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Posted on Nov 28, 2007

Only receive 2 channels.

I have cable tv but only receive two channels on my Mintek. Have done the channel search many times, finds 130+ channels but yet when its done, I still only get two channels. I have lost the manuels since last move. Any help would be great. Thanks.

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Can you punch in the channel numbers directly to go to the channels, but just not tune to them with the Channel Up/Down buttons?
If so then try tapping the favorite button on the remote until the screen shows "favorite mode off". This mode likes to stay [or perhaps turn] on when you scan for channels, but scanning clears everything in the favorite list except for the channel you are on when you start the scan (so it seems), thus leaving only one or two channels showing up. (This happens whenever I re-scan for digitals.)
To pick out favorite channels, go into the channel menu in the tv menu and with "Favorite: Analog" or "Digital" highlighted near the top, hit OK on the remote to toggle favorite status.

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