Over the air digital tv signals

Language option is for the menus.

A good senistive receiver can make a big difference.. The converter in my bedroom is a top rated receiver,,, If you get one that works (They are not all that reliable but this one .... I got lucky) the one in the front does well as well.

THe TV's. hardly ever watch OTA direct (Cable sometimes but not OTA) where I'm at I get both OTA and Cable, depending on the channel... Right now I have a nice, sharp, Studio quality Digital signal from over 45 MIles away.. Without the Sensor Pro, I'd have .. Static.

I have two DVR's.. One front one rear. They have a bit of fun, they can pick and choose from up to 3 different inputs, CABLE, Line-1 and Line 2.. Line 1 is the digital converter.. So they switch inputs automatically. Very nice.

We live in an area with limited OTA stations. Nearest is about 15 miles, furtherest is about 50. At our house I installed one of the flat panel antennas with an amplifier that I bought at Walmart. On the original tv set which was an older one and a comverter, we received only the two strongest stations. When that tv died, we bought a new 20+ flatscreen to replace it. With no other change, just connect the wire as it was, and on the first scan, we received about 27 stations, some we had never even heard of. Just the difference in the two receivers. In out Motor Home, there is also a big difference in what the two TVs will pick up off the same antenna wire. At least all the ones we receive are in english, I haven't found a TV yet that translates, but most now do have a language option.

rockhillmanor wrote:
It's not like the ole days of analog where you could just put the antenna up and give it a spin. You have to move the antenna slowly inch by inch to grab the digital signal. Move your antenna to get in a better stronger line with the signal.

I found out that not all TV's are created equal!!

Some have better antenna reception than others. I have one small flat screen TV that gets 20 channels and one big flat screen TV that will only pull in 6. Go figure! And all while parked in the same location.

Remember TV's today are almost always used with cable etc. Not antenna's. The manufacturers don't have to provide a good antenna reception board anymore and.....they don't. I had a TV repair shop replace my antenna circuit board with a quality one and got 10 more channels. :W

Thank you for the information on the circuit board. What did this cost? I have noticed that one of the 2 TV's in our unit will pick up more channels and this certainly explains why.

Dry wind can also create enough static discharge on the antenna that it's noise can cause issues with the receiver.

I have an antenna on a mast for UHF digital TV reception. I was watching one day and all channels had good reception. As the wind increased, the antenna and mast started moving, causing occasional drop outs of the channels. The solution was to lower the mast until it was just above the roof line.

Those with conventional folding RV antennas should look at how their antenna reacts to the wind and make sure there is minimum movement when deployed.

wa8yxm wrote:

(I know and plan to visit a Radio staiton in Tennessee... 1.4 GIGAWATTS.. that's right folks 1million 400 thousand MILLION watts. )

You have a well deserved excellent reputation on here but...........
I'm sorry, I just don't buy that.

Got any documentation on this station and it's output ??

I'm pretty sure that kind of transmitter power would need to be shared with more than 100 licenses to be legal.

I have yet to see one that can be changed when it's responding to an AFD bit that's set. When AFD is detected you CANNOT override it. Doesn't mean that a very few don't, but that kind of defeats the point of AFD

Someone commented on the rocking of the RV.. There are two things, Depending on just how the RV rocks you get Dopler effect which can cause an apparent frequency shift, the higher the frequency the greater the shift.

or it can change the aim

Or you may have a connection that's loose.. Many RVers have a few screws loose.. Your choic.. no, I am talking metal, not mental screws.

I had to re-do some connectors, still have some others needing it.

and even with AFD, the consumer can override,, But AUTO works.

Something folks do not understand about Digital.. I used to get a good signal but now I don't.

Well when they went Digital many stations (All of them) reduced their power, what used to be a hundred thousand watts may well now be just 10 thousand.

(I know and plan to visit a Radio staiton in Tennessee... 1.4 GIGAWATTS.. that's right folks 1million 400 thousand MILLION watts. That means they suck over 3,000 KWH every hour just for the transmitter finals, Now there is the rest of the transmitters, the studio, the Air Conditioning (Even in coldest Feburary they need A/C) Tower lights and so on.. How'd you like their electric bill?

Back to subject

Well I have a radio and antenna.. If I plug in a Microphone, pushing 100 watts Single Side Band into the antenna... I can talk to about half the USA most days with odd days of better communications.

If I plug in the computer... Turn it down to around 30-40 watts (less than half the power) and start typing..... I've talked to Italy, Germany, Russia, and more.

That's becoming less and less as allot of clueless broadcasters figure out what a little pulse in the digital stream called AFD really does. IF Auto Format Display is transmitted, it takes control and sets the receivers display properly. The consumer now has no control to screw things up.

We're here to help.. :)

DrewE wrote:

rk911 wrote:

the aspect ratio for modern programming is 4:3 older pgming like your ST and TZ have an aspect ratio of 16:9. your hdtv's remote should have a button labeled "picture size" or something similar. when an old rerun comes along use that button to change the aspect ratio to 16:9 and the old programming will look better.

That's true, except the actual ratios are backwards. The old TV (and before that, for many years, movie) aspect ratio was 4:3, the newer (wider) HDTV format is 16:9. Widescreen movie systems vary some in what their aspect ratios are...

oops. shame on me for getting that mixed up. thanks. :S