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    ROADSTAR RV AND VAN TV ANTENNA MODELS RS-2000 & RS-3460/RS3460B Made in U.S.A. INSTRUCTIONS Winegard Company 3000 Kirkwood St., Burlington, IA 52601-2000 Printed in U.S.A. 2451806 © Winegard Company, 1998, 2004, 2006 Rev.3 10/10 SPECIFICATIONS Bandpass VHF/FM .............................. 54 to 216 MHz U H F ..................................[...]

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    2 FIGURE 1 STEP 2. Place assembled mount on bottom of antenna housing and thread in 1" nylon bolt. Spin the assembled mount to tighten securely. STEP 3. Attach end of coaxial downlead cable with boot to jack on bottom of antenna and slide boot up over boot collar. See Figure 3. FIGURE 2 FIGURE 4 STEP 4. Select location for antenna on roof of v[...]

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    3 STEP 7. Install connectors on downlead and set 2 cable as shown on page 4. Attach antenna downlead cable to jack on power supply marked “ANT”. See Figure 7. FIGURE 7 FIGURE 8 FIGURE 9 FIGURE 10 FIGURE 11 CHECKING POWER SUPPLY OPERATION (Power Supply not supplied with RS-3460) 1. Tune TV receiver to nearest station. 2. Turn off switch on power[...]

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    4 WARNING DO NOT INSTALL COUPLERS, SPLITTERS, ETC. BETWEEN THE POWER SUPPLY AND THE AN- TENNA. INSTALLATION OF ANY ITEM ON THE DOWN- LEAD MAY CAUSE A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM. THE DOWNLEAD SUPPLIES +12 VDC TO THE PREAMP IN THE ANTENNA. HOW YOUR SYSTEM WORKS Turning power supply on sends +12 VDC up cable to antenna. Voltage energizes transistors on ampli[...]