Radio Shack 15-2152 User manual

15-2152
Outdoor
HDTV Antenna
Thank you for purchasing your Outdoor HDTV
Antenna from RadioShack. Your antenna allows you
to receive the maximum resolution possible, up to
720p or 1080i for broadcast HDTV. Your antenna
also receives UHF, VHF and FM radio signals. Please
read this user’s guide before installing, setting up
and using your new product.
WARNING: INSTALLATION OF THIS PRODUCT
NEAR POWERLINES IS DANGEROUS. FOR
YOUR SAFETY, FOLLOW THE INSTALLATION
DIRECTIONS. When you install your antenna, use
extreme caution. If the antenna starts to fall, let it go!
It could contact overhead power lines. If the antenna
touches the power line, contact with the antenna,
mast, cable, or guy wires can cause electrocution
and death. Call the power company to remove the
antenna. Do not attempt to remove it yourself.
What’s Included
Antenna U-Bolt
Mast Clamp Mast Clamp Backup Plate
Wing Booms (2) Wing Boom Brackets (2)
Large End Plugs (2) Small End Plugs (2)
Large Wing Nuts (2) Small Wing Nuts (5)
1½-inch Screw 11/4-inch Screws (4)
Lock Nuts (2) Flat Washers (2)
Matching Transformer User’s Guide
Warning Label Consumer Product Safety
Commission Information Sheet
Additional small parts may be included in your package.
Specifications
Average Gain
Low band............................................................. 1.1 dB
High band............................................................. 6.2 dB
UHF band ............................................................. 6.9 dB
Average Beam width
Low band.................................................................80.0°
High band................................................................35.0°
UHF band ................................................................39.0°
Average front to back ratio
Low band.............................................................. 6.9 dB
High band........................................................... 10.3 dB
UHF band ............................................................. 9.9 dB
Impedance ........................................................300 ohms
Frequency range............. VHF 54-108 and 174-216 MHz
..............................................................UHF 470-806 MHz
Dimensions (WxHxD)....................... 95 × 32 × 80 inches
Specifications are subject to change and improvement
without notice. Actual product may vary from the images
found in this document.
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Before You Begin
Before beginning installation, read this manual and
the separate Consumer Product Safety Commission
Information Sheet. For your safety and convenience,
plan each step of the installation and purchase the
necessary hardware in advance. The hardware required
and the order in which you perform the steps depend
on the mounting and connection method you choose.
Assembling the Antenna
Backup Plate Lock Nuts
Main Boom
Mast Clamp
U-Bolt
Assemble the entire antenna on the ground.
1. Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach the
supplied mast clamp assembly to the main boom, as
shown. Move the antenna’s elements out of the way
as needed to access the mast clamp holes.
2. Press the supplied large end plugs into the main
boom.
Connecting Coaxial Cable to the Antenna
We recommend RG-6 cable and, if you prepare your
own cable, a quality F-connector. (RadioShack carries a
variety of suitable cables and connectors.)
Note: If you prepare your own coaxial cable, be sure to
slide the supplied matching transformer’s weather boot
onto the cable before you attach the F-connector.
Installing Your Antenna
Spade
Terminals
Large Wing
Nuts
Lead-in Terminal
Main
Boom
Weather Boot
F-Connector
Matching
Transformer
Strain-Relief
Tab
Flat Washers
1. Thread the supplied matching transformer’s spade
terminals through the antenna’s strain-relief tab.
2. Slide the spade terminals around the antenna’s
lead-in terminals (on both sides of the boom), then
secure them with the supplied flat washers and large
wing nuts.
3. Screw the cable’s F-connector onto the matching
transformer.
4. Slip the weather boot over the connection. If you
use a rebuilt cable without a weather boot, cover the
connection with weather-resistant tape.
Unfolding the Antenna’s Elements
1. Hold the main boom’s elements near the pivot
points and pull them away from the boom until they
snap into the self-locking plastic support insulators.
Caution: To avoid damage to the elements, do not
pull them near their outer ends. Once the elements are
locked into position, do not attempt to unlock them.
Doing so might break the self-locking tabs.
2. Hold each wing boom and turn its elements until
they snap squarely into place (perpendicular to the
boom).
3. Press the supplied small end plugs into the wing
booms.
4. Bolt the triangular wing boom brackets onto the
main boom u sing the supplied 1½-inch screw and
small wing nut, as shown.
Main Boom
Small Wing Nut
Wing Boom
Brackets
1½-Inch
Screw
5. Insert the top and bottom wing booms into the wing
boom brackets. Secure them with the four supplied
11/4-inch screws and small wing nuts, as shown.
