Winegard FV-HDCO Digital Television Facts, Receiving HD, Before Assembling the Antenna Parts

Digital Television Facts

Your Winegard antenna is digital and HD ready. This means that the antenna receives all available digital and HD local programming in your area.*

Acommonly unknown but key feature with over-the-air (OTA) antennas is they deliver the highest quality digital and HD signals to your television—even better than satellite and cable! With the signal being received directly from the broadcast tower and transmitted to your television, it is in its uncompressed and purest form.

As more and more local networks are broadcasting their programs in HD, you can experience reception of your favorite shows in crisp, clear FREE HD! You also have the ability to receive programming that cable and satellite companies may not provide. It doesn’t get any better than that!

*Antenna reception may vary based on transmitting antenna tower height, lobe pattern of the transmitter, height of the receiving antenna, weather conditions and terrain on receiving path including trees, buildings, hills, mountains, etc.

Receiving HD

Your antenna is HD ready. However, in order to receive HD programming, you also need a quality coaxial cable and a digital TV with an ATSC HDTV tuner. If the TV was sold as an “HDTV” or “DTV”, the TV is supposed to have a built-in ATSC tuner. “HD ready” TVs do not have a digital tuner.

How do you know if your TV has a built-in tuner? Most televisions sold as an “HDTV” or “DTV” that were manufactured after 2007 will have a built-in tuner. You can also check the specs in the TV owner’s manual, or search online for the make and model of the TV to see if it has an ATSC tuner. If your TV menu has an option for scanning for digital channels, then it has an ATSC tuner.

If your television is not digital ready, you will need a digital tuner or set top box. This will ‘decode’ the signal for your television.

Before Assembling the Antenna

Check that you are within a 30 mile range of the stations that you want to receive. The FREEVISION antenna has an approximate range of 30 miles when installed outside. For a listing of likely channels available in your area, go online to www.antennaweb.org or www.tvfool.com.

	Parts
FREEVISION Antenna		UHF Element
	10-32 Hex
	Flange Nuts (3)
	1/4-20 Hex
	Flange Nuts (5)

Matching Transformer	Foot
	1-3/4” Screw

50’ RG-6

Coax Cable

HD Label 2-1/2” Screw

5/8” Bolts (2)

U-Bolt

Mounting Bracket

Pipe

Antenna Assembly

Start by placing the FREEVISION antenna on a flat surface so that the Winegard FREEVISION logo on the front of the unit is facing up (Figure 1).

Figure 1

Front Side

of Antenna Forward

Elements

Logo

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