I bought a DTV box and the thing does not give me channels do i need to also have rabbit ears for it to work?

Question

I bought a DTV box and the thing does not give me channels do i need to also have rabbit ears for it to work?

Answer 1

There are high definition ATSC antennas, which are mostly marketing. Hit radioshack up for a coax amplifier, and run a rooftop rack antenna. You'll pick everything up. Cable/DTV is far superior though, its getting cheaper every year.

Answer 2

You need some sort of antenna.  Rabbit ears would work if you are close to the broadcast towers.  If you are in the US, check out antennaweb to see what you can pick up where you are located.

http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/Welcome.asp...

Answer 3

Do you mean a Direct TV box? You will need to get the access card activated first and then you will start downloading the programing guide.