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mikeshelor

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im putting a new lcd tv in my tt 2005 model will the roof mount anteana from factory work

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It should, assuming you are in range of a TV tower. Cable routing should come from roof antenna thru booster (also has 12V DC outlet) to your set. Assure booster is turned on (normally a little light bulb).


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It will work like a champ. I recently visited one of my favorite campgrounds that, if you didn't have satellite TV, you didn't have TV. Guess what, the good old bat wing pulled in those digital channels with ease. The analog channels were still fuzzy, but I was completely surprised by the digital reception.


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mikeshelor wrote:

im putting a new lcd tv in my tt 2005 model will the roof mount anteana from factory work


remember digital is for the most part a UHF transmission and UHF antennas are very directional (the bat wing is a Combo Vhf /Uhf antenna) so if not pointed at the station tower, the signal may not be received well. Find out where most towers near you are and point before you run the auto tune function avail on most Tvs' antennaweb.org is a good site to use.


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YES.

The rule is this.. Digital TV is the same, to the antenna as UHF in some markets

IN a few markets it will be UHF with VHF-High band

So if the antenna works now for channels 7 through 69, It will continue to work on the REDUCED band that digital uses

By the way.. I've seen folks post links to charts and such claiming that these charts show the channel assignments for digital come next year

They show the CURRENT analog assignments, not the forthcoming digital ones

I've also seen the sale notice on channels 60-69 and 2-6

Digital uses 7-59 and in most markets just 14-59 or less

So any antenna that works now, will work next year


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