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05-11-2019, 06:22 AM #1
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Television Reception
Any useful suggestions on using tv antenna to pick up channels? Same with cable hook up, does the booster really work?
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05-11-2019, 06:53 AM #2
The booster is for over the air signals, not cable. There is an app, DTV Antenna, which shows you broadcasting stations and direction. Use that to figure out a starting point of where you should aim the antenna and then it's more of a trial and error process to fine tune the signal. Some TVs will show signal strength and some need to have the auto program ran when you change the antenna position.
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05-11-2019, 06:56 AM #3
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I use an app on my phone "TV antenna helper free" and it downloads all of the area tv stations and gives you their strengths and direction on a compass map so you can aim your antenna in the right direction. TV antennas with signal strength meters seem like a good idea until you find out that every area has a super strong local channel that may or may not be in the direction of a larger city station. I haven't been thrilled with the new low profile antennas but the app helps you get what you can.
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05-11-2019, 07:05 AM #4
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The booster has to be on to use the over air antenna.
It also needs to be turned off when using park cable.
The newest of the new "antenna" is pretty awesome. No cranking up or down, or even rotating.
You won't even know it is there, it looks like half of a plastic bucket on the roof.Steve- Inventory Manager at Tom Schaeffer's RV, Shoemakersville, PA www.tomschaeffers.com
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05-11-2019, 09:03 AM #5
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huntr70 maybe you can tell me where to look for this mythical booster button lol. I have a 2019 Solitude 375 RES. The tv picks up the local channels very well so I'm assuming the booster is on but I'll be darn if I can find it. The antenna is in the front bedroom and no green lights or buttons in the front or rear main tv area anywhere. Any ideas where it might be? Thank you and sorry if I hijacked!
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05-11-2019, 09:16 AM #6
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05-11-2019, 09:33 AM #7
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Ahhh ok thank you!!! That's probably the one place I didn't look! This site is amazing
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05-11-2019, 12:25 PM #8
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@Txfivver, we have a different trailer, ours is inside the cabinet next to the cabinet containing the factory DVD player.
Maybe @huntr70 has already nailed the exact location of yours, but if not you're looking for a dark plastic wall-plate (like a home light-switch plate). It will have at least one cable connector sticking out of it. It will also have a tiny, impossible-to-see, push-button switch on it. Push it in to turn it on and a green LED should light up on it. Push it in again to turn it off.
If you're already receiving good local reception it's turned on. Look for the wall plate with the green LED on it. Turn it off to use park cable. Park cable probably gets connected to your trailer at a labeled connector near your water Nautilus panel.
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05-11-2019, 01:06 PM #9
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Thanks for the tips boyscout, I appreciate all the help. Looks like I'll have to go on a little "easter egg hunt" for this button this weekend. I must say they sure can pack a lot of switches and wall plates and whatnot into 41 feet of trailer lol!
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05-11-2019, 04:46 PM #10
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Very hard to see in the picture, but this is the wall plate with the booster switch on the face. The electronics are behind the plate. The switch is a very small brown (same color as the plate) right beside the coax cable in the picture. The green light (lite when booster is on) is just above it. It is not lit this picture. In our 2018 Solitude 310GK, this is in the cabinet next to the radio/DVD player in the overhead cabinets. I beleive the booster works for both the main and bedroom TV.
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