R-pod Owners Forum : Sort-of Antenna Review https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Reviews and General Information : Sort-of Antenna Review Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:47:12 +0000 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:09:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3112 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ Sort-of Antenna Review : Another note on it using 12 volts,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29702#29702 Author: techntrek
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Posted: 30 Nov 2012 at 11:09pm

Another note on it using 12 volts, if you are bookdocking make sure you turn it off when not in use.]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:09:08 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29702#29702 Sort-of Antenna Review : Yeah, it's the same in the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29694#29694 Author: bhamster
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Posted: 30 Nov 2012 at 1:03pm

Yeah, it's the same in the 171. It's also worth mentioning that the amplifier has 12V power, which makes it super-easy to put in one of these instead http://www.amazon.com/Winegard-RV-7042-White-Plate-Supply/dp/B000GGL4CG and get an extra 12v outlet.]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:03:23 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29694#29694 Sort-of Antenna Review : The amp switch is in the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29688#29688 Author: marwayne
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Posted: 29 Nov 2012 at 4:18pm

The amp switch is in the cabinet above the cooktop in the 172, I tkink it is the same in the 171.
 
]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:18:34 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29688#29688 Sort-of Antenna Review : A pre-amp button?And it isn't... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29687#29687 Author: P&M
Subject: 3112
Posted: 29 Nov 2012 at 3:14pm

A pre-amp button?  And it isn't on the unit itself, but somewhere near the plug?  Don't recall seeing one but will write this down in my log book so that I can look for it the next time I swing by the storage lot.  That would definitely explain why I wasn't getting any channels ... thanks!]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:14:53 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29687#29687 Sort-of Antenna Review : Also check to be sure that the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29661#29661 Author: Keith-N-Dar
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Posted: 28 Nov 2012 at 6:37pm

Also check to be sure that the coax cable connectors are tight.  On mine one was so loose that it fell off when I touched it.  Not good for reception.

It still is what it is.  We didn't get ours for TV watching.
]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:37:18 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29661#29661 Sort-of Antenna Review : Found it! Could explain why the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29659#29659 Author: Paige
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Posted: 28 Nov 2012 at 4:31pm

Found it! Could explain why the tv didn't pull in any channels,,,not that we really cared to watch. Thank you!]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:31:53 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29659#29659 Sort-of Antenna Review : It is in the box that the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29652#29652 Author: Keith-N-Dar
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Posted: 28 Nov 2012 at 9:11am

It is in the box that the TV is mounted to.  Open the door and you will see it with the antenna cables coming to and from it.  It has an led that is also a push on/push off switch.]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:11:19 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29652#29652 Sort-of Antenna Review : There is a preamp? Where is it... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29651#29651 Author: Paige
Subject: 3112
Posted: 28 Nov 2012 at 7:46am

There is a preamp? Where is it in the 177?]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:46:03 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29651#29651 Sort-of Antenna Review : The skin on the roof is fiberglass... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29637#29637 Author: Keith-N-Dar
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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 7:32pm

The skin on the roof is fiberglass and shouldn't cut down the signal much.  I think the frame is aluminum and that could.

I am not into the TV much, but when I have had the amp on (and most of our first year I didn't know it was turned off) I got fairly good reception.  If I had the choice I would have opted out of the TV/Antenna and saved the money.

We looked at three 177s when we got ours (at two dealers).  Two were alike with all the options.  One was stripped completely (no TV, no microwave/convection oven, no air conditioning).  WE may have taken the stripped on if it had air, but we sweated out to many nights on the plains in the summer to do that. 

To each their own I guess.
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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 7:30pm

P&M, make sure the preamp is turned on, there is a small green led light that shows its on, if not you will get poor to no reception. On our 172 its in the cabinet above the stove. ]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:30:27 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29636#29636 Sort-of Antenna Review : I have a 'portable'... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29635#29635 Author: TIDALWAVE
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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 7:18pm

I have a 'portable' digital TV with its own rod antenna and power supply.
I brought it with on my last trip with my Pod. The Pod's 'amplified' antenna/TV could only receive one channel. My portable set sitting out on a picnic table picked up five stations. However, when I brought the portable into the Pod...the aluminum roof killed all of the reception.
I have decided that if I ever accidentally knock off my Pod roof antenna..a metal coat hanger will probable be as good an antenna.]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:18:42 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29635#29635 Sort-of Antenna Review : I don't know if I think... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29623#29623 Author: P&M
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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 at 10:09am

I don't know if I think the antenna sucks, or if it is the overall dearth of over-the-air channels that are available anymore around here.  1 campground 5 miles away from Charlotte and I could only get 2 stations with 1 of them being fuzzy, and then this past weekend we were 20 miles away and I couldn't get anything.  I could pick up radio stations just fine but no TV signals.  Then again I'm not out camping just to sit around and watch tv, but I would like to check on the news in the morning since I am missing the paper.]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:09:19 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29623#29623 Sort-of Antenna Review : Originally posted by techntrekSounds... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29595#29595 Author: TerryM
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Posted: 26 Nov 2012 at 12:20pm

Originally posted by techntrek

Sounds like a good excuse for a camping trip.


