Over the Air Antenna

[want-a-be]

What would cause the rear TV to get more channels then the front TV? We reprogrammed the front TV several times!
Thanks for all comments!

[wa8yxm]

bukzin wrote:
Ah,a switcher !

The proper formal name is "Matrix Switch" But I just called it a BOMB (Box of many buttons) and it caught on. Sorry about that. BOMB is descriptive after all.

[Bill_Satellite]

I am simply saying that because all of YOUR TV's get the same channels does not mean the only option is poor connections. Different TV's, different tuners, coax length, switcher(s) used, power supply, oh yeah, and connection can all cause 2 different TV's to get dissimilar numbers of of channels. I am sure I missed a couple but there are many reasons.

[dodge_guy]

Bill.Satellite wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
All my TV’s get the same stations, different brands. I’m guessing tou’ve Got a poor connection somewhere!

Your results have nothing to do with the results others experience. There are MANY reasons why one TV get more channels than another. Thanks for adding "I'm guessing" as a point of clarification.

So high resistance doesn`t create poor reception/lack of OTA channels? OK!
As you said there are various reasons why, I gave one of the most common issues with poor reception! Almost everyone here has mentioned poor connections.

But with all that said, swap TV’s as has been mentioned and see if the problem follows the TV or not. If it does it’s in the TV. If it stays in that area then it’s a cable/connection/hardware issue.

[bukzin]

Ah,a switcher !

[Bill_Satellite]

bukzin wrote:
What is 'bomb' ?

Box of Many Buttons. Used to switch TV inputs between Ant, Cable, Satellite, etc.

[bukzin]

What is 'bomb' ?

[D_E_Bishop]

I would really like to know a little more about what the OP has as far as the BOMB, splitters, antenna, and where things are located. I agree that the first and fastest thing to check are all of the connectors for tightness and that they are connected to the correct point.

Then, he should swap the cables for the two TVs. If the problem follows the cable. Problem solved, it is somewhere in the cable for the front TV.

That is pretty easy to trouble shoot. In most RVs all the external equipment is located in one spot and isolating each piece of equipment is in general very easy.

Without knowing about the attached equipment, how do you know where to start. What I have recommended would work for my rig, I have the Winegard Pro, a bomb and Sensar 4 antenna.

[bukzin]

If your set up gets a little tricky
(Or if you just wanna have a single remote) have a look at the Caavo box.

Controls all your gear (TV, Roku, Google chrome, Apple TV, sound bar, etc)
with one remote.
It will do a deep search on all you devices with your voice.

Lots of functions and super easy to use.

Around $80

[Ivylog]

X2 on running the same cable to each TV first.

[YC_1]

Get a long test cable and connect it to your source, cable or over the air source.

Now connect directly to each tv one at a time and rescan. If you get different results and they are only a bit difference then as mentioned you just have more horse power with one tv receiver. If however you have a substantial difference then the weak one is probably do for an upgrade.

If anyone here decides to buy new televisions for the RV's be sure to find one with a built in OTAR receiver. I found my fancy new larger screen tv does not have one and I had to add another box. So that means a different remote of course and another INPUT change when switching to that box.

I didn't make the same mistake when I bought the new tv for the bedroom. It has the receiver built in and works great. It is amazing how many functions these new Visio televisions with 4K have.

[Bill_Satellite]

dodge guy wrote:
All my TV’s get the same stations, different brands. I’m guessing tou’ve Got a poor connection somewhere!

Your results have nothing to do with the results others experience. There are MANY reasons why one TV get more channels than another. Thanks for adding "I'm guessing" as a point of clarification.

[dodge_guy]

All my TV’s get the same stations, different brands. I’m guessing tou’ve Got a poor connection somewhere!

[Bruce_Brown]

wildtoad wrote:
Are they the same brand and model TV? Some TVs have a better tuner than others and will need less signal strength to find them.

This is what we found.

Our MH came with, at the time, highly rated and high priced Viewsonic brand TVs. I installed a cheap Visio for the outside. The cheap Visio pulls in a lot more channels than the Viewsonics. Both of the Viewsonics get the same channels so I'm thinking it's all in the TVs.

[wa8yxm]

Many posibile causes. Some addressed above (bad cable connection generally the crinmp on sneeze off connectors. Fail to tighten a connector properly some idiot drove a staple THROUGH teh coax (yes it happens)(

Some TV's are just naturally better receivers.

And a host of other things Bad Splitter (The wall plate or the box of many buttons) is also on the list.