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Thanks for the detailed response. I'm looking at the CM4221 (DB4-like design) now, even though I only need a MD antenna. I'm hoping this will not provide too little or too much signal strength. I've seen it on the roof of a house two blocks away, so it must be appropriate in my area. As for...

Oh yes, the classic DB2. I'm tempted to make one of these. I even tried to, but it picked up no more signal than my Silver Sensor on the first floor. I did a pretty bad job making it though. I'm in a multi-family house and the second floor is occupied by another family, so the roof is the only...

I live no more than 9 miles from the broadcast source (Empire State Building) and antennaweb indicates that all the channels I care about fall between red and yellow antenna types - so a medium directional with no pre-amp. I currently use a Silver Sensor near the first floor window in a...

Ok, I took the advice given here and decided against buying the Winegard Sharpshooter. Instead, I bought a 50ft coax and ran it all the way to my window. The Silver Sensor still wouldn't get a decent reception indoors (most likely due to the metal security grates and the mosquito screen), so I...

Darn. I was hoping the SharpShooter would do the trick. Considering I'm not willing (yet) to go through the trouble of installing a roof antenna, is the SharpShooter considered a good second option if the Silver Sensor isn't cutting it? I'm willing to try one more indoor antenna before I give up...

I live in NYC (11220) on the first floor of a multi-story house and AntennaWeb tells me I'm no more than 9 miles away from the source. It indicates that I need yellow (small multidirectional) and red (medium directional) antenna types pointed at more or less the same direction to receive all the...

I got my Sony RPTV from a relative. On the first day, I plugged in my dvd player and noticed horrible color shifts. After following these instructions: http://www.keohi.com/keohiHDTV/experttips/greggloewen/sonyrptv_convergence.html the issues went away. And so, I lived on with 480i/p on my HDTV...

Actually, I'm not concerned about receiving all the signals listed. The ones I'm interested in are 2.1 to 11.1 and they are all between 20° and 22°. I believe they are all broadcasting off the Empire State building. Unfortunately, I don't have a patio or balcony. I live in a multi-family house...

Many thanks to those who helped me out in the last thread. I finally have my RCA OTA box up and running. I bought a Zenith Silver Sensor off Amazon and have it plugged in. With the exception of channel 4.1 (red), all the other channels I cared about were yellow (channels below 13) on AntennaWeb...

Ok, for some reason, when I attempted this again after hitting some buttons (random buttons, like Menu, System Setup, etc.), it allowed me to reset the unit from the Command menu. After that, I was able to set it to No Dish and scan for off-air channels. I don't have a UHF antenna (no outdoor...

Gah! This thing is killing me. I finally got the original access card. But when I attempt to set it to No Dish, it now prompts me for a password! I'm currently asking the seller for the password, but is there a way to reset it? I'm following the manual, and it currently asks me to first set the...

Yes, I'm aware it's not the red button reset. I hit Menu+Right, select COMMAND, then select Default Setting. Once I click on that, it prompts me for the access card again. Thanks for the suggestion... still not sure why I have such a weird unit.

I'll give this a shot later (at work now). Though I'm wary about messing with service menus blindly. There's a possibility the owner still has the original deactivated access card somewhere. I'm hoping that will solve this problem, though I don't know why I'm having this trouble to start with...

Haha. I didn't realize you were the owner of that page when I posted it. Yeah, I browsed quickly through the manual and didn't find that error message anywhere. Basically, the first screen I see is the "Installing" screen. Being the only button available, I click it and it sends me to a screen...

The "married" card would be a problem, since the original owner said he had to send that back. I tried hitting the reset button, but it didn't fix anything. Is there another reset? I tried setting it to factor defaults, but again, it prompted for the access card. The specific error is: Please...

Ugh. The link shows the RCA DTC-210 as not needing an access card, so I bought one. But I can't access the Dish Type menu without it prompting me to insert one. :-( So much for that list.

Hi, I've been lurking a bit on these forums lately. I bought a RCA DTC-210 DirecTV receiver hoping to receive OTA HD. The person I bought the unit from tested the unit without an access card and it worked. In addition, I found a handful of websites (including this one) that suggested that it...