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by Sharon
(Richmond, Va.)
How to improve the HDTV Reception in a Conversion Van
Oh my, I have wasted about $680 with a new digital TV for my 2003 Ford Econoline van. I wanted to have it for a trip to Cape Cod and did not do my usual diligent research.
Nothing comes in at all while driving so the passenger can watch a show like my old analog TV. It just says "no signal". I probably can't get my money back. Are there any antenna upgrades I could use to make this work? Is a TV to listen to the news or shows while driving an RV a dinosaur?
HELP!
ANSWER: Hi Sharon, let's see what I can do to help you get a signal. You do not say if the TV you have is a 12 Volt Digital TV or a 120 Volt Digital TV that you have hooked up to a 12 Volt To 120 Volt Inverter power inverter in your van. You also do not tell me if you are trying to use the antenna that came with the TV or if you are using an external antenna on your van.
The first thing you need to know is that receiving Digital TV Signals going down the road is not as easy as receiving the old Analog TV Signals going down the road. With analog signals you could bring in weak signals, sure the picture might be snowy and the sound distorted, but you still got a picture. With Digital TV Signals you either get the full strong signal or no signal at all, there is no in-between. When you are not getting a strong signal on digital TV the picture either freezes or pixelyzes and disappears altogether.
The best way to even have a chance to receive a Digital TV Signal in a moving vehicle is to have an external Amplified Omni-Directional TV antenna on top of the van.
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