High Gain Compact Digital Professional Aerial

• Tiltingmastclampforeasyadjustment

• Easydipoleassembly

• Uniquecompactfoldingdesign

• 12dBgain

• Length:790mm

• Electronic75ΩbalunwithFtypeconnection

Installation Instructions

Congratulations on the purchase of your compact high gain digital aerial. The aerial is ideal for the reception of all available signals in medium and strong signal areas.

The aerial is of particularly robust construction to ensure a long operating life and features:

For optimum results install the aerial using double screened CAI approved digital coax cable (not supplied) and screened coax outlets (not supplied). You will need to fit the coax cable with an F type connector to connect to the aerial balun.

1.Preparingthecoaxcabledownlead:Firstslidethe rubberweatherbootprovidedovertheaerialendof thecable.Striptheendofthecableasshownin Fig.1.Onceyouhavestrippedthecable,foldthe braidbackovertheoutersheathmakingsurethatno braidistouchingthecoppercore,asthiswillcausea shortonthecableandyouwillnotgetanysignal. Alsocutortearawayanyfoilshielding.

2.Twistthe‘F’connectorsuppliedontotheprepared aerialendofthecableandtrimthecentralconductor seeFig.2.Onceyouhaveinstalledyouraerialand runandsecuredthecablepreparetheotherendfor connectiontoanoutletorcoaxplug(notsupplied).

Forbestresultstheaerialshouldbemountedonanoutdooraerialmastandpointedinthedirectionofthenearesttransmitter*makingsureitisinapositionwherethetransmittersignalwillnotbeobstructedbynearbytreesandbuildings.Ifyouareinanydoubtaboutthedirectioninwhichtheaerialshouldbepointingortheorientationoftheaerial(horizontalformaintransmitter,verticalforrelaytransmitter)checkyourneighbours’aerials.

1.Unfoldtheboomsasshownopposte.Tolockthe boomsinpositionturnbothofthetwoknobson eithersideoftheaerialinaclockwisedirection through180˚makingsurethatthearrowsline upwiththelockedsymbol-seeFig.4.

foldbraidbackoversheath

8mm

innerwire

cutortearawayfoil

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Lockingknob

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2. Nextfastenthebaluntotheundersideofthemain boomasshowninFig.5.Makesurethebalunisthe rightwayroundasshowninFig.4and8.

3. Fixthereflectorstothemainboomusingthebrackets andtheboltwithwingnutsuppliedasshownbelow inFig.6.

TroubleshootingNo picture:CheckallconnectionsfromaerialtoTV.Poor picture:CheckallconnectionsfromaerialtoTV.Checkaerialisproperlyalignedtothecorrecttransmitter.Iftheaerialhasbeenloftmountedtrymountingoutside.Makesurenewdigitalcoaxcablehasbeenusedthroughouttheinstallation.Checkthetransmittersignalisnotobstructedbynearbytreesorbuildings.Ifinaveryweaksignalareaorforlongcableruns,installingamastheadamplifierwillimprovethesignal.Ifinastrongsignalareathesignalstrengthmayneedtobereducedbyfittinganattenuator.

Caution Whenmountingtheassembledaerial,alwaysobservesafetyprecautionsandusethecorrectequipment.Unlessyouarecompetentintheuseofladdersandotheraccessequipment,donotworkoutdoorsatroofheight.Ifinanydoubt,refertoaqualifiedaerialinstaller.

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4. Connecttheaerialdownleadtothe‘F’socketonthe aerialbalun(becarefulnottoovertightenthe Fconnectorasthiswilldamagethebalun).Ensure thattheweatherbootiscorrectlysecuredover the‘F’connectorandsocket-seeFig.8. Makesurethatthecoaxcableisroutedas showninFig.8(throughthemiddleofthe lowerreflector).Useinsulatingtape,to securethethecoaxdownleadtothe reflectorandmast.

5. Usethetiltingmastclampsuppliedtofix theaerialsecurelytothemast.Toadjustthe tiltangleloosenthetwobolts,tiltto horizontalandthenre-tightennuts(seeFig.9).

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InsulatingTape

Fig. 8

FConnection

Reflector

WeatherBoot

Useful Websites for Digital Advice:*Toconfirmthatyourhomeisinacoveragearea,tofindoutwhichDTTchannelsshouldbeavailablelocallyandtofindoutwhereyournearesttransmitterisvisit:www.dtg.org.uk/industry/coverage.htmlandenterpostcode.Tofindoutyournearesttransmitter’sdistanceandcompassbearingselectTradeviewfromthetopbar.

Forfurtherinformation,pleasecontact:Customer careline: 08457 573479 (LocalRate-UKOnly)Technical Support: www.philex.com/support/

Fig. 9

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