Winegard Sensar III wall plate
As a new RV owner, I am struggling to understand the operation of the wall plate where the 2 cables attach, one from the antenna, and the other from the cable input jack mounted on the rear left of th...
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SoundGuy wrote:neschultz wrote:
There are electronics and 3 coax input\outputs (1 in from antenna, one in from cable jack and one out to TV) on the back of the wall plate.
The OP has told us he has a Sensar III antenna so his Winegard wall plate contains no "electronics" as it has no ability to amplify the signal. When the switch is depressed and the light is on the wall plate routes 12 vdc power to the antenna head which does contain an amplifier that does boost signal strength. That switch also routes the output from the antenna head to the wall plate's output connectors, one on the front of the wall plate, a second located on the PC board which can be connected to a second television set. When the switch is retracted, the light goes out, 12 vdc is disconnected from the antenna head, and the cable feed located the side of the RV instead of the antenna head is routed to those two output coax connectors. NO "electronics" involved.
Yes, one can still buy an amplified Winegard wall plate for older non-amplified Sensar I and Sensar II heads but there's little reason to these days when the better solution is to replace the older non-amplified Sensar with the latest amplified Sensar IV which includes the Wingman UHF array.
If the OP wants to improve reception I'd recommend he add a Winegard Wingman to his Sensar III, in effect making it a Sensar IV. The next improvement would be to replace that non-amplified wall plate with a Winegard SensarPro which does offer +/- 10 db of signal amplification / attenuation. I've done both.
Brand new newbie here with a 2007 Keystone outback.
I just swapped out an RV-6004 (Sensar I?) head for a Sensar IV head. The Wall plate has only the 12V socket (which I like because I plug in my XM radio), but no splitter or anything. Just two cables hanging inside the ceiling.
Is the Sensor Pro really that good? What would the connection for an amplified antenna's wall plate really be? and Does anyone know the model number for the wall plate that would go with a Sensor IV? Winegard's "for all models" instructions are not helpful.
Thank you so very much.