Top Wing Boom
Small Wing
Nuts
Wing Boom
Brackets
Bottom Wing Boom
11/4-Inch Screws
Attaching to the Mast
We recommend that you enlist the help of another
person before you put up the mast or attach your
antenna to it. Refer to the separate Consumer
Product Safety Commission Information Sheet for
recommended methods to set up your mast.
1. Slide the antenna’s mast clamp assembly over the
end of the mast.
2. Tighten the mast clamp assembly’s lock nuts to hold
the antenna in place. Do not overtighten the lock
nuts.

Caution: The crossover wires must not touch the
antenna boom, the mast, or each other. If necessary,
carefully bend the crossover wires to provide at least ½
inch of clearance between parts.
Crossover Wires
3. Set up the mast, then rotate it so the antenna’s
shorter elements point toward the broadcast
antennas of the stations you want to receive.
Main Boom Short
Elements
Main Boom Long
Elements
Mast
Wing Boom
Elements
Routing the Cable to Your Audio/Video System
• Use plastic tape or mast standoff insulators to
secure the coaxial cable to the mast at about 3-foot
intervals. Continue down the roof and the side of
the house using roof and wall standoff insulators.
• Use coaxial cable nail-in clips every few feet to
secure the cable between the mast and where the
cable enters the house.
• Use a 75-ohm grounding block at the point where
the coaxial cable enters the house. Read the
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sheet for
grounding instructions.
• Use a wall-through lead-in tube (not supplied) to
neatly route the coaxial cable through walls.
• Loosely bend the cable to form a drip loop before
the cable enters the house.
Connecting to your Audio/Video System
Connect the antenna’s coaxial cable to your audio/
video system’s antenna terminals according to the type
connections you have. RadioShack carries a variety of
splitters and other accessories; choose one that best
suits your needs. Below are some sample connections.
If you have:
• Twin-lead UHF terminals
• Coaxial VHF terminal
• Twin-lead FM antenna terminals
Use a RadioShack Splitter with 75-Ohm Input
To FM Receiver
From Antenna
UHF 300 Ohm VHF 75 Ohm
If you have:
• Twin-lead UHF terminals
• Twin-lead VHF terminals
• Twin-lead FM antenna terminals
Use a RadioShack Transformer/Splitter
To FM Receiver
From Antenna
UHF 300 Ohm VHF 300 Ohm
If you have:
• Combined coaxial VHF/UHF terminal
• Coaxial FM antenna terminal
Use a RadioShack VHF/UHF Splitter/Combiner
From Antenna
TV VHF/UHF To FM Receiver
If you want to:
• Use the antenna in combination with a cable or
satellite set-top-box, and
• Your TV has a coaxial (antenna in) terminal.
Use a RadioShack High Isolation A/B Switch.
AIN TVOUT BIN
From AntennaFrom set-top-box
To TV
If you want to:
• Use the antenna in combination with a cable or
satellite set-top-box, and
• Your TV has both a coaxial (antenna in) terminal and
A/V terminals (usually red/yellow/white).
Use a RadioShack Gold Series A/V cable.
CABLE/ANT. IN
AUDIO INVIDEO IN
RIGHTLEFT
ANTENNA IN TV OUT VIDEO LR
CH3 CH4
Set-top-box
TV
From Antenna
A/V Cable
RadioShack also carries these and many other antenna
mounting accessories:
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15-2152
Printed in the USA
Limited Warranty
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defects in material and workmanship under normal use for
ninety (90) days from the date of purchase from RadioShack
company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees
and dealers.
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RESPECT TO ANY LIABILITY, LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED
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INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, EVEN IF RadioShack HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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warranty lasts or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or
consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions
may not apply to you.
In the event of a product defect during the warranty period,
take the product and the RadioShack sales receipt as proof
of purchase date to any RadioShack store. RadioShack will,
at its option, unless otherwise provided by law: (a) correct the
defect by product repair without charge for parts and labor; (b)
replace the product with one of the same or similar design; or
(c) refund the purchase price. All replaced parts and products,
and products on which a refund is made, become the property
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or replacement of the product made after the expiration of the
warranty period.
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by or attributable to acts of God, abuse, accident, misuse,
improper or abnormal usage, failure to follow instructions,
improper installation or maintenance, alteration, lightning or
other incidence of excess voltage or current; (b) any repairs
other than those provided by a RadioShack Authorized Service
Facility; (c) consumables such as fuses or batteries; (d) cosmetic
damage; (e) transportation, shipping or insurance costs; or (f)
costs of product removal, installation, set-up service adjustment
or reinstallation.
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