How to Connect an Over the Air TV Antenna to a Flat Screen TV 

Finally someone who shows you how to use it and were to plug it into.. God bless you sir!

ty I am 76 years of age and did not grow up in the computer era and find so many on utbube talk too much, too fast and "assume" everyone knows the starting base when they want to learn something. I wanted to retune an old tv and did not know which buttons to push to do it. I found it all so easy after watching your video....a big hug and thank you !!

People be kind he is trying to help people who is not familiar in these kind of things. He did an excellent job of explaining.

This Video is great for helping people who have no idea of how to connect an antenna on their own, (such as myself). The instructions were clear and easy to understand, and explained in a step by step process with no "technological fancy talk" ( thank God) Highly recommended.

I messed around w/remote and ended up w/no signal and back on cable. Don't know how it did it. I was depressed and about to call someone. But I found your channel. And you jogged my memory. Went to tv and got it back on antenna. Thank you so much! (I'd never even think of going back to cable, I get 58 channels over the air, been off cable for 4 years now). Thanks again!

My relatives had the exact same TV and your video helped me setup the channels for them. Felt like a superhero after I did it 😀

Thank you I had to set up my dads antenna to a FUNAI TV and I was lost. Your video helped me connect it successfully.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I just got my antenna from Target and was determined to set it up ASAP. Easy to follow instructions. Thanks again. 😀

Thank you. You like the only one showing how to set up an antenna.

At last, a simple how-to that gives me comfort. Thank you!

This video was so helpful! I was trying to connect a GE antenna to my Coby TV and it wasn't working. After watching the video I realized I had to scan the channels, and it worked! Amazing, it recognized 37 HD channels. Thank you.

A HUGE thank you!!! I have to economize so cable is the first thing that has to go. You just saved me 88.00 per month!

Thank you! I have been trying for a year to get my antenna working and finally got it done with your video. Don’t know what I was doing wrong but you fixed it for me

Nowhere in my antenna instructions did it mention autorunning “air,” so that helped a ton. Thanks!

Dude thanks man ! Not many people on RU-vid show you the air scanner

Thank you so much! My son usually sets up all the eletronics iin my place but he moved to San Diego. You were the first channel that popped up on my RU-vid search and are Exactly what I needed with the exact same antenna! Thank you for being very clear and making the process very simple.

thanks for the comment Jay.....glad the information helped.

Thanks so much for your video. It helps me so much to set up the antenna. When I set up the antenna, somehow I can only get 3 channels. I intend to return the antenna. I even asked the Antenna company for help. They told me to "scan" the chanel without further explanation. With your video, you showed very clearly how to scan. Now I have 97 channels. Thanks so much for your great help.

I watch youtube every day and see great videos, and my goal is to be apart of it, because it makes you and a lot of people happy.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! My mother has been talking about wanting to watch football all day. You have really helped us with your info. Thanks again!

Still helping in 2021!!!! Thank you so much for this video!

God bless you, I need an antenna for the Super Bowl tomorrow 😆 Go Bucs!! 🏈⚔️🏴‍☠️ 💪🙏🙏

The only channel that explained is simple and perfect. Thanks. 2020 I only have internet and netflix, amazon and .... etc, and an antenna will give me the local news., thans again.

In videos like this it truly helps those that do not understand the latest connections. This is a very informative video and the young gentleman has taken the time to show and talk about this and help those to understand the processes. I want to also commend him for the safety reminder of not connecting these while there is lightning outside. Great job. I would like to say only that you would still need a channel converter to pick up clear wave TV stations in most cases. It is true that the Federal Government made the TV stations go to digital, however after a movement or outcry to the Government representatives by those that could not afford the newer Digital TV's, it was a popular thing back in about 2005 that the government would give these converters free to those that could prove they were poor. After that was saturated from the give away, the converters were bought by hundreds at pennies on the dollar, then resold over Amazon, e-Bay and channels like that for a clear profit but still holding the prices down. These were needed to receive the clear wave digital TV signals that had been mandated by the Federal Government to reverse course a little bit and have the TV stations that had switched to Digital, to now send clear wave digital signals for those converters to pick up their signals. Most places can now get usually 6-15 stations, depending on terrain, etc. So this is the rest of the story! Now everyone can enjoy clear wave digital TV channels.

thank you soo much, just purchased a smart tv had no idea how to get access to local channels so I contacted Samsung customer support which was of no help at all. I even thought of returning the tv. It only took 3 minutes from watching your video for me to understand. you should get paid by Samsung for helping me :)

Thank you for the detailed setup, I thought there was more to this but it was very informative and helpful.

