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Open Roads Forum  >  Fifth-Wheels  > TV question Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next edwardgwright • View posts Fredericksburg, VA Senior Member Joined: 02/16/2006 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/01/12 06:31pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Due to the change to digital will the batwing work if I get new TV's? I was given 2 flat screens. So I would like to know if I have to get anything else to make them work with the batwing. Thanks Getting on the road as soon as I have some free time! MO_Trout_Bum • View posts Missouri Full Member Joined: 06/09/2011 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Online Posted: 02/01/12 06:43pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator As long as the TV's have digital tuners (most new do), they will work with the batwing. If they don't have digital tuners, you will need to get digital converters for both of them. 2004 Silverado 2500HD Ext, Duramax LLY, 4WD, 3.73 2012 Keystone Cougar 327RES Johno02 • View posts Lexington, TN USA Senior Member Joined: 10/15/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/01/12 06:52pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We installed one, with no mods to the connections. It works great! However, our batwing was an older model,(2005) and did not receive well, either digital or analog. When camping with others, they would have several channels available, and we would have none, or very few, weakly. I installed a new Winegard Sensar IV with the built=in director, and what a difference!! I now am the one with all the channels. So, if you batwing is old or weak, consider a new one for the best results. Noel and Betty Johnson 2005 GulfStream Ultra Supreme, 1 wife, 1 Poodle, 1 Greyhound(not rescue) brirene • View posts midwest Senior Member Joined: 01/27/2007 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 02/01/12 07:09pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The TV's should work fine. You can also add a wingman to the batwing to improve digital reception and/or channels received, at least according to those who have added it. '04 Jayco Designer 30 RKS Medallion pkg, Trail Air pin '05 F350 6.0 PSD CC, Lariat, 4x4, Duallies, 4.10, LB, B&W Companion “The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.” -Louis L'Amour KD4UPL • View posts Swoope, VA Senior Member Joined: 03/16/2008 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/01/12 07:30pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Don't let anyone talk you into a "digital TV antenna". When TV went digital, the broadcast frequency band didn't really change. Any TV antenna will work equally well receiving digital or analog signals. Some, better than others. tvman44 • View posts Southwest Louisiana Senior Member Joined: 09/25/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/02/12 03:56am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Works just fine, does not know the difference. Papa Bob 1* DW "Granny" 1* 2008 Brookside by Sunnybrook 32' 1* 2002 F250 Super Duty 7.3L PSD Husky 16K hitch, Tekonsha P3, Firestone Ride Rite Air Springs, Trailair Equa-Flex, Champion C46540 "A bad day camping is better than a good day at work!" trustymopars • View posts Maryville, TN. Full Member Joined: 12/15/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/02/12 05:15am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator x2 on the wingman. Even with digital-ready TV's, we can get more channels using the digital converter boxes. JT. 2006 Dodge Ram 3500QC CTD 6-speed SRW 2011 Montana 3465SA Hickory Edition Husky 16 K Slider A rainy day camping is better than a sunny day at work. RoyB • View posts King George, VA Senior Member Joined: 04/13/2008 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/02/12 05:44am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We get 6-36 digital channels in full screen, full high def TV mode digital mode just about everywhere we camp including back in the woods using our 22-inch VIZIO Flatscreen HDTV and the BATWING OTA Antenna... You will of course have to point the OTA BATWING antenna to a city that is transmitting digital TV signals and select ANTENNA from the VIZIO setup screen and then scan for digital channels. We have to do this at every camp site we go to. These are the NATL TV BROADCAST channels available to the public for free (NBC-ABC-CBS-FOX-PBS). The neat thing with the new digital stations are they usually include a 24/7 weather radar which is neat to have from the local area you are staying in. When we had DirecTV before this was a real good setup to have as the local station option we had with our DirecTV would not pick up our local stations when we moved away from our local ZIP CODE. We would setup the DirecTV at the camp site and then also setup the local stations using the BATWING OTA antenna and this gave us both DirecTV and LOCAL TV reception by just pushing the remote buttons. Since we only got full screen full high def TV signals from the OTA BATWING antenna we finally got rid of the DirecTV account. Any special show we wanted to see that was on DirecTV we could usually find using the computer. There will be no change using the new flatscreen HDTV at cable sites. Just select CABLE from the HDTV setup and scan for ANALOG and DIGITAL stations. The camp site cable system converts their digital signals to analog so you will not receive the digital signals in full screen digital HDTV mode. Kinda neat watching NCIS way back in the woods.... My Posts are IMHO based on my experiences - PM/EMAIL me Roy and Carolyn RETIRED DOAF/DON/DOD/CONTR RADIO TECH (42yrs) K9PHT (Since 1957) 146.52M "We always have a PLAN B" 2010 F150, 5.4,3:73 Gears,SCab 2008 Starcraft 14RT EU2000i GEN POPUP PHOTOs-Pg53 goodcruisin • View posts Greenwood, IN Senior Member Joined: 04/17/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/02/12 06:31am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator x3 on the Wingman. When I converted to digital all I did was install the DTS convert. My batwing worked good but I went ahead and purchased a Wingman. It enabled me to pull in a couple more channels. I have noticed that since adding the Wingman I don't have to point the antenna in a particular direction unless the signal of the channel is extremely low. 99% of the time I just raise and lower the antenna. John (USN Ret) & Debbie Tux (APBT/Dalmation) '96 Monaco Windsor 36' DP 8.3 Cummins Ready Brake & Demco Excali-bar '02 F250 V10 w/ Banks Power Pack '03 Ford Explorer '04 Volvo S80 AWD '05 Acura TL 240" Dragster 540 BBC 26' trailer 14' Boat w/9.9 Merc rockhillmanor • View posts On the Road Senior Member Joined: 12/06/2003 View Profile Posted: 02/02/12 10:03am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Plug them in and you are good to go! Hit scan channels every time you set up in a CG and if you turn the antenna for better signal I always hit the scan channel again. The only difference I have found is before digital you could just flip the antenna in a direction and receive the broad signal for the channels. With digital slow tweaking turns of the antenna is best. I get so many channels with the digital TV I have no desire to buy a satellite dish for the MH now. BTW: I ran out and bought the wingman and personally it doesn't increase the number of channels if anything it limits its because now you have an even narrow point of reception. We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next Open Roads Forum  >  Fifth-Wheels  > TV question

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