy the satellite decoder after all.
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baladur13 Posted messages 47556 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   14 374 > Lulu
 
The question remains which decoder... it depends on which satellite the dish is aimed at.
Andy31200 provided an indication of the position in message 17.
Is the dish aimed slightly to the east (19°2) or slightly to the west (5°)? That's the question!
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