Cable television service is provided in all dorms and residence hall rooms both on and off the main campus, as well as in some office, academic and public locations.
The school bookstore sells HDMI and Coax cables. Students must bring their own television and coaxial connection to access cable and the original remote control in order to program the television for cable service. These items will not be provided by the Ursinus College Technology Support Center.
Older TVs may have a different connector. You’ll see screws instead of the round connector on your wall plate. You’ll need an adapter in this case. If you do not know what adapter you need, you can contact tech support for help at 610-409-3789 or techsupport@ursinus.edu
A QAM tuner is required to receive HD Channels. You should check the specifications from your TV manufacturer to determine if it includes a QAM tuner. Less expensive TVs can come with a lower quality clear QAM tuner that may be unable to pick up all the digital channels. Students with certain TV brands, such as Dynex and Insignia, may experience these types of problems. This list of manufacturer compatibility has been compiled from external sources:
* Dynex - limited models have a QAM tuner
* Insignia - limited models have a QAM tuner
* LG - most models since 2007 have a QAM tuner
* Samsung - all models since 2009 have a QAM tuner (fifth digit of model number must be B or a letter beyond B in the alphabet)
* Sony - most models since 2007 have a QAM tuner
* Sylvania - do not appear to have QAM tuners
* Toshiba - most models since 2007 have a QAM tuner
* Visio - recent models have a QAM tuner
Contact tech support to receive a digital converter that will allow your TV to receive all the channels.
Your TV may not have a QAM tuner and therefore not receiving the HD Channels. If it does have a QAM tuner try to re-run the channel scan. Contact tech support for additional help or to receive a digital converter. Report an issue if these things have been checked upfront because we will ask.