Gd Day all. I hope someone can supply an answer to my question. After setting up a new 24 Furrion tv, turned on 240 power, I ended up with no anolog channels and 13 HD channels. These were all too pixelated to watch even after raising and rotate aerial. ..I gave up, pulled out the 240 power lowered aerial. At this point I attached the 12v lead to the tv the other end to cigarette wall inlet and the tv then worked beautifully with no pixe jittears.....even with the aerail wound fully down.!
Why is this so? Any answers most welcome.
dieseltojo said
04:13 PM Oct 25, 2018
Analog was dismembered and chucked into the bin years ago. No Analogue no more for any one.
Funny things antennas, I mean if your signal is very strong you can get a picture on a set of rabbit ears. But I can't help as I am no expert.
Jacksa said
05:31 PM Oct 25, 2018
This may sound silly, but did you tune in the channels as if you were in a different city / state?
Aus-Kiwi said
05:48 PM Oct 25, 2018
Check area ? Some signal is horizontal or vertical. Its digital now . May need a booster . Or booster turned on .. There are areas even in cities that have low signal . Outside our house is one of them .we had similar prob . We found plastic covering over outer cable . Once removed .. The reception improved big time !
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Thursday 25th of October 2018 05:52:15 PM
Sparkster said
08:27 PM Oct 25, 2018
I suggest that when you plugged the cigarette lighter plug in you have pushed the little button on the same plate that turns the Signal Amplifier on.
Probably thinking that it turns the cigarette lighter outlet on.
Result-beaut picture every time.
Keith.
skins said
12:35 AM Oct 27, 2018
Ah, those were the days. I recall back in the day over 50 years ago my old man bought our first TV. Didn't know it had to be connected to an antenna, he got a mate come over looked at the problem and stuck two large screwdrivers into a loaf of stale bread & connected the antenna wires to the two screwdrivers. That worked until the bread went mouldy so my old man kept on using stale bread for 6 months until he could afford to get a big antenna on the roof of the house. It was either that or I had to stand in the corner of the room holding the wires up in the air at different angles depending on the channel.
-- Edited by skins on Saturday 27th of October 2018 12:37:35 AM
miclo said
01:44 PM Oct 27, 2018
Thanks for your replys people. I must have had too much info overload when I collected my 2006 sterling Jayco recently. I hadnt even noticed the little booster button or the fact that a booster was installed. I read on the internet that the Furrion 24 will use up 40w, per hour I would guess. Would that figure be doubled by using the booster ?
Regards:
Mick
Nurzo said
01:52 PM Oct 27, 2018
Yes those were the day.
Back when I was 14 and my younger brother was 12 our parents went on a holiday to WA, not enough room in the car 1968, left the two of use at home for 2 weeks with a pantry full of food. This was OK with us because the old man was a bit of a tyrant.
Lo and behold the TV was working fine the day before they left and then stopped working.
After 2 weeks they arrive back and suddenly the TV is working again.
That mongrel dad of ours disconnected the wires in the plug just so we wouldn't be watching TV all the time using his power, what a mongrel.
Leaving us kids to fend for ourselves for 2 weeks was criminal, we didn't know that and life goes on.
We thought we were well of living in a god fearing church going household that lived by the rule spare the rod spoil the child. I left home at 15.
Steve
Sparkster said
08:08 PM Oct 27, 2018
Mick, off hand I couldn't say what the amplifier draws, suffice to say it certainly would not be anything like the 40 watts the TV load is.
If you want to watch TV the signal amplifier is not a problem.
Keith.
miclo said
03:31 PM Oct 28, 2018
Thanks Keith, yes its early days in the caravanning world for me. Lots to learn by experience. The mags are good but thats not getting out there.
Mick
Pariss said
08:31 AM Oct 29, 2018
You should be tuning into DTV (Digital TV) on the 'Find Channels' menu. Make sure you antenna coax cable screw on connections are tight too.
Gd Day all. I hope someone can supply an answer to my question. After setting up a new 24 Furrion tv, turned on 240 power, I ended up with no anolog channels and 13 HD channels. These were all too pixelated to watch even after raising and rotate aerial. ..I gave up, pulled out the 240 power lowered aerial. At this point I attached the 12v lead to the tv the other end to cigarette wall inlet and the tv then worked beautifully with no pixe jittears.....even with the aerail wound fully down.!
Why is this so? Any answers most welcome.
Funny things antennas, I mean if your signal is very strong you can get a picture on a set of rabbit ears. But I can't help as I am no expert.
This may sound silly, but did you tune in the channels as if you were in a different city / state?
Check area ? Some signal is horizontal or vertical. Its digital now . May need a booster . Or booster turned on .. There are areas even in cities that have low signal . Outside our house is one of them .we had similar prob . We found plastic covering over outer cable . Once removed .. The reception improved big time !
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Thursday 25th of October 2018 05:52:15 PM
I suggest that when you plugged the cigarette lighter plug in you have pushed the little button on the same plate that turns the Signal Amplifier on.
Probably thinking that it turns the cigarette lighter outlet on.
Result-beaut picture every time.
Keith.
Ah, those were the days. I recall back in the day over 50 years ago my old man bought our first TV. Didn't know it had to be connected to an antenna, he got a mate come over looked at the problem and stuck two large screwdrivers into a loaf of stale bread & connected the antenna wires to the two screwdrivers. That worked until the bread went mouldy so my old man kept on using stale bread for 6 months until he could afford to get a big antenna on the roof of the house. It was either that or I had to stand in the corner of the room holding the wires up in the air at different angles depending on the channel.
-- Edited by skins on Saturday 27th of October 2018 12:37:35 AM
Regards:
Mick
Back when I was 14 and my younger brother was 12 our parents went on a holiday to WA, not enough room in the car 1968, left the two of use at home for 2 weeks with a pantry full of food. This was OK with us because the old man was a bit of a tyrant.
Lo and behold the TV was working fine the day before they left and then stopped working.
After 2 weeks they arrive back and suddenly the TV is working again.
That mongrel dad of ours disconnected the wires in the plug just so we wouldn't be watching TV all the time using his power, what a mongrel.
Leaving us kids to fend for ourselves for 2 weeks was criminal, we didn't know that and life goes on.
We thought we were well of living in a god fearing church going household that lived by the rule spare the rod spoil the child. I left home at 15.
Steve
Mick, off hand I couldn't say what the amplifier draws, suffice to say it certainly would not be anything like the 40 watts the TV load is.
If you want to watch TV the signal amplifier is not a problem.
Keith.
Mick