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That's right. Before all that you'd typically spend a few minutes going through all the frequencies to set the channels.

>>lolidk+(OP)
> That's right. Before all that you'd typically spend a few minutes going through all the frequencies to set the channels.

I don't think that's quite right.

IIRC that was basically a function to scan for inactive channels so they could be automatically skipped when flipping through channels sequentially. That scan was often automated.

The frequencies were already set in the TV, and I don't recall any capability on any set to change them (except to flip between the "over-the-air" channel/frequency mappings and the "cable" mappings).

>>tivert+V
Whenever you got yourself a new TV, you had to set the channels once. Afterwards it would just remember what you already had.