Cable TV

Every residence hall room has a television hook up. The cable is exclusively digital, meaning your TV must have a digital tuner. Unfortunately, digital adapters do not work on the campus infrastructure because the service provider only gives UW Oshkosh a digital signal.  This means if your TV is analog only, when you scan with your TV it will not find any channels. If you are unsure if your television has a digital tuner, review your owner’s manual or search online.

Scanning For Channels

Scanning (or rescanning) for channels is mostly an automated process. While these steps are different for each TV, the process is similar on most TVs.  Here are some more general instructions, which should help you get the scan process going on your TV:

1. Make sure your TV is connected to the cable TV jack in your room/apartment.
2. Press the Menu button on your remote control. If you don’t have a remote, your TV should have a built-in Menu button.
3. Find and select the Channel Scan option in your TV’s menu. This option is could also be labeled Rescan, Tune, or Auto-tune.
   1. If you cannot find the Channel Scan option, dig through the TV’s Settings, Tools, Channels, or Options menu.  Make sure you scan the Cable TV channels.
4. If given a choice between digital or analog, select digital.
5. Once your TV starts scanning for channels, it can take up to 10 minutes.
6. When scanning is complete, your TV will either display how many channels are available or drop you back into a broadcast channel.
7. Still missing some channels? Try running another scan.

If you are having trouble finding the Channel Scan option on your TV, then you can usually find a manual by searching the web for the TV’s make and model along with the word “manual.”

Other Notes

• Non HDTV’s or devices without a digital tuner will no longer work on Campus.

• Cable jacks in the Residence Life dorm rooms should work, other cable jacks around campus may or may not be connected.

• UWO has its own channel lineup from Spectrum and a cable box/cable card/descrambler/something from the cable company is not needed.

UW Oshkosh Campus Channel Lineup

SpectrumU

Only students that live in the dorms can access SpectrumU

Accessing SpectrumU:

1. Go to Spectrum TV
2. Enter the school domain
3. It will redirect you to your school’s website
4. After signing in to your school’s website, you will be prompted with the welcome screen

For more information, please visit the UW Oshkosh IT Knowledge base SpectrumU Login information page. 

Connecting & Register Devices to Network

If you need assistance on how to register your device, connect your device to Titan Wifi, how to get wireless and/or ethernet connections to work, please visit the UW Oshkosh IT Knowledge Base Network page. Below are some tutorials they offer:

• Connect Nintendo Switch to Campus Internet
• Connecting to Titan Wifi, eduroam, and Titan WiFi Guest
• Connect with Chromebook – Wireless
• Data Jack – Requesting a Data Jack
• Desktops – Wireless Capability (University-Owned)
• Network Troubleshooting
• Nintendo 3DS – Connecting to Campus Wireless.
• ResNet – Device Compatibility
• TitanWifi Connect & Forget
• Titan WiFi Guest – Registering Devices That Cannot Connect to Titan WiFi
• ResNet – Using Ethernet In Your Residence Hall
• Wireless – Roku Devices
• Wireless – What Is Eduroam?

ResNet Switch Boxes and Ethernet Cables are available at each residence hall front desk, free of charge to the resident. It must be returned at the end of the year or the residents may be charged.