Where do most of you install it? On the window? Wall facing the outdoors? How about keeping it behind the TV to hide it? Does it work then...Thanks!
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I put mine behind the TV. I live in a valley. We only get 3 channels. We live in Tulsa. Hope this helps.
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Mostly in the window. It works better if the pre-amplifier is away from any interference i.e. away from TV and other electronics. I recommend to use a 6 to 8 feet coax cable between the pre-amp and the TV in order to stay away from interference . In my case doing so, it works very well.
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Trial and error. If you want beauty, probably won't work. Place it temporarily and see what channels you get in. Then move it again and see where you get the most channels. You can go online and see what directions the signals come from for you address. And usually the windows are the best, particularly if your building is brick. Usually the wall or window that faces the most signals. Mine is in a window and behind a room darkening shade and it does not seem to effect it.
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It is installed inside the room (1st floor), on one of my lamp post and kept flat (horizontal means parallel to room floor). But, you have to change the location in the room to adjust the position of antenna for good reception. Sometimes reception gets disturbed for weather condition. However, I'm using insignia NS-DXA2 converter in between TV and Antenna. This converter helps to receive more than 30 channels. Good luck!!!
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Install it high on a wall facing a direction where you get the best reception. Read instructions and visit their website for more information.
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We simply use a blank wall in our living room. We've had 2 such set-ups, in 2 different homes. In one, we were able to mount a shelf bracket and platform across from the viewing area. In our current home, my DIY hubby has suspended it, inverted, from our ceiling where a fan used to hang. Power supply and good viewing aspect. We can also take it out doors and use another wall of our home to view movies outside. We play Xbox, view movies and do other things with our set-up.
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You could hide it behind the unit, but it all depends on your placement of the unit. Mine covered my cable outlet, but my wall plug is off to the side. Depending on your number of electronics, it could get full pretty quickly behind the unit if you place it over your wall outlet - depends on your cable management.
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You have to secure the cord to the wall. A bracket is included for this purpose. (It does NOT work like a window blind)
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Mine has worked fine with just keeping it behind my TV. Like everyone has said, the cord is very long so its just a matter of trial and error of where the antenna works best for you with the best signal!
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It is mounted behind a flat TV on the wall and it works perfectly. What a marvelous thing. We love it!!! Thank you.
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That is how we installed our's. Put a nice stained board up for stability & put the mount on it. When we fold the TV up to the ceiling we attatch a bungie cord across it incase we hit a hard bump just to be sure the clame doen not bounce loose. Seems to work great.
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Works well in my front room, about 30 feet away. Further into my bedroom, it does not work. Too many walls. I would think that if you get too far away, you could not see your monitor LOL
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I was wondering that, too, Blake. It seems that horizontal window fans are difficult to find. Is that because it's best if you can block off the rest of the window? Anyway, I am going to order the fan for the convenience of having a remote control and the reverse capable fans. I'll tape it in, if nothing else! :) I will post a review after I have used it. Another poster wrote:on May 3, 2011 6:26:01 PM PDT (regarding using the fan in the vertical position): TheyCallMeMcGyver says: Nothing says that it can, but I just bought one and I did just that, ie installed it vertically in a window opening 21" wide x 24" high. This meant the unit fit quite snugly from top to bottom, but there is a fair amount of "open" space on the sides. For my installation the open space on the sides isn't an issue. I wasn't trying to block in the entire window opening. I just needed to put something in the opening to move the air in/out. The only downside, if you want to call it that, is that the temp display is now sideways.
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Greetings. Would this work if located on an outdoor covered deck? I t would be set against the outside wall of house.
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It is actually best in a window horizontally. However, my window is not wide enough so I have it mounted vertically and it works just fine that way as long as I am willing to deal with reading the different speeds sideways. If I was able, I would to mount it horizontally.
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Sorry to admit. I haven't installed it. I ordered it last winter and didn't get to it right away and then summer came. You know how it is. Outside taskes took precedence. I will put it in in the fall. Sorry to not be any help.
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We use ours installed in a box. There is no line of sight. (we can't even see it up inside the box of electronics) It works great for us like that, but we are using it from probably less than 5 ft. away.
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I tried it on the wall and it works well there also. I moved it around a bit to find the sweet spot and for me the window was best because our shutters will hide the antenna.
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I'm sorry I can't help you. I am still trying to decide where to put ours. I MIGHT just mount it on a piece of foam board and hang it in the window. We only have 8 more states to go before it is complete.
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The clear line of sight would be helpful, especially if you attach it to the window facing a clear area. Since my TV is in a corner of a living room, I had to attach it to an interior wall between this room and a kitchen. Across the room (14 ft wide) is the window. Hope this helps.
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It has a mounting bracket that works best on a piece of pvc plastic/galvanized pipe or something similar. u want to mount it facing the host router and adjust angles for best performance either outdoors or in a window facing the window with the router in optical/visual sight of the antenna, i've found it works well in both applications if distance is within reason. On an exterior wall is good too as long as you can see the host and make appropriate adjustments (left right up down), but it has no wall mount bracket per say, you will need to be a bit creative to manage that. good luck