beeryboats
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Hi,
We just bought our first trialer, '06 Jayco, and it has the old analog antenna. How do you figure out where to aim the antenna with out having to re-scan all the channels on the new tv as you turn the antenna? I pluged everything in and aimed the flat side, wings out, toward downtown and only got two channels. Maybe I have it 180degs out? It seems silly to have to re-scan every time you move the antenna on notch as you try to find reception.
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That what you have to do with digital TV. Go to www.TVFool.com and it will help you find the best directions for reception. Adding the batwing will also help your reception.
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Jay,
I am no expert, but as I understand it - the 'old' antenna is OK - BUT...you need a need digital converter box to find the digital stations. With the assumption that you have same, then the reality is that the old analog stations are gone and only the local digital station are broadcasting. You need to find the direction to the local stations (one place is: http://www.antennasdirect.com/HDTV_station_lists.html)
then point your antenna that direction.
Yes, you will need to re-instruct your TV in every new location! Not fun, just the way it is!!
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beeryboats
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Thanks guys, but I'm wondering what side of the antenna is the best reception side? Or does it matter? I assume the wings sticking out the sides should be 90deg to the aim direction?
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The ring that lets you turn the antenna has a pointer molded into it. Make sure you have the amplifier turned on. The pointing of the antenna is very touchy. Once you have the stations scanned in, you should be able to fine tune the station with out resscanning. The new stations are assigned to different frequencies, an example is Channel 8 CBS in Indy is now on cannel 9 and all of the others are higher in frequency. So your better to scan the channels if you can get a signal, you may have to scan with several different directions of the antenna.
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You aim the flat side of the antenna toward the Transmitter you are trying to pick up. By flat side I mean the side opposite where the Coax Cable enters the bat wing antenna. Go to antennaweb.com and enter the zip codee of the location you are trying to receive the stations. It will give you a compass heading of where you need to point your antenna to receive that station and the distance it is away. You usually can get stations up to around 50 miles or so depending on line of sight. So if you don't really know North from south, you might want to visit a sporting goods store and buy a compass. SO if it says channel 3 is located 45 miles at 180 degrees, you point you antenna South (180) and then do a SCAN on your TV. If you move the antenna, you have to rescan each time.
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If you add a "Wingman" to your antenna, you might improve the reception. Here is a picture of an antenna with the wingman attached. The front of the antenna is where the wingman attaches and you would then point the front of the wingman toward the transmitter you found on the web site/
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I highly endorse this antenna for Digital TV. No pointing or adjustment required. Pulls in all our local channels 40 miles from broadcast towers and can drive without signal break-up 20 miles away.
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First, do NOT buy an omni-directional antenna. You already have the best you can get and it will out-perform an omni any day of the week.
This is the proper direction of the antenna:
Next, buy a Wingman! They just work. That's the extension off the Batwing:
And last, there is no getting awaw from pointing the antenna, the trick is knowing where to point without taking a full re-scan every 45 degrees. There is a device called a DigiAir Pro that will take what could easily be 30 min+ into around 30 seconds.HERE is a post I did on it awhile back.
PS, sorry for all the vertical space.I need to crop that drawing.
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SCVJeff wrote:First, do NOT buy an omni-directional antenna. You already have the best you can get and it will out-perform an omni any day of the week.
This is the proper direction of the antenna:
Next, buy a Wingman! They just work. That's the extension off the Batwing:
And last, there is no getting awaw from pointing the antenna, the trick is knowing where to point without taking a full re-scan every 45 degrees. There is a device called a DigiAir Pro that will take what could easily be 30 min+ into around 30 seconds. HERE is a post I did on it awhile back.
PS, sorry for all the vertical space.I need to crop that drawing.
Yep, no way to say it any better than the post above.
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BobJoh
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My Access HD won't hold the channels after a sucessful scan.. when I turn it off at night I have to rescan the next day... But the other inour rear office is a Magnavox and it holds the channels and it uses just a old rabbit ears and in the bedroom on the HD I have two sixfoot wires out of the coax inlet. Both get all the local channels and the uhf ones also but the HD one looses the list when turned off.
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