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05-26-2006, 12:18 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Television interference
I think I remember a thread on this some time ago but I did a search and nothing comes up.I have TVI (television interference) on both of the sets in the camper.It is only on the low channels, 3 in my case..5 is fine.It is wavy lines in the picture. We do not have them on any of the sets in the house when on the roof antenna. Can't make them go away no matter what I do...before I start tearing the camper apart does any one have any ideas??? or a solution???
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05-26-2006, 01:45 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cooper
Posts: 1,230
M.O.C. #3029
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Rich-
Is it possible that your stick house antenna is stronger than the bat wing on the Montana. The wavy lines that you are describing sounds like the problem that occurs every summer with sun spots causing "skip" i.e. picking up multiple stations on the same channel. Last weekend I was parked about 50 miles north of Houston and on Friday night could pickup the Houston stations on the bat wing very clearly. By the next morning interference was so bad that the channels were very distorted. BTW, I was only going to be gone two days, not spending much time at the trailer did not warrant setting up the dish.
It's possible that you might be have a coax connection that is grounding itself out, that would be the other suggestion that I can add.
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05-26-2006, 02:03 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Wetumpka
Posts: 4,936
M.O.C. #1105
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Rich, have you checked to see if your booster switch is in the correct position? Ours is inside a bedroom cabinet and has a red or green light on it. It has to be one way for the antenna, another way for the cable. Changing it may clear up your picture.
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05-26-2006, 03:30 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Yea it looks like a weak signal and channel 3 is the furtherest one out from us and oh yes our roof antenna is a bit stronger that the bat wing it is a 18 element 50" boom with rotor that I use to pick up the browns games from Toledo when they are blacked out around here. Now that I think about it I do not remember that channel being bad when n we looked at it on the PDI..Have got to figure out the satellite connections next.The bedroom tv looks easy except where to bring in the RG-6..I do have one of those flat through the window RG-6 cable.Looking for a good place to drill through the side of the camper. I note that mess in the entertainment center..It says remove the jumper but can't find anything that says what to do next...trial and error I guess??? This is all fun you know!!!!
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05-26-2006, 04:28 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Spring Hill
Posts: 2,725
M.O.C. #59
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Rich,
Do you have both TV's on?
For a weak signal like you have try it with just 1 set. Sometimes the LO of one set will interfere with the other.
If 5 is coming in strong then the amp and antenna are probably ok.
Oh make sure the TV is setup for air channels on your menu selection.
Can't think of anything else.
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05-26-2006, 05:20 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Ha Ha..set up for air channels..never checked that or thought of that.I will bet that is it..will check in the AM...3000 heads are much better than one...
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05-27-2006, 05:47 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Arnold
Posts: 1,200
M.O.C. #2586
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Rich,
I'm w/lightningjack...often forget to make sure antenna boost button and TV menu re. source are in synch (cable vs. antenna). Also, assume you're turned the batwing for max signal?!! Enjoy!
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05-27-2006, 03:26 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Drexel Hill
Posts: 897
M.O.C. #627
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I know before I changed out the fan in the bath room that would cause interference on my TV`s.
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