Thank you! Instead of hours of frustration, you helped me finish in minutes. You rock!

You're welcome Suzy. Thanks for the nice comment.

Thanks for the help, all I get here in so cal where I am is Spanish channels but it's better than nothing so thank you sir!

Thank you! I found the part that I needed in your video (the channel is in the menu) and went to it. Now I am watching TV. :)

Just a note about cable or air! I have a 55" Toshiba from Best Buy that is only 3 yr old and bought a hd Rabbit ears from Lowes but never could get it off cable to air setting. Finally decided to do the factory reset which made me nervous, but come to find out many of these TV's are for store use so the factory reset can set for home use. Voila, it then could be set to scan, thank goodness!

You made this so simple and easy to understand. THANK YOU😊

Thanks, this was really helpful and I was able to program my channels and it looks great.

Thank you! This helped me install my parents antenna🙂

Very well explained. To the point presentation. Keep up the good work. Thanks!

Everything about your video is clear and concise. I did as you directed to the tee and still I'm only getting snow. I hit menu and first changed the source to TV, then scrolled to Broadcast and changed the setting from Cable to Air. And lastly, I returned to Menu, hit Auto Program and waited for the channel scan to finish. Nothing. Just snow. My TV is a new Samsung. Bought it two months ago. Can you help me? Perhaps suggest some trouble shooting steps??

Thank you for posting this video! I was able to only figure it out with the help of this video!

Thanks for your clear tutorial. Glad for help.

this really helped

very helpful, glad you posted this

I just tried it work thank you sooooo much really I appreciate you ❤❤

Thank you so much! This is the only way i knew how to hook up my antenna!

Thank you sooooooo much! I have almost the same TV as you, I googled "LNT3242HX over the air setup" and this was the first video. If you're watching this, you can probably skip to 1:56! The filler at the beginning is probably why it has so many downvotes.

Hi there, this video was very good and very well explained. I finally get to be free of Direct TV and do not have to pay 120 a month. As of tonight at midnight we will no longer have satellite. I have 1 Samsung SMART TV and I have 2 SONY Bravias. What is the best antenna to use for all of these TV's? I prefer an indoor antenna since we will be moving next month. Also do I need one antenna for each TV? I would appreciate your feedback, thankyou.

It "appears", based on the available data for the LD2060, that: (1) The LD2060 does not have the correct built-in tuner (2) You'll need a Digital Over the Air Converter box connected to the "composite" input of the LD2060 in order to get/watch local channel. (3) We posted a different video to show you how to set up a digital converter box. Let us know if you want more help and thanks for watching

Thank you so much! You fixed the issue with my antenna, but now my tv doesn't recognize my amazon fire tv stick. Do you have any advice for me? Thanks!

Thank you so much for this video. I am now able to view channels on my Vizio flat screen!

Thank you so much you are great, finally clearly explained and shown.

Thanks , i used your video to help me with my anttana .....Thanks..👍, you explained it well...👍👍👍

Thank you! I needed very simple instructions.

In Canada currently after CTV shut down their 6 analog broadcast towers on December 3rd, 2021, there are 6 more analog broadcast towers scattered around Canada, but those have to shut down later this year

What if your tv is stuck on cable and doesn't give you the option to put it on air for the anntena

Very helpful and it works, thanks.

Incredibly helpful! Five stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟!! As of today, I'm a new subscriber! Can you tell me the make and model of your antenna? Once again, thanks a million!!

Thank You for your speedy response to my question. I went out and got a antenna for $24.99. I did ever thing you did in this video I only got 9 channels. Is there a certain kind of antenna I should have gotten? Or what else can I do to receive more channels?

