Bought my new Kodiak earlier this year. Have had great fun putting 9600km on it already and think i have a good handle on most aspects of using it. BUT I am not often a TV watcher and to date have not been able to figure out the scoop on the recent changes in Canada where I think all transmission has gone digital. Should the crank up antennae on my 2013 Kodiak be able to bring in TV? or does it need either a digital converter/receiver box, or maybe a whole new digital antennae like the Jack antennae I have seen advertised?It seems like there are lots of people on here that do watch TV in their TT's, I would appreciate any info you can share with me.

In the USA you are also only using digital for TV and Canada is the same . Your Antenna will work exactly the same in North America

Like said above your present antenna will work just fine. Your TV is probably digital as well. Did you do a channel search? Is your TV menu set for Antenna?Let us know.

Only time i tried was in the canadian rockies.....there I DID do a digital channel search with the tv set to receive from antennae, but got absolutely nothing at all for signal. Tried this with the antenna in about 12 positions (rotating it)! Guess I will have to try it in a city location next.

Your 2013 trailer should already come with a digital HD ready TV.The BLACK BUTTON on the antenna panel will also have to be pushed in (Lights comes on when pushed in) to provide power to the crankup OTA antenna. Since the changeover from analog to digital you really have to point the antenna to the town that is transmitting the BROADCAST signal.You also have to goto the TV menu and select ANTENNA and do the search for signals scan everytime you setup at a new location.We get 6-36 full blown high def digital TV signals here on the East side of the US just about everywhere we go... Great TV quality when you are able to tune them in...In my POPUP I only have the Antenna panel that has the black push button so that is where I plug my HDTV into... We use the BATWING antenna that has the UHF addon dipoles. Does great... My BATWING TV antenna was added and is on a pole mounted on the side of my trailer. To turn my antenna I reach thru the window flap and turn away hehe...We watch HDTV everywhere we go when camping... Being in the POPUP one likes to know what the storm situation is around where you are camping. The live RADAR 24/7 channels are a big help... Roy Ken

As others have said, right setting, TV set to antenna not cable, booster switch on, scan. BUT digital transmissions are quite dierectional, point antenna in direction of major city, scan and fine tune from there. Also depends where you are. At home south of Barrie ON, I only get 1 station, Niagara Falls will get 15 to 20 and where we stay in central FL about 50,Beverley&Ken

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CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Aug 23, 2013
I have a 20 year old TT using the original bat wing winegard antenna I can get at least 4 stations (or more) around here in rural SW MN. I do have a switch that I need to turn on to activate the boost for the antenna or else I get nothing. Now, if the wind is blowing the signal may freeze up or not come in. I think a batter antenna would solve this problem but, I don't watch enough TV to make it worth the cost to spend the money.
SCVJeff
Explorer
Aug 24, 2013
wmoses wrote:
If you have an Android smartphone there is an app called "TV Antenna Helper" on Google Play that tell you the direction in which the antenna should be pointed to catch what stations. It needs to know your location, of course. No such app for iOS (iPhone / iPad).
Actually iOS has several apps that do this nicely with zero intervention from the user because it knows where it is (GPS), and how its pointed (flux gate)

- TV Towers
- OTAMap
- Tower Radar
- And if you are looking for radio stations in the area, look at RadioRadar
SCVJeff
Explorer
Aug 24, 2013
thomasmnile wrote:
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You could add a Wingman antenna (made by Winegard) to the Sensar to improve reception if you have a problem, or replace the antenna with a Jack Antenna. The Jack is available from a multitude of places online, and can be bought as a replacement head only for the mast mounted Sensar or as a roof mount model that completely replaces the Sensar antenna and mast.
The Wingman addition if far superior to the Jack across the board: UHF or VHF. Unless there is a space constriction on the roof where you can't fit anything else, a Jack simply does not perform as well.

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