Supplemental antenna
We purchased a beautiful campsite only about 15 miles from home and one side is on the river. Last week it was covered with water when the river came up but it is probably back down by now. The form...
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Ivylog wrote:
Yes you can hook to the cable TV input but you will need to turn off the power to your roof OTA antenna and reprogram your TV.
SoundGuy wrote:
Assuming the OP has a conventional, powered RV antenna and wall plate with a switch to send 12 vdc power to that antenna, it will automatically be disabled when he switches to the cable connection. Assuming further than this extra antenna will be passive, not powered, then it will feed that cable connection just fine.
Ed_Gee wrote:
That is not true! I have yet to see any RV that did not require the OTA antenna booster switch be turned OFF before cable input would work.
Yes, this is absolutely true. Switch that wall plate from "ANTENNA" to "CABLE", 12 vdc will be disabled to the antenna (obviously because it's now not being used :S), and the feed from the cable input on the side of the trailer will be fed directly to the television.
