Installing Your Antenna; Mast Clamp Assembly; Connecting Lead-In Cable To The Antenna; Unfolding The Antenna Elements - Philips SDV4400/27 Manual Del Usuario

3 Installing your antenna
Warning
B
Installation of this product is dangerous. For
your safety, follow the installation directions.
3.1 Mast Clamp Assembly
Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach
1
the U-bolt and lock nuts to the mast clamp
assembly on the main boom as shown.
U-Bolt
Mast Clamp
Main Boom
Backup Plate
D Note
To access the mast clamp holes, move the
antenna's elements out of the way as needed.
Press the supplied large end plugs into the
2
main boom.
3.2 C onnecting Lead-In Cable to the
Antenna
D Note
If you prepare your own cable, slide the supplied
matching transformer's weather boot onto the
cable before you attach the F-connector.
E Tip
We recommend RG-6 cable, and if you prepare
your own cable, use a quality F-connector.
Thread the supplied matching transformer's
1
spade terminal ends through the antenna's
strain-relief tab.
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Slide the spade terminal ends around
2
the antenna's lead-in terminals marked
CONNECT LEAD-IN HERE. Secure them
with the supplied flat washers and large
wing nuts.
2
Screw the cable's F-connector onto
3
the matching transformer. Then slip the
weatherboot over the connection.
Spade Terminal Ends
1
Plastic Strain-Relief Tab
1
F-Connector
Weather Boot
Coax Cable
Note
D
Lock Nuts
If you use a cable without a weatherboot, cover
the connection with weatherproof tape.
3.3 Unfolding the Antenna Elements
Hold each UHF wing boom and turn its
1
elements until they snap squarely into place
(perpendicular to the boom).
Press the supplied small end plugs into the
2
ends of the wing booms.
Bolt the triangular wing boom brackets onto
3
the main boom using the supplied 1½-inch
screw and small wing nut, as shown.
Wing Boom
Brackets
Small Wing Nut
2
2
Lead-in
Terminals
Matching Transformer
Flat Washers
Large Wing Nuts
3
3
1 1 / Inch
2
Screw
Main Boom
5