Most televisions today are digital/QAM compliant, however less expensive or budget televisions may not be. To find out if your

television has a QAM tuner, check the specifications in your owner's manual, or visit the manufacturer's website.

A QAM tuner allows your TV to tune to digital or HD channels. Most, but not all, TV’s that were made

after 2006 have a QAM tuner built in.  Most Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, Toshiba, and Visio models have a built in QAM tuner.

        • An example of what the manual may say if the TV has a QAM tuner:

                o “Built in digital tuner (ATSC/Clear QAM)”, or “NTSC/QAM“

        • Additionally, if your TV remote has the (.) or (-) symbol button for easy tuning or is able to

           display channels such as 5.2 or 5-2, your TV likely has a QAM tuner.

        • An example of what the manual may say if the TV does NOT have a QAM tuner:

                o “ATSC / NTSC Tuner” (there will be no mention of QAM)

Televisions that, depending on model, may be missing the QAM tuner:

       •      Apex

       •      Dynex

       •      Element

       •      Haier

       •      HiSense

       •      RCA

       •      Sceptre

       •      Seiki

       •      Sylvania

• Open the menu for the TV with the menu button via the remote, or physically on the TV.
• Look for Channel setup, Channel Search, Auto Scan, or something similar and select it.
• If you see what mode to choose Antenna or Cable, choose cable mode, and always choose Digital channels only.
• Select Auto Search, or Auto Channel Scan to start the search (this will take several minutes).
• Once the search is done, exit the menu and use the channel up or down button to look for working channels. 

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