Connecting tv directly to cable

[Big Dave2 3,739]

I have a question for all of you AV wizards out there.

In my house I have 4 or 5  flat screen TV's connected directly to Mediacon cable. No cable box. The only problem to this is my channels are digital channels so Fox 9 is actually on 9.9 and ESPN is on 66.5, etc. 

I just recently acquired an older flat screen tv for my garage from a friend who didn't want it anymore. It is about 10 years old.  When I hook it up to cable and try to run the auto programming feature it doesn't find anything. 

Could that TV just be too old to do what I am asking? I can get a cable box from Mediacom but I'm trying to avoid that. Any ideas?

[Big Dave2 3,739]

Just found online while doing more researching that this TV does not have a QAM tuner. Does anyone know if this could be the issue?

[Big Dave2 3,739]

I think I answered my own question. Looks like I need a cable box from Mediacom to operate this particular TV. 

[delcecchi 2,317]

Glad we could help.   

[Big Dave2 3,739]

2 hours ago, delcecchi said:

Glad we could help.   

Thanks for everything.