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binspector · 08-19-2013, 01:52 PM

When I put the TV master control box on Antenna and use my winegard batwing antenna, I get a beautiful picture on my main TV and the one in the bedroom. If I hook up to cable in a campground, my channels are snowy on both TV's. If I hookup my Direc TV box and use my Trac Vision, my channels are snowy but if I bypass the TV master control box and just run a cable from Direc Receiver to my TV, picture is perfect.
Seems to me the problem exists when the main TV control box is in the Satellite or cable positions. I have a brand new cable that I use when connecting to campground cable and that does not help. Anyone ever heard of the main TV control box doing this?

"007" · 08-19-2013, 01:58 PM

Do you have a ant amplifier in the control box shut it off and see if that helps.

spinn · 08-19-2013, 03:27 PM

007 has hit the nail on the head, unfortunately the amplifier power switch is not always in the most obvious place. In our coach it is on the outside wall just being the passenger seat, ymmv

Best-Steve

spinn · 08-19-2013, 03:29 PM

Grrrr auto correct again. It is on the inside of the outside wall just behind the passenger seat : sorry:

RickO · 08-19-2013, 04:08 PM

Yep... my money's on the amplifier being on and interfering with the cable/sat signals.

Rick

binspector · 08-19-2013, 05:04 PM

Thanks for all the answers. My TV control box does not have an amplify switch as far as on the box itself, it has the normal Antenna, Cable, Sat, VCR, AUX buttons. I guess I will have to look and see if I can locate it anywhere else.

"007" · 08-19-2013, 05:22 PM

You have the same coach I have the switch is the left button on the select box there is a red led on push the button the light will go off.
If box has been changed than the button would be behind the panel where select box and tape or DVD is mounted, not good.

binspector · 08-19-2013, 07:17 PM

Ok so the amplifier is on when the red light is lit on the master control box all the way to the left?
Is that only for the batwing antenna?

buck454 · 08-19-2013, 07:31 PM

In my Gulfstream, my booster button and red light is on right wall above and behind control box, and yes it needs to be off for non batwing TV.

And, I might add that I can not get much of a signal without it. If I forget to turn it on and do the digital channel programing I will find very few stations. Then it dongs on me that I forgot to turn on the booster/amplifier. Wow, what a difference it makes when I turn it on and re-program channels.

"007" · 08-19-2013, 08:17 PM

Yes its for your bat-wing or MY NEW HD JACK ant works better than my BW did..

Spidey · 08-20-2013, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by "007"

Yes its for your bat-wing or MY NEW HD JACK ant works better than my BW did..

X2 on the Jack. MUCH better reception than the old Batwing.

wa8yxm · 08-21-2013, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 007";1693107]Yes its for your bat-wing or [URL="http://www.rvupgradestore.com/Off-Air-Antenna-Replacement-p/22-1489.htm

MY NEW HD JACK ant[/URL] works better than my BW did..

Independent lab testing by another forum member has confirmed what my trained eyes tell me.. YOU ARE WRONG.. What works better is the nice newly cleaned connnections and cables you installed at the same time. (NOTE cleaning connections when replacing antenna head is **NOT** and option, it's automatic)

wa8yxm · 08-21-2013, 06:55 PM

Now to the topic: From the sounds of it you too have bad connections between the Sat Receiver, the Park Cable line and the switch box.. Either that or the switches are dirty.

Step one is to pull the box and inspect all connections, Remove each cable (one at a time) and re-connect.. I have seen those el-cheapo crimp on connectors come off with a hard sneeze more than once.. I like compression fittings.

If this does not fix it,, Turn off the POWER switch (left most button on the box usually) and operate each switch 30or 40 or more times Just play like a kit beating on a piano, PUSH PUSH PUSH PUSH.

IF that does not fix it.. You have a problem.

NOTE: With that switch box. the folks telling you to "Turn off the amplifier in the box" need to do some research.

1: There is no amplifier in that box.. The amp is in the antenna, the box is only a power supply and switch box

2: It is NOT the problem. I have the same box and never turn the power off.

"007" · 08-21-2013, 07:25 PM

I an afraid your not correct in this instance the ant is supplied the 12v for its amplifier from the first button on control box.
If you push that button with the red led the ANT no longer works because the 12v's has been disconected and does not interfere with the other cable inputs through the box which was the OP's problem.