Dish Network 942 - Manual (Page 127)

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Connecting Off-Air Antenna/Cable TV
To get the best possible digital signal reception, make sure you use the best off-air
antenna for where you live:
• You can receive a limited number of channels using a rabbit ears type antenna on top
of the TV set, or a much larger number via a large UHF/VHF indoor/outdoor antenna.
• The higher the quality of the antenna you use, the greater its range and the better its
reception will be.
The Consumer Electronics Association maintains a website, www.antennaweb.org, that
you can visit for help in choosing an antenna.You may want to contact a professional TV
antenna installer for advice or help in choosing, installing, and aiming an antenna. Keep in
mind, digital off-air TV broadcasting is in its infancy. So, digital off-air service may be
interrupted because:
• Broadcasters are testing digital signals, and may stop broadcasting without notice.
• Many broadcasters do not yet have permanent broadcast stations and may be
operating at less than full power.
• Broadcasters are not legally required to provide full-time digital signals for several
years.
• Some digital channels do not broadcast all the time.
If you have questions about off-air channels, contact the broadcasters, not DISH Network.
DISH Network does not broadcast off-air signals and so cannot do anything to change off-
air signal quality. However, the receiver's digital channel setup menus provide a signal
strength bar that can help you in aiming the off-air TV antenna for the strongest possible
signal.
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