How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?

Calendar January 14, 2010 | Posted by admin

I just got dish network and don’t want to pay for locals. I also bought an indoor OTA antenna to pick up Hd locals. Besides connecting the coax cable is there anything else I need to configure?
Let me clarify. The dish receiver has an input for ota antenna on the back. I hooked up my ota antenna back there (via coax cable) and nada. I have no locals. HELP!

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  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?
  • How do you hook up an OTA antenna with a Dish Network receiver?

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3 comments

  1. dodgersmustangs says:
    January 15, 2010 at 5:38 PM

    — you will just need to select a different input for whatever you ar watching. For instance on my 50 inch I have it on HDMI while watching DirectTV and DTV for ITA networks. Depending on your TV the setting name may be different.

  2. Paul in San Diego says:
    January 15, 2010 at 5:51 PM

    Hook up the output of the satellite receiver to video input #1. Hook up the OTA antenna to the RF coaxial input. Switch from Video 1 and RF with the TV/Video button to either watch the satellite or the OTA channels.

    You can also usually clear the other video inputs out of the TV/Video select mode, so that you just toggle between Video 1 and RF. Check your manual that came with your TV remote on how to do that.

  3. JeepPwner says:
    January 15, 2010 at 6:27 PM

    Sounds like you’ve hooked up the antenna correctly.

    I also subscribe to Dish, and hooked my OTA HD antenna to the VIP 211 receiver. After doing so, I configured the receiver to search for the local HD channels. The process took a few minutes to complete, but after it was done, voila, FREE HD channels.