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    Posted: 16 Jul 2013 at 5:27pm
Originally posted by P&M

Thinker, did you swap out your tv?  The one in our 171 doesn't pick up anything other than an occasional fuzzy channel, and it definitely is not an HDTV.


No my TV is the dinky little combo unit with about a 10" screen. Make sure you antenna amplifier is on. I routinely pull in from 40 miles over flat terrain.

I only want enough to catch news for a bad weather report.
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We were having reception issues also but after reading the info here I found the booster switch on the antenna connector panel in the cabinet. That was a great improvement but still not the best. I decided it hookup an indoor antenna and wala, we now have 16 clear stations.
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Cable TV is becoming a standard staple of most privately-owned campgrounds.  Simply connect the CG feed to the cable coax input on the trailer, make sure the antenna switch is not lit, and you should pull in all the cable stations on both TVs.  As furpod said, you do have to set your TVs to scan for the available stations.

W stayed at about 30 different campgrounds in May and early June.  About 90% offered free cable. You have to furnish enough cable to run from their outlet to the pod's input.  We carry 50' but usually 25 will suffice.

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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jul 2013 at 11:39pm
Good to hear.  Unfortunately the switch to digital has a downside - you either get the signal or you don't.  No half-way gray area like analog.
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Thanks for all the info. Wanted to update that once we got it to a campground and away from our hillsides and woods we picked up over 30 channels!
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 2:42pm
Ours works a little better than that, but not great.  We didn't get a camper to watch TV in, so for us it is fine.
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If you want anything other than an occasional fuzzy channel, you'd have to get a new antenna.  We get great reception when we're camping in a major city or if there is a locally broadcast station near a campground.  Otherwise it's fuzz.

At best we put a movie in if we're trapped inside during a downpour and just read anyways.
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Thinker, did you swap out your tv?  The one in our 171 doesn't pick up anything other than an occasional fuzzy channel, and it definitely is not an HDTV.
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Our 171 has the TV next to the wall cabinet over the sink. If I open the wall cabinet, I see the cable to the TV and I see two connections. I can connect it to Antenna (roof) or CATV Cable (outside connection).

Not sure how your rig is wired. MY HDTV using roof antenna picks up stations 40 miles away.
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jun 2013 at 9:09pm
Welcome.  We do have a "instruction manual" thread here, although it is still unfinished.
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