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What hd Antenna to get

Postby jtm on Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:32 pm

What Antenna to get my location is lat 34.6.47n x long 117.40.5w thanks

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Re: What hd Antenna to get

Postby tigerbangs on Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:15 am

You have 4 VHF digital stations in LA, and you will need a combination VHF-high-band plus UHF antenna to see everything that you want. I suggest a Winegard HD-7694P or an AntennaCraft HBU-33 antenna mounted on the roof and aimed at 275 degreed as measured by a compass. use high-quality RG-6u coaxial cable, and ground the antenna properly: you will see MANY stations using that antenna system: if you plan to use multiple TV sets, you will need an amplified splitter like the Channel Master 341x series amplifiers.

http://www.winegard.com
http://www.channelmasterintl.com/docume ... lation.pdf

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Re: What hd Antenna to get

Postby jtm on Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:58 pm

I installed the Winegard HD-7694P with a 50ft drop to one Mitsubishi TV - 73" Home Theater TV when i scan for digital channels I get #7 and up. no 2,4,5. if i connect a digital converter box between tv and antenna all channels come in. but the converter box has a poor remote. is the converter box acting as a Pre-amplifiers?

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Re: What hd Antenna to get

Postby tigerbangs on Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:30 pm

No, but you may have the antenna lead improperly split, or your TV tuner may not be set up up properly: go into the menu and be sure that you have the tuner set for ANTENNA or AIR, and not CABLE, then rescan

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