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11-15-2017, 02:42 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Willis
Posts: 896
M.O.C. #20587
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Where's the Booster
Our 2 week old 3791RD antenna manual says to turn it on - cannot find switch. Keystone manual says turn on the booster - says it is near one of the tvs. Cannot find it anywhere. I'm having trouble finding a lot of the stuff. New to 5r camping. Did find the inverter - in ceiling of front pass through. with some other gadget downstream (maybe a transfer switch)??
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11-15-2017, 02:57 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hixson
Posts: 3,436
M.O.C. #11397
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We also got our 3791RD 2 weeks ago today. The booster is behind bedroom TV. Hope you like yours as much as we do!
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11-15-2017, 05:40 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: westminster md
Posts: 2,328
M.O.C. #17894
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On my 2011 3455sa, Its in the tall closet where the washer/dryer would go.
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11-15-2017, 07:21 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Colorado Rockies
Posts: 1,989
M.O.C. #19755
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BB_TX
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That's it. Push the black button and a green light will come on.
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Scott & Alta
2017 Montana 3160RL, Legacy, Onan 5.5Kw, Solar
2022 F-450 Lariat Ultimate
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11-15-2017, 07:53 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: ALAMEDA
Posts: 227
M.O.C. #20448
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ours is behind tv in bedroom
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2017 Ram 2500 Diesel, 4 wd crew cab, slr, pulrite super glide, short bed, 2 ea 100 Ah LiFePO4 12 volt Deep Cycle Battery
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11-15-2017, 10:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Bee Branch
Posts: 2,620
M.O.C. #20693
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You would think that if an antenna needed a booster they would just build it into the system and or tv to start with.......
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11-16-2017, 04:51 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mesa az
Posts: 3,038
M.O.C. #5651
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The booster interferes with cable - hence the on/off switch.
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2013 Mountaineer 362
2012 Silverado 2500
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11-16-2017, 10:05 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Bee Branch
Posts: 2,620
M.O.C. #20693
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hmmmmm......well ok then at least the switch should be in a sensible place? As in not hidden. Is this something that will be common to all Montana's?
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11-16-2017, 10:08 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Colorado Rockies
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M.O.C. #19755
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Common to all RV's!
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Scott & Alta
2017 Montana 3160RL, Legacy, Onan 5.5Kw, Solar
2022 F-450 Lariat Ultimate
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11-16-2017, 11:26 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hixson
Posts: 3,436
M.O.C. #11397
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottz
Common to all RV's!
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This is true!
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Full Timers 9/1/2010 through 1/16/2020.
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11-16-2017, 06:04 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
Posts: 7,361
M.O.C. #6433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mtlakejim
hmmmmm......well ok then at least the switch should be in a sensible place? As in not hidden. Is this something that will be common to all Montana's?
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Have never seen one in open view in any RV.
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11-16-2017, 06:39 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: westminster md
Posts: 2,328
M.O.C. #17894
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There should be a 12 volt cigarette lighter type plug in next to the tiny black push button.
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11-17-2017, 04:32 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hixson
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M.O.C. #11397
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twindman
The booster interferes with cable - hence the on/off switch.
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I've heard this for years and have never had one interfere with anything on the 3 fivers we have had. I never turn ours off.
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11-17-2017, 05:36 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: owen sound
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M.O.C. #17566
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We've had in the neighborhood of 15 Rv's over 35yrs or so and everyone of them had a booster and everyone of them needed the booster to get decent reception. As someone mentioned the booster interferes with other signals and needs to be shut off on some but not all RV's. It depends on how they ran the cables, how they split the cables etc...
In our 3790RD I added more Cat 6 cables as we have HD receivers that require two coax cables (one from each LNB on the dish) in order to get all the stations and to record. The satellite hook ups on the RV feed one hook up to living room tv, one to the bedrooin tv and one to the outside storage tv. I routed additional cables to the bedroom & to the outside tv and keep the two receivers with recording functions in those areas. I wish the industry would keep up with technology and run two feeds to each area but they don't. Many of today's satellite receivers require dual feed in order to get full capabilities from them. You can set them for one feed but you loose channels and you can't record. On the 3790RD there is a jumper you have to move in order to get the satellite feed to work on the original installation. I've hooked up a coax direct to that tv from the antenna an leave it hooked up to the TV all the time, I then just move the jumper around for air wave or for satellite..... a couple extra high end splitters behind the wall would have avoided all this but alas that costs extra don't it...
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11-17-2017, 02:57 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: gresham
Posts: 489
M.O.C. #11202
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WeBeFulltime
I've heard this for years and have never had one interfere with anything on the 3 fivers we have had. I never turn ours off.
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It will add to drawing the battery bank down (along with the CO and propane monitors) if left on during long term, un-powered storage.
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11-17-2017, 04:15 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hixson
Posts: 3,436
M.O.C. #11397
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Overlord
It will add to drawing the battery bank down (along with the CO and propane monitors) if left on during long term, un-powered storage.
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Being full timers we don't give that a thought.
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11-22-2017, 08:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Willis
Posts: 896
M.O.C. #20587
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Thanks WeBeFulltimers. Found it. I kept looking for a small black box sitting under a tv somewhere. It was in the wall behind the bedroom tv.
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