Entertainment Center Upgrade
Has anyone ever attempted to upgrade their old analog entertainment center to a digital format? I have a 2003 Winnebago Minnie with it's original entertainment center in it. Needless to say the thing...
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Colorado #5,
There is no difference between old analog Batwing antennas and the newer ones. They will both receive today's digital TV OTA signals. BUT, they both have an internal amplifier that get power from the wall outlet with the little push button switch. No power = no signal to the TV. If you can't find the wallplate, someone may have removed it. Regardless of brand, the rooftop antennas need power to amplify the signals they receive. Someone replaced the original Winegard Batwing antenna on my motorhome with a King Jack antenna. The biggest difference is the King Jack doesn't need to be cranked up to use - just pointed. I had a Winegard switch box that fed power to the antenna but the power supply went bad. I bought a Winegard wallplate which had a power supply in it which is a very common site in RVs and used it to power the King Jack antenna. It works great. I leave the little button depressed all the time providing power to antenna amp. It uses such a small amount of power the battery has never drained.
Make sure you're powering the antenna if you want it to send a signal to the TV.
There is no difference between old analog Batwing antennas and the newer ones. They will both receive today's digital TV OTA signals. BUT, they both have an internal amplifier that get power from the wall outlet with the little push button switch. No power = no signal to the TV. If you can't find the wallplate, someone may have removed it. Regardless of brand, the rooftop antennas need power to amplify the signals they receive. Someone replaced the original Winegard Batwing antenna on my motorhome with a King Jack antenna. The biggest difference is the King Jack doesn't need to be cranked up to use - just pointed. I had a Winegard switch box that fed power to the antenna but the power supply went bad. I bought a Winegard wallplate which had a power supply in it which is a very common site in RVs and used it to power the King Jack antenna. It works great. I leave the little button depressed all the time providing power to antenna amp. It uses such a small amount of power the battery has never drained.
Make sure you're powering the antenna if you want it to send a signal to the TV.
