Mitsubishi Electronics 838 SERIES ユーザーズマニュアル

You must perform a channel scan to receive digital channels.  The scan searches for broad-
cast channels and adds them to TV memory.  To start channel scan:
1.  Highlight one of the input selections based on your connection to the ANT input:

•

Air when connected to an indoor or outdoor antenna.

•

Cable when connected to direct cable (no cable box)

2.  Select the scan type.

•  Select 

All Channels for an initial scan or after moving the TV to an new area with a differ-

ent channel line-up.

•  Select 

Add only new channels to search for channels newly broadcasting since the 

previous scan.

3.  Press   to highlight SCAN.
4.  Press ENTER to start channel memorization.

See below for additional notes on Scan.

After channel scan, 

Edit lets you add and delete memorized channels.  Memorized channels are 

those you can tune using the 

CH key.  Edit the channel list to limit tuning to channels you watch.

•  Press

CH/PAGE to jump to the next or previous page of channel numbers.

•  Press          to move through all channel numbers, one at a time.

Adding/Deleting Channels Using the Channel Edit 
Menu
•  Channels marked with a check are in memory.
•  To add or delete a channel from memory, highlight 

the channel number and press 

ENTER.

•  To add a single digital channel not in the list, see 

the notes under 

Scan on this page.

•  Digital channels are listed by virtual channel 

number with the physical channel number shown in 
small gray text.

 

-

Virtual Channel Number (digital channels 
only).  A channel number sent by a local broad-
caster.

 

-

Physical Digital Channel Number.  The 
channel number officially assigned to the actual 
broadcast frequency; shown on screen in gray 
text.

Notes on Scan and Channel Memorization
•  Channel memorization may take up to 15 minutes to

complete.

•  To stop channel memorization before completion, press 

CANCEL.  Channels already added are retained.

•  When watching TV, press

CH to move through 

memorized channels.  Press and hold 

CH to speed 

through channels.

•  To add a digital channel that does not appear in the 

Edit menu without performing channel memorization:
1.  Look up the physical channel number for 

the new digital channel.  See the website 
www.antennaweb.org for help.

2.  Press INPUT and select the ANT input.
3.  Use the number and CANCEL keys to enter the 

physical channel number followed by “-1” and 
ENTER.  For example, for physical channel 36,

3    6   

   1   

ENTER.

The TV will search for a digital channel on the channel 
36 frequency.  When it finds the channel, it will:

a.  Add the channel to memory.
b.  Change the channel number to the virtual 

channel number sent by the broadcaster.

c.  Add to memory any associated sub-chan-

nels.

•  Rememorize channels if you move the TV to a different 

geographic area with a different channel line-up.