Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ANT3037X RCA
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1 ENGLISH ANT3037X Outdoor Antenna Installation Manual Mast not included with antenna. P oint T oward Stations BEFORE Y OU ST ART!!! Please read the IMPOR T AN T SAFETY INFORMA TION sheet included in this pac kage. W ARNING Installation of this antenna near power lines is dangerous.
2 Front Assembly (UHF) Back Assembly (VHF) U-Bolt Large Screw (2) Mast Clamp Insert Large Flange Nut for U-Bolt (2) Small Flange Nut (6) Corner Refl ector (2) W asher (6) Matching T ransformer Parts .
3 ENGLISH Things to Consider Bef ore Installing the Antenna Location S election Digital broadcast signals travel via line of sight. That means the fewer objects between your antenna and the broadcast tower , the stronger your signal will be.
4 Assembling the Antenna Star t by unfolding the VHF elements on the bac k assembly until the elements are perpendicular to the boom (Figure 1). Y ou should hear the elements clic k into place.
5 ENGLISH Before Corner Reflector After Figure 6 T op View Phasing Lines Side View Reflector Brack et Phasing Lines Rivet Figure 5 Crimped End Screw Insertion Site Front Assembly Back Assembly Mast Clamp Figure 4 Unfold the elements on the two corner refl ectors as in Figure 6.
6 Reflector Brack ets Figure 7 Figure 8 Screws Figure 9 Inser t the open end of one corner refl ector in-between the top of the refl ector brac kets (Figure 7). (Elements should be on top.) Align the holes in the brac kets with the hole in the corner refl ector .
7 ENGLISH If you determined that you need the Low Band VHF Add-On Kit, proceed with the steps on the next page. If you determined that you do not need the Low Band VHF Add-On Kit (page 2), continue with attac hing the coax cable on page 9.
8 Shortest Element Extension Longest Element Extension Figure 12 Inser t the large screw through the hole in the bot tom of the boom (Figure 1 1). Place the element extension with crimped ends onto the screw. Then, install the clip onto the element extension with crimped ends so that the holes in both par ts align.
9 ENGLISH P osts Figure 1 4 Before Holes to Align Holes to Align After T op Bottom Figure 13 Slide the element sleeve over the element. Align the holes in the element sleeve and element. Then, slide the element extension into the element sleeve. Align the holes in the element sleeve and element extension.
10 R emove the rubber boot from the matc hing transformer . Slide the rubber boot o ver the coax cable and install the connector . If your coax cable has the connector already on it, you will need to cut an X in the boot hole so that the boot will slide over the connector .
11 ENGLISH P r o viding Lightning Pr otection f or the Antenna 1 . Mount lightning ar restor or 75 ohm grounding bloc k as close as possible to where lead-in enter s house. 2. Ground wires for both mast and lead-in should be copper or aluminum wire, number 8 or larger .
12 Amplifying the Signal The signal recei ved at the antenna is all the signal the system will ever have; amplifi ers can only prevent losing this signal as it runs to one or more televisions. Therefore, mounting location and direction are very important.
13 ENGLISH T r oubleshooting Issue P ossible Cause There is static or snow in the picture. Digital television is all or nothing; the picture is crystal clear , or there isn ’ t one. Static means there is interference between the digital tuner and the television screen.
14 1 2 Month Limited W arranty V O XX Accessories Corporation (the “Company”) w arrants to the original retail purc haser of this product that should this product or any par t thereof, under norma.
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