kayakbob Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 My toyhauler has a little antenna on the roof that looks like a pancake . Can not figger it out ! We plug it in to TV and turn the green lite on the antenna amplifier box to on , nuttin happens , lite on, lite off makes no diff. What am I doing wrong , directions say plug it into TV , turn green amplifier lite on ,Nothing happens ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblr Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 you might have to scan your tv to over the air signal in the settings section 2017 River Stone Legacy 38MB 2001 T2000 Kenworth 2009 Smart Passion ET Junior hitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat & Pete Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 A recent thread : http://www.rvnetwork.com/index.php?showtopic=125230&hl=antenna Might help ... Goes around , comes around . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_12078 Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 That "pancake" is an omni-directional TV antenna. Knowledgeable antenna folks often describe omni's as "equally bad in all directions", so you may not be close enough to any TV towers to get a usable signal. Dutch 2001 GBM Landau 34' Class A F-53 Chassis, Triton V10, TST TPMS 2011 Toyota RAV4 4WD/Remco pump ReadyBrute Elite tow bar/brake system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docj Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 you might have to scan your tv to over the air signal in the settings section It's not a question of MIGHT having to let your TV scan for signals. All digital TVs have to go through a signal scan in order for them to find available channels anytime they are first turned on in a new location. If you're not doing this then you will always have a blank screen. Depending on your TV brand and model, go to Settings/Antenna/Scan for channels or something like that. Sandie & Joel 2000 40' Beaver Patriot Thunder Princeton--425 HP/1550 ft-lbs CAT C-12 2014 Honda CR-V AWD EX-L with ReadyBrute tow bar/brake systemWiFiRanger Ambassador Follow our adventures on Facebook at Weiss Travels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirakawa Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 If you're not doing this then you will always have a blank screen. Not necessarily. On my TV, if I had a channel 6 at the last location and there is a channel 6 at the new location I will get the new one without scanning. Everybody wanna hear the truth, but everybody tell a lie. Everybody wanna go to Heaven, but nobody want to die. Albert King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay L Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 If your TV is an older one it may require a converter box to convert today's digital format to something the TV can handle. Clay(WA5NMR), Lee(Wife), Katie & Kelli (cats)Full timed for eleven years in our 2004 Winnebago Sightseer 35N Workhorse chassis. Snowbirds for 1 year. Now settled down in western CO.Honda Accord toad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Schneider Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Not necessarily. On my TV, if I had a channel 6 at the last location and there is a channel 6 at the new location I will get the new one without scanning. Only if both TV stations are physically transmitting on RF Channel 6. In the analog age, the RF channel was the same as the station's advertised channel. Channel 2 transmitted on the physical RF Channel 2 and you selected it by tuning the TV set to Channel 2. This went away with the switch to digital TV. The vast majority of the new digital signals wound up on UHF channels, sometimes changing channel locations 2 or even 3 times as the band consolidated. To avoid consumer confusion and placate the furious VHF stations that were aghast at losing the coveted low channel numbers that they prominently featured in their advertising for many years the FCC came up with a scheme called "Virtual Channels" TV stations would continue to advertise as being on their original channel (i.e. Channel 2), even though their digital transmission is actually on another channel (i.e. UHF Channel 36). In order for the TV to know to look on UHF Channel 36 when you tune it to Channel 2, the TV has to do a Channel Scan when it's first powered up or moved into a new area. It scans the entire TV band, memorizing the RF and Virtual channel numbers for every station it finds. Then it can tune to the actual RF channel (36) when you select the Virtual Channel (2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenp Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Also make sure your TV settings for "signal source" is set to "over the air" and not cable or HDMI or something else Lenp USN Retired 2002 Winnebago Ultimate Freedom 2012 F150 4x4 2018 Lincoln MKX 2019 HD Ultra Limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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