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Old 09-18-2012, 04:50 AM   #1
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Hi,

I am thinking of replacing the Jensen Omni-directional TV antenna with a Winegard. My question is how will this affect the FM radio reception? The Jensen has an FM trap, but the Winegard does not. Has anyone done this, and if so, can you tell me if you still receive acceptable FM radio signal? I am not worried about AM, because I don't get any with the Jensen. I also have the Jensen stereo/dvd system in the fifth wheel.

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I do now have the wineguard to replace the worthless Jensen,but being honest I have not tried the radio since. I have done two different Things over the years.On our old Paradise Point I bought a auto antenna and stood it up behind the tv set and fastened with wire ties to wall.worked good. I also just installed an side mount outdoor antenna on the side and ran the lead into the unit.Both ideas worked well. JMHO jb
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Old 09-19-2012, 01:53 AM   #3
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Thanks John. I had thought the same thing. I will try the antenna first and see what type of radio reception I get, and then will look at the auto antenna. I wonder if the Jensen is really that bad, or if it might not be an issue where it is mounted. It is behind the air conditioner at the back of the trailer. It sits behind the high point of the middle of the trailer, and probably can't get much of a signal. Either way, I am going to replace it.
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Old 09-19-2012, 03:24 AM   #4
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When I replaced mine the radio worked fine, only tried FM.
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Thanks for the info Mac-2.
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DbKarbo: I recognize your frustration with the TV reception - But I would recommend that you check your connections BEFORE your replace the Antenna.
My experience has been as follows:
a) Previous KZ trailer: Cable connection from Winegard was broken at one of the connectors - only barley received one channel at home where I can receive 8 + channels easily.

b) New 2012 335SS last Fall: Again only receiving one fuzzy Channel at home - removed Cable TV / Antenna / Satellite selector switch / wall plate ( usually found behind TV) from wall and found cables from many sources, including the antenna, were connected to the wall switch plate with metal connectors inside wall space. Metal connectors were either a) not connected tightly together, and / or b) the rubber sleeve insulators were not fully covering the metal connectors - resulting in short circuits between the various feed cables.

I fixed all the issues above with the following results for the Cruiser:

1) On antenna I now receive 11 channels ( better than inside the house 50 feet away - with an RCA desktop Digital / analogue antenna).
2) On cable many of my previous " fuzzy" channels ( this is at a cable equipped campground) are now clear - and I receive a couple of more channels than I received before. This finding is based on before and after visits to the same campground at the same site both before and after the fix.
3) Satellite signal: I can easily tune ( point) the satellite signal to be be in the high 90% strength range as measured by my Satellite tuner inside the RV - previously I was only in the 70% range after a lot of fine tuning / pointing.
4) The radio receives many more channels ( the FM band is packed) than previously.

In Summary: I find the Jensen antenna works great - the problem for me was the quality of the installation - all the source cable touching together behind the selector switch in the tight wall space resulted in either bad or no reception depending on the source that you were talking about.

By the way: This took me approximately 1/2 hour to fix and test ( and $0.00).

Recommendation: Check your connections before installing a new antenna.








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I agree with thhe location where it is installed is bad and it only stands up like 12 inches. But as we traveled it was all over the map on reception performance. Finally My dW said to me as we prepared to go south that I had better have an operating TV antenna for the trip. We did nothing more than install the wineguard on the roof and we get about anything out there per location. No more worry about Momma being unhappy.I talked to someone in the know down in trailer making country and they said there had been a bunch of unhappy customers that ended up with the Jensens on their rigs.For whatever reasons! JMHO jb
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John B: As you said " I agree with thhe location where it is installed is bad and it only

stands up like 12 inches. But as we traveled it was all over the map on

reception performance." I had the same performance issues before I checked and repaired the cable connections - after I fixed everything works great and I have a happy wife ( and life!).



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Boomer---my Jensen is giving me all kinds of trouble. How did you tighten up the connections? Are they crimp, or screw? Now that you said about the cable channels being fuzzy, I remember the only park we have been in that had cable all of the channels were fuzzy and I couldn't figure out why. Maybe that explanes it. My brother has the same antenna can be in a site right next to me and get 7 channels--I on the other hand get zero channels. I'll check all of the connections before my next trip.

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To tighten up the connections:

1) unscrew the selector switch and plate ( all one unit) from the wall from behind the TV.
2) carefully pull out the cords attched to the back of the switch plate - they are really crammed tight in the wall space.
3) pull back the rubber sleeves around the connectors and screw the metal connectors together,
4) replace the rubber sleeves so that ALL metal on the plugs are covered - I used some electrical tape to make sure the sleeves stayed in place for the next step - really important that all metal is covered and isolated,
5)CAREFULLY put connectors and cables back inside wall ( take your time this is the important step) and screw the plate back on the wall,
6) test all connections - to satellite, cable and antenna and radio by switching switch appropriately and trying multiple channels.

Note - I had to do step 5 above twice to get it right - the wall space is very tight, just to confirm that this is the problem I tested before I put things back in the wall to make sure the equipment was working correctly.






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Great thank-you, I'll do it this weekend---hopefully that will take care of my "no reception" problem.

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This might not help, it didn't on mime. If the antenna is on the lower part of the roof or behind the A/C unit reception will be zilch. Thats why I switched to the Weingard antenna.
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