pulsar
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reachrob wrote:
I don't have your setup, but the following is what I would try.
I too have no "distribution box". Can anyone answer the question of how to hook up a coverter without a distribution box??
Locate the cable that goes to the TV. The end away from the TV connects to something. Let me call that output A.
Disconnect the cable from output A and connect it to the converter output to TV. Connect a cable between the convert input and output A.
Tom
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pulsar wrote:reachrob wrote:
I don't have your setup, but the following is what I would try.
I too have no "distribution box". Can anyone answer the question of how to hook up a coverter without a distribution box??
Locate the cable that goes to the TV. The end away from the TV connects to something. Let me call that output A.
Disconnect the cable from output A and connect it to the converter output to TV. Connect a cable between the convert input and output A.
Tom
My cable connects directly from the TV to the antenna jack (the jack with the booster switch). As per your instruction that means I am connecting the converter box directly to my antenna jack. Is that OK?
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pulsar
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reachrob wrote:pulsar wrote:reachrob wrote:
I don't have your setup, but the following is what I would try.
I too have no "distribution box". Can anyone answer the question of how to hook up a coverter without a distribution box??
Locate the cable that goes to the TV. The end away from the TV connects to something. Let me call that output A.
Disconnect the cable from output A and connect it to the converter output to TV. Connect a cable between the convert input and output A.
Tom
My cable connects directly from the TV to the antenna jack (the jack with the booster switch). As per your instruction that means I am connecting the converter box directly to my antenna jack. Is that OK?
Generally, yes. I guess some additional questions should be asked.
Does your converter have analog pass through? If not and you have a park cable TV input, then you would need a different wiring.
Assuming that your converter has analog pass through, then hook it up as discribed above. To watch cable tv, the converter should be off. (So would be the antenna booster.)
If the converter does not have analog pass through, but has both coax and composite outputs, the cable from the antenna jack should go to a splitter. One side of the splitter would go to the converter; the other side would go to the coax input on the TV. The converter would be hooked to the TV with composite cables.
If the converter box has only a coax output or the TV has only a coax input, then, coax from antenna jack to splitter. One side to converter, one side to B side of A-B switch. Coax from converter to A side of A-B switch. With booster on, converter on, and A-B switch in A position, you would watch over-the-air broadcasts. With booster off, converter off, and A-B switch in B position, you would watch cable TV.
As you see, without knowing exactly what your situation is, it is hard to give simple instructions.
Tom
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Thanks Pulsar. I think I have it now.
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why is it that i do a channel scan in the morning on my TT and get 10-12 channels then later in the day i have nothing. do i have to keep moving my antenna around as the day goes by. why do my channels disappear?
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moving the antenna, may not change anything,
signal reception is stronger, in the night time damp air,
doing a scan during the day time warm dry air, will not help, it will just clear the channel list because nothing is being picked up
you need some way of improving reception, more sensitive or taller antenna, a new UHF 'bow tie' array, maybe a wingman extension attached to the batwing
TV & radio reception has ALWAYS been better at night than during the day
but with digital transmission on UHF band it can mean NO picture, when you used to get a weak analog signal on the VHF band
many people are finding out what TV was like in the 50's & 60's before there were so many stations and before 'cable' existed
the NEW digital OTA reception has a great may similarities
the best signal is gained with a NEW antenna on a taller pole.
NOT very helpful for RV'ers out camping
might be more of us, giving up on the 'boob tube' while camping
I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !
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I am very late to this subject,only recently realized I was not getting OTA but in reading all the other posts it appears that I can convert by buying two converter boxes(for two TV) with analog pass through so I can get reception OTA and from campground connections. Is this accurate or have I oversimplified the subject and need more info
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that is correct..
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Homer
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I have no distribution box, (here we go again), I hooked the converter to the exterior center jack on the power supply,(per instructions from Cust Serv Winnebago. I have the wingman installed. I can get 4 digital channels relatively near by, nice and clear, as long as I do not turn the amplifier on. Turn it on and the screen turns full snow. I also have the RCA F cables hooked to the converter. I am sure I am hooked up incorrectly, but I swear I have tried every conceivable process. Any one have any suggestions. I also use satellite TV remote dish, no problem with it at all. It would be a major undertaking to take the TV out to get to the back of it. Can anything be worked out with the power supply cabling? I am about to give it all up. PM's are welcome
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Homer wrote:I have no distribution box, (here we go again), I hooked the converter to the exterior center jack on the power supply,(per instructions from Cust Serv Winnebago. I have the wingman installed. I can get 4 digital channels relatively near by, nice and clear, as long as I do not turn the amplifier on. Turn it on and the screen turns full snow. I also have the RCA F cables hooked to the converter. I am sure I am hooked up incorrectly, but I swear I have tried every conceivable process. Any one have any suggestions. I also use satellite TV remote dish, no problem with it at all. It would be a major undertaking to take the TV out to get to the back of it. Can anything be worked out with the power supply cabling? I am about to give it all up. PM's are welcome It is entirely possible that you are "too" close (if it's not one thing it's another). I have noticed the same thing when camping at our favorite spot on the beach that I actually get better reception when the amp is off since there is a major radio site 2-3 miles away overloading the pre-amp. If I'm careful I can null out the offending site with the batwing, but I get the same results just killing the amp.
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