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03-11-2022, 02:23 PM
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TV in a 2015
So the unit came with a TV and antenna. I have ditched the satellite from my home and RV and was curious if TV can be accessed just with an antenna. The antenna on there now does nothing. Local news or whatever would be nice, not looking for what you would get with cable or a dish.
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03-11-2022, 02:27 PM
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Not knowing what antenna you have, did you turn on the antenna booster and do a channel scan on your tv?
Most R/Vs have a crank up antenna or Omnidirectional on the roof.
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03-11-2022, 02:28 PM
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If you have a powered antenna there is normally a little button next to the cable hook behind the TV. Mine is in the bedroom in my 18. You will need to program the channels in the TV for each location but I normally get a few channels everywhere.
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03-11-2022, 02:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sdelam
If you have a powered antenna there is normally a little button next to the cable hook behind the TV. Mine is in the bedroom in my 18. You will need to program the channels in the TV for each location but I normally get a few channels everywhere.
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What he said. ^
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03-11-2022, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Max Doubt
What he said. ^
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The TV that came with the coach did not come with a remote. I am second owner. I put a LG I had in there but know nothing about programming channels so I will do that soon. It has a winegard antenna, not crank up.
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03-11-2022, 02:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 5picker
Not knowing what antenna you have, did you turn on the antenna booster and do a channel scan on your tv?
Most R/Vs have a crank up antenna or Omnidirectional on the roof.
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Looking up pics online I'm guessing OP has an Omnidirectional, which I've heard are not great.
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03-11-2022, 02:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by klutchdust
The TV that came with the coach did not come with a remote. I am second owner. I put a LG I had in there but know nothing about programming channels so I will do that soon. It has a winegard antenna, not crank up.
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Check the TV manual if you have it. It varies by brand/model but the basic setup should be the same. Go into the settings on your TV and look for something like "Auto Tuning" or "Channel Tuning".
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03-11-2022, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Iwritecode
Looking up pics online I'm guessing OP has an Omnidirectional, which I've heard are not great.
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The Omnidirectional antenna on my new trailer gets much better reception than the directional antenna (with the rotation knob) that my old trailer had.
Also, to klutchdust, I added a Roku streaming box to my TV. I can create a hotspot with my cell phone and get streaming channels by connecting the Roku to my cell phone hotspot. Just another alternative.
My setup is fairly fancy with a VPN on my home internet router so I can connect my Roku box to my home internet through my phone's hotspot and this allows me to use my Xfinity cable TV by streaming through the Roku. It's almost the same as being connected to cable TV anywhere I have a decent cell phone signal.
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03-11-2022, 03:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by klutchdust
The TV that came with the coach did not come with a remote. I am second owner. I put a LG I had in there but know nothing about programming channels so I will do that soon. It has a winegard antenna, not crank up.
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Crank or no crank, it still will have the antenna booster button to get TV channels. You haven't said whether or not you turned it on before doing a channel search.
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03-11-2022, 05:01 PM
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Just got back from staying three weeks 1/2 hour north of Key West, Florida. The rv resort did not have cable and the air antenna was useless. Our Son let us use an extra Roku he had. There was wifi at this resort, park or campground whatever you want to call it so the Roku worked great. I was really missing the morning news before he got us set up.
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03-15-2022, 11:21 AM
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Thank you for all of the replies. A medical emergency kept me away from my computer for a bit. I did find the and turn on the antenna booster. Just looked out the window from upstairs and the antenna looks like a black frisbee on a stick. The rook idea sounds like a good idea.
something like this ,mounted directly to roof. It says winegard near the booster button.
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