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HD Antennae overriding cable

clashw
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I recently purchased a 2015 KZ MXT 303. I hooked RV park cable up to the trailer last weekend, but did not get cable channels. I realized that I was getting digital channels from the antennae which I did not have extended. It is a Wineguard unit. I located an on/off switch on the coax plate. Turning this on or off did not make a difference. The TV is an LG. I could not find any setting or anything to turn off antennae. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
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Lwiddis
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That's OK, Bill. I understand.
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Bill_Satellite
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Lwiddis wrote:
"problem has nothing to do"

Yes it does, Mr. Wizard. Over the air, cable, internet streaming, something not yet known will someday will make it easy, simple to watch TV anywhere.


This is Mr. Wizards entire statement and not just the few words you pulled out.

"problem has nothing to do with the batwing antenna or the direction of transmitting towers. This is a tv and or wiring problem"

His statement is exactly correct. I have no idea what you are taking about!
What I post is my 2 cents and nothing more. Please don't read anything into my post that's not there. If you disagree, that's OK.
Can't we all just get along?

Lwiddis
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"problem has nothing to do"

Yes it does, Mr. Wizard. Over the air, cable, internet streaming, something not yet known will someday will make it easy, simple to watch TV anywhere.
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Bill_Satellite
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clashw wrote:
MrWizard wrote:
did you select cable on the tv input menu for the tv signal input ?


On this LG, the only coax input is "TV". When you run the channel finder, it asks if you want to include antennae. If you select no, nothing happens. Therefore, I'm thinking the issue may be related to the TV, but wanted to see if anyone had any ideas.


With the TV on, hit MENU, Channels and you should see Channel Source. This is where you will see Antenna. Hitting Enter or using left right arrow will allow you to select Cable as the source. Then use the Find Channel selection (Scan channel?) option to get the cable channels to come in. You are correct in turning off the wall plate power supply when using cable and turn it on when using Antenna.
What I post is my 2 cents and nothing more. Please don't read anything into my post that's not there. If you disagree, that's OK.
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Martyn
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tinstartrvlr wrote:
"You have to go to menu on the TV select 'tuner" Select "tuner mode" select "cable" select "auto channel scan" let scan run when all channels are done loading select exit. "

X2 Based on the OP, it sounds like tv is set to over-the-air and not cable.


X3 That is what I do with my LG TV
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tinstartrvlr
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"You have to go to menu on the TV select 'tuner" Select "tuner mode" select "cable" select "auto channel scan" let scan run when all channels are done loading select exit. "

X2 Based on the OP, it sounds like tv is set to over-the-air and not cable.

MrWizard
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problem has nothing to do
With the batwing antenna or the direction of transmitting towers
This is a tv and or wiring problem

Keep the nonsense out and don't confuse the new member any worse than he already is
I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !

....

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mchero
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Lwiddis wrote:
Someday, hopefully in my RV lifetime, these TV issues will be solved.


Correct!
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Lwiddis
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Someday, hopefully in my RV lifetime, these TV issues will be solved.
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Bill_Satellite
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clashw wrote:
I recently purchased a 2015 KZ MXT 303. I hooked RV park cable up to the trailer last weekend, but did not get cable channels. I realized that I was getting digital channels from the antennae which I did not have extended. It is a Wineguard unit. I located an on/off switch on the coax plate. Turning this on or off did not make a difference. The TV is an LG. I could not find any setting or anything to turn off antennae. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.


Is this a new coach or used? If used. it's possible the wiring is no longer setup properly or you have one or more bad connections. You would need to do some investigation to find the source of the problem. I would start at the outside connection (remove the plate and see what you find) and then go inside and remove that wall plate and see if all the connections appear correct. If all appears OK you would need to test the coax connection between the cable input and the wall plate. There are so many ways that things can go wrong it can take a great deal of patience to find the actual issue.
All of this "assumes" that there is not a Cable/TV option in the TV's setup menu.
What I post is my 2 cents and nothing more. Please don't read anything into my post that's not there. If you disagree, that's OK.
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GordonThree
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wa8yxm
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Assuming it is properly wired FROM THE FACTORY.... Both the rooftop antenna and the park cable go either to a wall plate with a 12 volt outlet, Antenna connection, Light and switch or a "Box of many buttons" (matrix switch) Assuming from your post you have the wall plate.

NOW: possible issues.. If you get good TV reception with the switch and light ON even if the antenna is down.. Odds are it is properly wired.. Does signal strength go down or away when you turn off the switch: Yes GOOD, No Bad

now with the switch OFF it should .. Pick up cable

You will have to re-scan the TV (Menu setup channel scan is one sample path, there are other paths depending on TV)

First possible issue:.... Did a prior owner "re-task" the park cable for Sat-TV? If so you may have to restore the connection (Should be the center port on the back side of that switch)

Second: Cable issues (I now have that, am working on it but I almost never use park cable so.. Who cares)

Third: Cable system: Some cable providers have gone all encrypted digital. Your TV will NOT get a usable signal without a "Set Top Box" to translate and decode.. My feelings on this border on political so I won't go into them.. But this is a common.. I can not name the systems but the park office can tell you if THAT is the tribble.
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Mandalay_Parr
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My motorhome had a poor cable connector. After that was fixed I had good cable signals.
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RoyB
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Here is neat pictorial that may identify things...



If all fails then go get a 15-20 foot RG cable and hook that to your TV INPUT directly on the TV and run the cable out the door or window to the pedestal to CABLE TV jack...

This will bypass all of the wiring inside the trailer until you figure out what you need to to to get TV going.

When you hookup to the TV jack then you have to go to the TV menu and select CABLE and then run the TV scan. You have to do this at every camp ground you go to...

If you are hooked up to the OTA Antenna then you have to select ANTENNA from the TV menu...

This is what we all go through before we go camping in our RV's do all of this in the back yard haha...

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