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Losing antenna channels when connected to internet
As recently as a few days ago I had all the channels. I have two Roku tv's, an ONN and a HIsense, both having the same issue now. Two of the local channels don't appear in the menu on either one, unless I restart the network and leave it disconnected from the wireless. Another channel which is part of the same local station and same tower five miles away shows up and has good signal strength. So, two Roku tv's, same problem with same missing local antenna channels when connected to internet wifi, both resolve when disconnected from internet. I've reset the router, did power off and plug resets on the tv's, checked updates, rescanned channels, checked 'hide channel' and settings. Any ideas?
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Re: Losing antenna channels when connected to internet
There seems to be a bug that when the guide data for a channel isn't available the channel just disappears. That's why it's there until you connect to the Internet. The only fix I've seen is to use a different nearby ZIP Code in the settings and hope you get the data for the channel.
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Re: Losing antenna channels when connected to internet
Thanks for replying. That didn't help but I found something that seems to have restored them. I removed the input for Live TV (I had previously renamed it to Antenna TV per recommendations and it didn't help). After reinstalling the input and scanning antenna tv channels again they were all restored, with proper channel guide. Before it had quit showing the channels, it had wrong programming info on them. They were the ones that were part of a local channel broadcast that had undergone an upgrade to UHF broadcast this past summer. Why both tv's started having the same problem at the same time is a mystery but seems resolved for now.