You're welcome. Thanks for watching. Please help spread the word

THANK YOU! I didn't think about doing the search. I can watch football free!

Thank you. For your help with this video it was well explain and helpful. Thank again

I can't get no local channels that I watch I'm talking about Spanish channels like univision telemundo I need a little help here thanks I also did what you said and still only got a few channels on my old tv I can get all channels I watch do I need any specific antenna?

Thank you I figured it out w this video

What kind of antenna do you have? I'm trying to find the best one to get for a 3 year old samsung smart tv - any suggestions ? Want to see how much they are.

YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Thanks for the video. Dint know how to scan. The video was helpful.

Thank you i have dish and wanted to add my outdoor antenna! I forgot lol and thanks for the reminder..

Thank you for your video. It helped me a lot. Nimith

how come yours is so clear. i hooked up and antenna to my LCD tv and i only got 2 channels anf they were kind of fuzzy, what did i do wrong? do i need a better antenna?

What is the manufacturer and model of your TV?

incredibly helpful,thank you very much

To have a pre-amp and a main amplifier means you have to plug it into the wall socket. This gives the antennae power. This is the type of antennae you need to bring in the most channels. I paid about $40.00 for the one I have.

THANKYOU!!

Extremely helpful! 👍🏼

Thanks for the video. what attena would you recommend that I buy ? save me the trouble of searching .

Thank you for this video! God bless you sir!

Thanks for the vid/info ! My DirecTv went out again for the umteenth time in my first 3 months, a code 771 (no dish signal ) and it's a 10 day wait for a tech to come and fix it. Hooked up an old UHF-VHF indoor antenna with rabbit ears and circular thingy, I get some local channels but not ABC network which Ineed for the NBA basketball final. Wondering if a "digital" antenna from Walmart will work better if I place it outside, near my window ?

thanks helped out a lot i got lots of stations maybe 40 stations

thank you very much, this helped me a lot. I subbed.

Thanks it worked we only got 2 before

what if i have an older CRT-TV? do i need a convertor box? i hooked an antenna up to my CRT and all i got was 2 channels, and they didnt come in well. would a converter box get me more channels, and would they be clearer?

Is it possible to switch between antenna and cable or do you need to set up for antenna every time you hook up the antenna ? Thank you

Yay! I did it. Thank you so much.

Help! I tried to do this and the channel scan only gave me channel 92.

This really was helpful

Thank you, you were a big help

Very very helpful for me

That was really helpful and it really worked and I just use it thank u so much 😘

I hooked up an indoor window antenna to my Samsung TV, scanned for channels and got nothing. Zero channels! Do I need an AirTV tuner?

Thank you. Does this technique for a t.v. made prior to 2012?

I have a Samsung led tv and a ota antenna. My question is on the setup where you select air cable and auto. If you select auto there are options for analog and digitial. Digitial says std, hrc, irc. I selected std but doing research I read hrc and irc might work better with interference issuses. Any suggestions or leave digitial on std. Thank you

What name brand antenna are you using?

Thank you, this video helped a lot :)

Is there a way to do a channel scan on a Toshiba flat screen TV with our a remote?

Hi, I've shared your video on my Facebook page. We cannot get NBC in our area due to a dispute with Directv. I hooked up rabbit ears yesterday, and I now now good reception on several channels that were blocked. Thank you very much!

This help me a lot thank you.

Are we talking about a digital TV signal caught by that antenna being fed into that TV. I thought I would need some type of converter box between the antenna and TV.

Thanks for the help really appreciate it 👍

I have cable tv top box on my Vizio and would also like air channels. Can I hook up a indoor antenna to the coaxial connector.? My cable box is connected with a HDMI CABLE thus freeing up the dtv/tv coaxial connector.

thank you, it was easy to do it.

thanks for this vid..very helpful..

guys please answer my question. So I live in Toronto Canada, I want to know if it's possible to unsubscribe in our TV subscription in rogers and use an antenna instead so we don't have to pay every month. I'm not sure if this question makes sense but yeah please sauce me some of your knowledge

Thanks you! You really help me out ! 👍