A method of configuring a tuner, comprising the steps of: sampling a radio frequency; measuring multipath, ultrasonic noise, and field strength for the sampled frequency; determining that there is co-channel interference on the sampled frequency based upon: the field strength being above a threshold value; and a combination of the multipath measurement and the ultrasonic noise measurement being indicative of poor signal quality; and selecting the sampled frequency as an operational frequency for the tuner if it was determined in the determining step that there is an absence of co-channel interference on the sampled frequency; wherein a quality lookup table is utilized to determine whether a combination of the multipath measurement and the ultrasonic noise measurement is indicative of poor signal quality based upon empirical listening results, wherein all the multipath and ultrasonic noise received from a digital signal processor of the tuner are normalized in ranges, respectively, and only a respective segment of each range forms the lookup table as different level entries, each level entry spanning over several normalized values, and wherein the table varies based upon an antenna type communicatively coupled to the tuner, namely a passive antenna, an active antenna or a diversity antenna. sampling a radio frequency; measuring multipath, ultrasonic noise, and field strength for the sampled frequency; determining that there is co-channel interference on the sampled frequency based upon: the field strength being above a threshold value; and a combination of the multipath measurement and the ultrasonic noise measurement being indicative of poor signal quality; and selecting the sampled frequency as an operational frequency for the tuner if it was determined in the determining step that there is an absence of co-channel interference on the sampled frequency; wherein a quality lookup table is utilized to determine whether a combination of the multipath measurement and the ultrasonic noise measurement is indicative of poor signal quality based upon empirical listening results, wherein all the multipath and ultrasonic noise received from a digital signal processor of the tuner are normalized in ranges, respectively, and only a respective segment of each range forms the lookup table as different level entries, each level entry spanning over several normalized values, and wherein the table varies based upon an antenna type communicatively coupled to the tuner, namely a passive antenna, an active antenna or a diversity antenna. the field strength being above a threshold value; and a combination of the multipath measurement and the ultrasonic noise measurement being indicative of poor signal quality; and selecting the sampled frequency as an operational frequency for the tuner if it was determined in the determining step that there is an absence of co-channel interference on the sampled frequency; wherein a quality lookup table is utilized to determine whether a combination of the multipath measurement and the ultrasonic noise measurement is indicative of poor signal quality based upon empirical listening results, wherein all the multipath and ultrasonic noise received from a digital signal processor of the tuner are normalized in ranges, respectively, and only a respective segment of each range forms the lookup table as different level entries, each level entry spanning over several normalized values, and wherein the table varies based upon an antenna type communicatively coupled to the tuner, namely a passive antenna, an active antenna or a diversity antenna.