Winegard AP-8700 manual

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    Winegard Company • 3000 Kirkwood St. • Burlington, IA 52601-2000 • 800-288-8094 • fax 800-247-8221 • www .winegard.com • Printed in U .S.A. ©2011 Winegard Company • WC-1051 Wiring Diagram for FREEVISION ® Antenna to T elevision FREEVISION ® Antenna ( Side View —mount not included with all models) Note: the matching transformer mu[...]

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    Winegard Company • 3000 Kirkwood St. • Burlington, IA 52601-2000 • 800-288-8094 • fax 800-247-8221 • www .winegard.com • Printed in U .S.A. ©2011 Winegard Company • WC-1051 Wiring Diagram for FREEVISION ® Antenna with P reamplifier FREEVISION ® Antenna ( Side View —mount not included with all models) Note: the matching transforme[...]

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    Winegard Company • 3000 Kirkwood St. • Burlington, IA 52601-2000 • 800-288-8094 • fax 800-247-8221 • www .winegard.com • Printed in U .S.A. ©2011 Winegard Company • WC-1051 Coax Connection on TV Antenna/Cable In Coax Connection Port Wiring Diagram for FREEVISION ® Antenna with Existing Indoor Coax Connection FREEVISION ® Antenna Ex[...]

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    Winegard Company • 3000 Kirkwood St. • Burlington, IA 52601-2000 • 800-288-8094 • fax 800-247-8221 • www .winegard.com • Printed in U .S.A. ©2011 Winegard Company • WC-1051 Coax Connection on TV Antenna/Cable In Coax Connection Port Wiring Diagram for FREEVISION ® Antenna with Grounding Block and Existing Coax Connection Coax Ca b l[...]

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    Winegard Company • 3000 Kirkwood St. • Burlington, IA 52601-2000 • 800-288-8094 • fax 800-247-8221 • www .winegard.com • Printed in U .S.A. ©2011 Winegard Company • WC-1051 Wiring Diagram for FREEVISION ® Antenna with P reamplifier , Grounding Block & Existing Coax Connection *The existing coax connection must be a splitter that[...]