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Channel scanning is one of the essential tasks to be done immediately when you bring a TV home...
1. What should you do if your TV can't scan channels and loses them?
Channel scanning is one of the essential tasks to be done immediately when you bring a TV home. However, many users face issues with channel scanning. Let's find ways to fix this problem through the article below.
Ensure you have selected the correct input source for your TV
Modern TVs nowadays not only come with pre-installed channels but also allow users to connect various devices like USBs, computers, DVD players, etc. Therefore, the TV will initiate channel scanning only if you have selected the correct input source, which is the TV channel. To do this, press the SOURCE, INPUT, or button with arrows and circles, arrows and squares... (depending on the TV brand), then choose the appropriate input source.
Usually, at this step, you would select TV. Or for some other TVs, you might choose DVB-T2, ATV, DTV...
To ensure a complete channel scan, you should scan in each channel mode. Specifically, select both Analog and Digital channel scanning simultaneously, scan with ATV and DVB-T2, DVB-C... If your household uses cable TV, then choose scanning via Cable.
What to do if your TV cannot scan channels and loses them?
The number of channels you can scan also depends on your geographical location and the quality of your antenna.
Manually scanning for channels can be another option if automatic scanning yields few channels.
Resetting the TV to factory settings and trying to scan channels again might help troubleshoot the issue.
