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Oldgrape
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Jul 19, 2014

Winegard Video Switch box connections and rear TV

Howdy all. Purchased a 2005 Monaco Monarch SE about two months ago. Originally had two old analog TVs with a DTV converter. Both TVs picked up channels in my driveway. I replaced both with digital flat panel TVS. removed the DTV converter and connected the antenna coax directly to the Winegard video selector/amplifier. There is a Winegard batwing antenna on the roof. First I have to select the Aux button instead of the antenna button on the video selector box to get a signal in the Front or Rear TV. On the rear TV it either gets no signal or says it is too weak. I have read at "http://rvtvstereo.com/rv-tv-antenna-amplifier" that batwings older than 2009/10 are not actually designed to work well with HDTV signals. So my questions are: Does it sound like my selector/amplifier box could be bad? Do I need an additional signal booster/amplifier somewhere to boost the rear TV signal? And is the linked article true and I should just replace my current Batwing with a newer version?
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