Accessing Available Channels for HuskyVision Television Service

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Last updated: Aug 04, 2023 by Ashley Mattingly
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This article explains how to scan for and then add available channels for several different TV brands. The scanning process should automatically add available channels to your TV. 

HuskyVision is being discontinued in student rooms of residence halls, suites, and apartments, starting the Fall 2023 semester. The service will remain available at this time for departments that use it in administrative and academic buildings.

For television service in your room, we recommend that students bring a smart tv or streaming (e.g., Roku, Fire TV Stick) and subscribe to a commercial streaming service(s) of their choice.

Accessing TV Channels

VIZIO Televisions

  1. With your VIZIO remote, make sure you have the TV input selected and press the input button.

  2. Press the MENU button, and the TV’s menu should appear. Using the arrow keys (the keys surrounding the OK, Menu, and Logo button on the remote), navigate until you find the TV TUNER MENU.

  3. Use the arrow keys to highlight Tuner Mode, which should be the first option on the menu. Select cable (for any cable or coaxial connection).

  4. Once the option is highlighted, you should be able to change it using the arrows.

    1. Once you confirm that the Tuner Mode is set correctly, highlight the Auto Search option, press the right arrow, and your TV will scan for all available channels. Let it finish completely. The scan usually takes 5-10 minutes.

  5. Once the scan is complete, you should be able to surf channels normally. 

Samsung Televisions

  1. Open the TV’s menu, and select Channel Setup or Channels.

  2. Select the Auto Store or Automatic Scan option by scrolling with the channel buttons. Press the Enter button to begin the scan. The TV will scan for all available channels, and, once complete, you should be able to access all available channels. 

Westinghouse Televisions

  1. Find the model number of your TV. It should be on the back of your TV set. One tuner should work, and the other should not.

    1.  QAM – The one that UConn supports.

      1. QAM is used strictly for digital cable. However, it is not mandated so TV manufacturers have the option of using it or leaving it out

    2. ATSC – Not supported by UConn; does not use digital.

      1. If you do not have the QAM tuner, either return the TV set for one that has the correct tuner or get a digital adapter.

  2. If you have the correct tuner, go to the menu on the TV set and choose Cable/Antenna set up. Select which one you are using.

  3. After making the correct selection, there should be a menu function for channel auto-scan.

  4. Select Auto-Scan, which will send the set into auto channel mode.

    1.  This could take up to 30 minutes.

  5. Once completed, the auto-scan message will go away and all channels should be available. 

LG Televisions

  1. Press Menu on the remote control/TV set.

  2. Select Setup on the menu and press OK.

  3. Select Auto-Tuning and press OK.

  4. Select Start and then press OK.

  5. The television will begin to search all available bands for channels.

    1. You do not have to choose if you are using cable or antenna because the TV searches for both OTA analog and digital signals.

Sony Televisions

  1. Press Menu on the remote control/TV set.

  2. Select Setup on the menu and press OK.

  3. Press ENTER and you should see an option to scan the available channels for cable.

  4. Select Start and then press OK.

  5. Once completed, the HD channels should be present.

Other Television Manufacturers

  1. Press Menu on the TV screen. Multiple tabs should appear.

  2. Go to Setup or Settings.

  3. There should be an option called Channels; other TV sets might say System.

  4. Go to Scan Channels; other TV sets might say Program Channels, Autoscan, Autoprogram, or Autotuning.

  5. Press Select, Enter, or OK to start the scan.

  6. Once the scan is complete, you should have access to all available channels. 

Accessing HD Channels

In UConn’s HuskyVision service, a few HD channels can be picked up on campus. For HD channels to work, you need to have an HD-ready TV; they cannot be viewed on the older CRT TVs. For HuskyVision, the HD channels are located in channels 81.1-86.1. 

Channels through the HuskyVision service can have sub-channels (i.e., 81.1, 81.2, 81.3, …, etc.).