Re: Still no tv on bh 3585
Farmer 45
I can only guess how frustrated you feel. I hope I can be of some help in solving this problem, but I am afraid that you need to do it at your location, so YOU will have to be the warranty servicer.
First of all I am going to suggest you see how the signal is from start to the tv antenna connector. First step is to get to the rooftop with the antenna up aimed in the approxamate direction of the TV transmitter. Bring the TV, a live power cord, a female to female F connector adapter, a digital voltohmmeter, and a short length of RG-58 tv coaxial cable. The idea here is to disconnect the antenna signal cable at the antenna on the roof, take a resistance measurement between the center and outer cable connector going into the antenna. I BELIEVE (without knowing if there is an active amplifier IN the antenna) that you should be reading maximum, infinity, open circuit resistance. This is also true of any coax cable that is disconnected at both ends. Any other reading indicates a shorted circuit. Next, use the adapter and the short coax to connect your TV. How is the reception? If it is bad here, you need the antenna replaced. If the reception is good here proceed to the next paragraph.
Next you need to substitute a good, external piece of coax for that installed in the trailer from the antenna to the back side input of the TV wall connector plate/amplifier (where the red button is you must turn on to get an over the air TV signal). If you need to trace the installed cable you can leave the rooftop connection apart, and put an intentional short with a jumper wire across the end of the cable going to the amplifier wallplate. Then you can unscrew the cables from the wallplate one at a time until you locate the shorted cable to the antenna. Connect your external coax cable to where the trailer's cable to the antenna was connected. Hook up your TV to the cable wallplate as usual, turn on the amplifier, and see how your reception is now. If it is better, you have a trailer coax problem. If it is still bad, you most likely have an an antenna amplifier (on the wallplate) problem.
On the "Tools" Tab at the top of every forum page there is a link to "Heartland Owners Manuals". Here is a direct link:
http://manuals.heartlandowners.org/
If you click on "Electronics" the first listing in the submenu is "Antennas". There you will find manuals for the 2 brands of TV antennas Heartland has used.
I hope that this posting will help you solve your problem.