strange antenna problem

[amnesiac]

hey guys..
I seem to have a strange problem and really don't know where to go for help. I saw someone else post an antenna problem so I figure there may be someone here who knows what's going on.

I have a couple RCA tv's in my home and on my TV, I had just a simple rabbit ears antenna *UHF and VHF* , and it has it's own little signal booster, Radio Shack brand. Anyway, this was working fine for some time then one day I lost all nearly all the channels. Only 5, 9, and 11 remain. The rest are complete static not even a hint of a channel.

I tried the antenna out on another of my tv's, and to my shock all the channels were there.. So I assume the antenna is not defective as I first thought. I bring it back again to my tv, and again the channels are not there.
Anyone have an idea how to fix this?
I tried to unplug the tv and hope it resets but it didn't. I tried looking for a way to set to antenna mode but can't seem to find it. My remote has an "antenna" button but I don't know what for. It doesnt' seem to do anything. Going to Menu>Channel> does not have a selector for input, just 1. auto channel search 2 list and labels 3 auto tuning..

Nothing works.. anyone have an idea why I can't get the channels in the upper range?

 

[boba]

Go into the menu of your TV and select over the air reception instead of cable. You probably had a power failure and the TV defaulted to cable reception.

 

[amnesiac]

yeah it's definitely something with my TV.. Every other tv in the house, the antenna works.

I went through the Menu and channel settings but no where in there is an option for Antenna. Like I said, there is an antenna button on my remote but it doesn't seem to do anything.

 

[Peter Parker]

What about that auto tuning selection? Perhaps that will scan the received frequencies from the antenna. Perhaps not hard to say without the manual but worth a shot.

 

[amnesiac]

no.. that don't work either. anyway.. I found a workaround.. I happened to have just bought a capture card for my computer.. I put the antenna thru there and get all the channels and then video out to my tv.. and there they are.
I usually watch the satellite tv in the other rooms so it's not that huge a deal.