CABLE TELEVISION

John Carroll currently provides CATV service to all Residence halls, Corbo Fitness Center, and most administrative buildings on campus. We are currently providing an analog signal, so if you are bringing a newer digital television, it will work but will not be able to receive the High Definition (SD or HD) signal. Any older analog television or any newer HD television will be compatible without the need for a set-top converter box.

Connecting your Television Students must supply their own television and coax cable cord. The length of this cable can vary, based upon the residence hall you are in, and how far away you locate your television from the outlet. If you are not already sure of the length you will need, we recommend a 25' cord to be safe.

NOTE: When attaching the coax cable at the outlet and on the television itself, be sure that the connectors are hand- tightened or it is can produce poor signal quality. Also take caution that you do not kink or bend the coax cable as this can also contribute to a grainy picture. If the connector on the wall plate in your room is loose, please email the System Administrator for service.

Tuning your Television Once you connect your coax cable, we recommend that you use your remote to do some on-screen menu programming. Search through the menu options for SETUP, and then look for something like "ANTENNA" or “SIGNAL.” The antenna should be set to "CABLE" and not AIR. If it is set to AIR, it will only allow you to receive up to channel 13. Once it is set to CABLE, you will get all of the channels. Every television uses different terminologies, so you might need to poke around for a while until you find what you are looking for.

After you have the antenna set correctly, use the on-screen menu to do an "Auto Program" (or "Search for New Channels") which will store the channels for you.

Cable Television lineup subject to change:

STATION NETWORK STATION NETWORK 2 JCU Information 30 Turner Classic Movies 3 WKYC Ch 3 (NBC) 31 Black Entertainment TV 4 JCU TV 32 Univision 5 WEWS Ch 5 (ABC) 33 The Learning Channel 6 JCU Internal 34 Discovery Channel 7 WOIO Ch 19 (CBS) 35 History Channel 8 WVIZ Ch 25 (PBS) 36 Animal Planet 9 WUAB Ch 43 (My 43) 37 ABC Family 10 WBNX Ch 55 38 A & E 11 Weather Channel 39 Lifetime 12 CNN Headline News 40 Food Network 13 CNN News 41 HGTV 14 MSNBC 42 Hallmark Channel 15 CNBC 43 American Movie Classics 16 FOX News 44 USA Network 17 C-SPAN 45 TNT 18 Travel Channel 46 TBS 19 ESPN 47 WGN 20 ESPN2 48 Entertainment TV 21 Sports Time Ohio 49 Comedy Central 22 Ohio 50 Bravo 23 TV Land 51 FX 24 Nickelodeon 52 SyFy 25 Disney Channel 53 Spike TV 26 Cartoon Network 54 JCU Internal 27 Res. Life Cinema 55 Big 10 Network 28 VH1 56 WJW (8) (FOX) 29 MTV 57