How to rescan for local OTA Channels in SlingTV

By: Calvin Croucher

Many people love SlingTV.  It's the ultimate in subscription, Free Ad Supported TV (FAST) streaming content as well as free local channels with the use of a antenna and digital tuner. This can save you about $30/month compared with other services ( i.e. YouTubeTV, Hulu, DirecTV, Fubo TV) that must pay to rebroadcast local channels.

One of the requirements for receiving a good antenna signal is to need to rescan channels quarterly. For those of you with Sling and an AirTV digital tuner, here are the simple steps to follow:

From within the Sling mobile App:

• Select your account icon in the upper right corner of the app
• Select Local Channels
• Select Connected Device
• Select the name you assigned to your local device, the default is "AirTV"
• Select Rescan Channels
• Select "outdoor antenna"
• Leave the device name - click Next
• Enter your local zip code - click Yes
• Antenna placement (make no change) - Click Next
• Antenna connection (make no change) - Click Next
• Start to Scan which should complete in 1 minute.

You now have the option to accept all channels or to personalize the list.

• Click "Personalize my guide now"
• Click "Deselect All"

Tap on each channel to be added.
Tap twice to "favorite" a channel
Tap 3 times to unselect
Only select strong (green) channels

Here are my filtering suggestions:
  3.1 CBS
  8.1 ABC
10.1 NBC
15.1 PBS
15.2 PBS World
15.4 PBS Create
27.1 CW
43.1 Fox
49.1 Ion
49.2 Scripps News
49.3 Ion Mystery

• Click Finish to save your settings

Now you can select Sling Free or their monthly subscription plan.