TVs Could Be Interfering With TV Reception
NAB, CEA, FCC Team On Tip Sheet So Viewers Can Get Better Over-The-Air Signals
John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 11/19/2009 3:57:33 PM
According to broadcasters and the government, one of the things that could be interfering with reception from indoor TV antennas is putting them near television sets.
The National Association of Broadcasters and Consumer Electronics Association may be on opposite sides of the spectrum reclamation issue, but they are together on helping get those over-the-air signals to consumers. That includes the advice to keep indoor antennas away from TV sets if they want them to work better.
Working with the FCC, industry groups, including the aforementioned pair, have created an advisory and tip sheet on using indoor antennas for VHF DTV reception.
Among the lingering issues for stations and their viewers after the DTV transition has been VHF reception, particularly in urban areas, on channels 2-13.
Among the tips: make sure the antenna gets both VHF and UHF and that they are not positioned near electronic devices including, ironically, the TV set "as these devices may interfere with indoor reception."
The effort will also include educational outreach to let people nkow that CEA has adopted performance standards for indoor antennas and that devices meeting those standards will carry a seal of approval.
The FCC is posting the information on its Web site.
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