“How's its reception in the hilly Chino Hills, CA area ? I've tried RCA, GE, and one other company's antenna. Among them, RCA has the best reception - it works in 2F master bedroom faces the street, but none of them works in the 1F living room which is more inward and seems block by neighbors on the two sides and upward slope in the back. One antenna provider told me I must use the cable service. Will this model works by a longer range ?”
Answer This Question
1-3 of 3 Answers
Hello Best Buy customer Deedee! There are "several" zip codes for Chino Hills, California; however, the one which I used was 91708. I hope that this is somewhat nearby to where you live. I went on the website TVFool.com (and there are many others like this website which offer assistance in identifying which TV channels are "possible" to receive with an HDTV antenna, the distance, and the direction of the broadcast towers are from you. After entering the above zip code and indicating that I would place this Winegard Flatwave FL5500A antenna at a height of eighteen (18) feet, indication was made with an "indoor" HDTV antenna that it "may" be possible to receive as many as twenty-four (24!) over-the-air TV stations in your locale. If one were to use an HDTV antenna mounted "outdoors" there is the possibility of getting as many as an "additional" fourteen (14!) TV stations in your immediate area. While you are on the website TVFool.com or another similar website of your choosing, please make note of the distance that your broadcast towers are located from you and what direction they are located. People believe that purchasing the most expensive/amplified version of an HDTV antenna is the best choice; however, if your broadcast towers are not that far from you an amplified antenna "can" work against you--in terms of providing interrupted reception performance. Try placing this antenna in a window as high as you can go and try "swapping" your aluminum mini blinds (if you are using them) with "VINYL" blinds in the window that this antenna is placed in. My broadcast towers are mostly South--Southwest of me. I live in a condominium cul de sac and adjacent buildings stand in the path of my signal. I have my antenna placed in an "Eastbound" window and I get some 45+ over-the-air channels. The amount of over-the-air TV channels you are potentially able to receive is really great as well. Please keep in mind that everyone's experiences are different and that even atmospheric conditions like rain "can" negatively impact one's over-the-air viewing experience--although not by a whole lot. Please don't forget that you can supplement your TV viewing enjoyment/experience by connecting a laptop to your TV if they both have an HDMI port or you can also use a streaming device. You would have to configure the TV and computer settings so that the image on the TV screen fit properly; however, there are a lot of "FREE" Internet based viewing options out there. I get a lot of enjoyment going on YouTube.com and playing the music videos. There are lots of songs that I've heard over the many decades, but now I am finding out that I never knew all of the "actual" words contained in those songs--after all of these years! To sing along with the selections, I will go on GOOGLE and enter the song's title followed by the word "lyrics" and while the song is playing on one search engine, I am able to view the words on another. There's also a lot of TV programs available in their entirety and other forms of entertainment. The range for this Winegard Flatwave FL5500A model is up to "50" miles; however, there are many variables which affect reception! The "non-amplified" version of this Winegard indoor HDTV antenna is model FL5000. If you ever want to amplify the signal for the Winegard FL5000 to make it have the same functionality of the Winegard FL5000A (amplified version) you can add Winegard's product known by model number LNA-100 Boost. This LNA-100 Boost amplifier can only be used with "non-amplified" antennas. Before giving up, I would phone the knowledgeable and caring people of the Winegard corporation at 1-800-288-8094. They really care about their products! You have indicated that you've tried other brands of indoor HDTV antenna; however, this Winegard model (and the non-amplified version) are top rated by a lot of sources--and for quite some time.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you can't get it with this antenna it can't be gotten. If you are very far away from the transmitter site then you must use a preamp located at the antenna to increase the gain.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Try this antenna is got a powerful signal amplifier with an ac adaptor. It works great for me I live in between buildings a lot if interference but with this antenna I get crisp high definition signal no problem. It supposed to have a 50 mile range amplification.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.