That did the trick, as soon as I switched and checked the signals all of my locals popped up. thanks for the help.

was there supposed to be a link in the previous message? Pardon the ignorance but could you elaborate on the F-connector reference? The only coaxial input left open on the system is the one marked for the antenna input, denoted by the stick figure diagram of an antenna. I must be a little slow...

I am having trouble figuring out how to get the HD locals I know I already get to go through my DISH receiver. I have an external antenna running into my house pulling in HD local channels. I have the line currently hooked up to my HDTV and all works fine. But for convenience sake I want to...