Winegard SensarPro wall plate problem

[joebedford]

I have the SensarPro TV Signal Strength Meter (RFL-342) which has worked fine for a few years. Rushing back to Canada from Florida, we used it in a few places. Now that we're home in mandatory 14-day quarantine, it's not working.

I'm sure we've received channels here before but the plate just displays dashes no matter what is selected. The volume setting is the only thing that responds.

Is this DOA behavior or something else?

[houstonstroker]

press and hold both the UP and DOWN buttons at the same time for 3 seconds. This will reset the SensarPro

[METZCOOL]

Had this same problem last fall and turned out to be the sensor head in the antenna.

[STBRetired]

Try running a temporary piece of coax from the Sensar Pro directly to the antenna head. had the coax fail on mine where it entered the roof after many years of flexing as the antenna was raised and lowered.

[joebedford]

I tried disconnecting and reconnecting. A bunch of numbers appeared like it was scanning, then it went back to dashes after a few seconds.

I'll play with it a bit more but I fear it may be toast.

[MNtundraRet]

Check the cable connections to the back of plate too. They may have loosened from travel vibrations. The same for B.O.M.B.conections between antenna, plate,and tv(s).

[Horsedoc]

Tom M is right. We had problem ours not searching. Removed the plate and disconnected the two wires for a minute or two and reconnected. Works fine now

[Tom_M1]

Try disconnecting the power to the SensorPro for about a minute then reconnect. If it does the same it may be toast.