Wineguard enclosed antenna

[skysoldier]

Just purchased a brand new 2025 Thor Chateau. Can a member here please tell how to turn on the Weinguard enclosed antenna?
Thank you
James

 

[Neal]

Is this an over the air (OTA) antenna? Do you know the controller for it? Maybe attach a picture and people can better help you.

 

[Old one]

Retired TV antenna engineer here. The antennas are amplified and the amp is in the antenna housing. The need 12V sent to teh antenna, and TV signals back. The box, called the power injector couples to teh TV and it takes in12 V to the antenna. MOT have a second input for "park cable". There is usually an antenna/cable switch and the box has a pilot light usually LED to indicate power. locate the box, and check for the light. On one RV I found teh box way under the galley sink, and (obviously) not labelled.
Call the RV manufacturer and the customer service may point out where its hidden.
The RV I mentioned, mad a very useless manual.
Some injector boxes are panel pmounted with a connector facing you, and a 12 socket just under it, and a switch saying (antenna, and cable) on it. Mine is brown color.
The antennas are made by Weingard, and they would be help full, however, they are not there while it is being installed.
Google: Winegard, select the model of antenna, and it will show a picture f the associated wall plate.
Happy crawling around the cabinets.

 

[Old one]

Addenda. I went to Thor's website and it showed the TV in a 2025 thor chateau 28'. My best guess is the power injector would be most likely in the cabinet either below, in back of or overhead of the TV itself. Tere is a box somewhere that allows DVDs, etc that controls the TV and near that would be keeping with proper electronic layout.
I found this on Winegard website, and am making an educated guess it's your model because its the lowest price one. There are two cables coming out of the "power injector. It would appear the antenna gets its power from TV connector and the smaller one [should be] connected to the TVs "F" "antenna in" connector. Betcha one of them is nit connected [properly].
At least it gives you a photo of what to look for.

 

[fishslayer]

My Thor Chateau is 2017 but everything TV /Stereo related is in cabinet above entry door

 

[Holdmybeer]

Retired TV antenna engineer here. The antennas are amplified and the amp is in the antenna housing. The need 12V sent to teh antenna, and TV signals back. The box, called the power injector couples to teh TV and it takes in12 V to the antenna. MOT have a second input for "park cable". There is usually an antenna/cable switch and the box has a pilot light usually LED to indicate power. locate the box, and check for the light. On one RV I found teh box way under the galley sink, and (obviously) not labelled.
Call the RV manufacturer and the customer service may point out where its hidden.
The RV I mentioned, mad a very useless manual.
Some injector boxes are panel pmounted with a connector facing you, and a 12 socket just under it, and a switch saying (antenna, and cable) on it. Mine is brown color.
The antennas are made by Weingard, and they would be help full, however, they are not there while it is being installed.
Google: Winegard, select the model of antenna, and it will show a picture f the associated wall plate.
Happy crawling around the cabinets.

I'm also a retired TV antenna engineer. In the 60's my dad would send me out the bedroom window and onto the roof of our 2 story house where my job was to turn the antenna as he shouted instructions up from the bottom floor LR window......" Stop, stop, $%#@%$#&! stop, now go back"..We only got the one channel ( NBC) in our town, but on some days and if atmospheric conditions were favorable we could pick up a CBS signal from the big city ( Dothan) just 70 miles to the North and listen to Walter Cronkite.