Got that right!

Terry
]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:20:30 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29595#29595 Sort-of Antenna Review : Sounds like a good excuse for... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29588#29588 Author: techntrek
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Posted: 26 Nov 2012 at 11:19am

Sounds like a good excuse for a camping trip.]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:19:19 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29588#29588 Sort-of Antenna Review : I have the amplifier. Where I... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29577#29577 Author: TerryM
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Posted: 26 Nov 2012 at 7:01am

I have the amplifier.  Where I store the Pod there is no electric so I can't check out the replacement TV.  But I am thinking of going camping this coming weekend so I can try it then.

Terry
]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:01:21 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29577#29577 Sort-of Antenna Review : Terry happy to know you have had... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29576#29576 Author: David and Danette
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Posted: 25 Nov 2012 at 10:57pm

  Terry happy to know you have had a use for the back up TV. What we did for antenna back up was install a exterior cable connector and connect a rabbit ear antenna and place it on the roof. It helps but if you are far from a TV station there is not much you can do. I do not watch much TV but my wife does, I could live without it. The weather on TV is nice to watch but a weather radio would be enough for me.]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:57:56 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29576#29576 Sort-of Antenna Review : Yeah...my reception sucks too.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29570#29570 Author: Racer|X|
Subject: 3112
Posted: 25 Nov 2012 at 7:11pm

Yeah...my reception sucks too.]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:11:00 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29570#29570 Sort-of Antenna Review : We get strong signals close in... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29569#29569 Author: coopercdrkey
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Posted: 25 Nov 2012 at 5:02pm

We get strong signals close in to a metro area, not much in the boonies.

I give FR credit for their effort to elevate the R-Pod above the run of the mill.  And I realize that they can't
slam a whole bunch of bucks into a "high-end entry-level" travel trailer.  (Is that an oxymoron?)

Still, Audiovox is not held in much regard, and the Winegard antenna is pretty low end.  Thanks, though,
for a point-of-departure system that we can enjoy for a while!


]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:02:43 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29569#29569 Sort-of Antenna Review : TerryM, I am not super impressed... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29566#29566 Author: dsmiths
Subject: 3112
Posted: 25 Nov 2012 at 4:05pm

TerryM, I am not super impressed with the Pods T.V. performance, but I kind of did a comparison. I have a metal building that is 24X30, I have an external T.V. antenna on the north corner that faces toward local antenna's in the Louisville Ky metor area, I am in Lanesville Ind right across the river from Louisville. I Park and winter the pod on the south side of the building which should attenuate the signal slightly, I am guessing 6 ot 9 db, but the pod gets 20 plus channels and the T.V. in the building gets about 9, so I am guessing the amplifier is doing a fair job. does yours have the pre amp before the T.V. ?]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:05:28 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29566#29566 Sort-of Antenna Review : My TV doesn't work anymore... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3112&PID=29564#29564 Author: TerryM
Subject: 3112
Posted: 25 Nov 2012 at 2:58pm

My TV doesn't work anymore but when it did I had a problem.  I could never get more than 1 channel at the most.  Usually none.  One day I got up on the roof to do some cleaning and I bumped the antenna.  It turned!  I checked it out and the dish would spin around.  I got some tools and the 2 bolts that clamp the antenna onto a pipe were loose.  I grabbed the dish and pulled up and it came right off.  The cable coming up through the pipe to the antenna was all twisted.  It twisted so much it was disconnected from the antenna!

I had to redo the connector at the end of the cable.  But the TV didn't work so I don't know if there was anymore damage to the cable or not.  The problem was that the pipe wasn't big enough for the antenna to clamp good and tight to it.  I solved that by using a Dremmel (sp?) to cut half of the clamping part of the antenna off.  Then I shaved part of it so it would tighten down on the pipe.  That part did work.

I have a TV unit that is brand new and is exactly the same as the one in the Pod.  We got it to keep in reserve as a backup.  Good thing we did that too!

Terry
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