Radio Shack TV Antenna 15 2160 User Guide

Thank you for purchasing your Outdoor HDTV/UFH  
Antenna from RadioShack. Please read this users guide  
before installing, setting up, and using your new product.  
15-2160  
Outdoor  
HDTV/UHF Antenna  
What’s Included  
Antenna  
U-Bolt (1)  
Before You Begin  
Wing Booms (2)  
Mast Clamps (1)  
Large End Plugs (2)  
Large Wing Nuts (2)  
1½-inch Screw (1)  
Lock Nuts (2)  
Wing Boom Brackets (2)  
Mast Clamp Backup Plate (1)  
Small End Plugs (2)  
Small Wing Nuts (5)  
11/4-inch Screws (4)  
Flat Washer (2)  
Before you begin 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.  
Warning: 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, any 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.  
Top Wing Boom  
1. Thread a matching transformers (not supplied) spade  
Step 1: Assemble the Antenna  
User’s Guide  
Warning Label  
Wing Boom  
Brackets  
terminals through the antennas strain-relief tab.  
(Matching transformers are available at your local  
RadioShack store or at www.RadioShack.com.)  
Consumer Product Safety Commission information sheet  
Note: Additional small parts may be included in your package.  
Assemble the entire antenna on the ground.  
11/4-Inch  
Screws  
U-Bolt  
Mast Clamp  
2. Slide the spade terminals around the antennas lead-in  
terminals (on both sides of the boom), then secure them  
with the supplied flat washers and large wing nuts.  
Specifications  
Small Wing Nuts  
Impendance ............................................................... 300 ohms  
Frequency Range.........................................UHF 470-806 MHz  
Average Gain ................................................7.2dB (UHF band)  
Average Beamwidth.........................................50° (UHF band)  
Average front to back ratios: .....................11.1db (UHF band)  
Main Boom  
3. Screw the cables F-connector onto the matching  
Bottom Wing Boom  
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.  
Specifications are subject to change and improvement  
without notice. Actual product may vary from the images  
found in this document.  
Lock Nuts  
Backup Plate  
Step 4: Attach Antenna to the Mast  
1. Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach the mast  
We recommend that you get help from another person  
before you put up the mast or attach your antenna to  
it. How you set up your mast depends on your specific  
installation. Refer to the separate Consumer Product Safety  
Commission information sheet for recommended methods.  
clamp assembly to the main boom, as shown.  
Limited Warranty  
Step 3: Unfold the Antenna’s Elements  
Note: To access slots or holes during assembly, move the  
antennas elements out of the way as needed.  
This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing 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.  
1. Hold the main booms elements near the pivot points  
and pull them away from the boom until they snap into  
the self locking plastic support insulators.  
2. Press the large end plugs into the main boom.  
If you plan to add this antenna to a VHF antennas mast,  
refer to Adding the HDTV/UHF Antenna to a VHF Antenna  
Installation on page 2 for instructions.  
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, RadioShack MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES  
AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY  
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION  
TO THE DURATION OF THE WRITTEN LIMITED WARRANTIES CONTAINED  
HEREIN. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, RadioShack SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY  
OR RESPONSIBILITY TO CUSTOMER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY  
WITH RESPECT TO ANY LIABILITY, LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED DIRECTLY OR  
INDIRECTLY BY USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT OR ARISING OUT  
OF ANY BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  
ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OF TIME, DATA,  
PROPERTY, REVENUE, OR PROFIT OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR  
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF RadioShack HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE  
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  
Step 2: Connect Coaxial Cable to the Antenna  
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.  
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.)  
1. Slide the antennas mast clamp assembly over the end  
of the mast.  
2. Hold each wing boom and turn its elements until they  
2. Tighten the mast clamp assemblys lock nuts to hold the  
Note: If you prepare your own coaxial cable, be sure to  
slide the matching transformers (not supplied) weather  
boot onto the cable before you attach the F-connector.  
snap squarely into place perpendicular to the boom.  
antenna in place. Do not overtighten the lock nuts.  
3. Press the small end plugs into the wing booms.  
3. Set up the mast, then rotate it so the antennas shorter  
elements point toward the broadcast antennas of the  
stations you want to receive.  
Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts  
or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the  
above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.  
4. Bolt the triangular wing boom brackets onto the main  
boom using the 1½-inch screw and small wing nut, as  
shown.  
Main  
Boom  
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 of RadioShack. New or reconditioned  
parts and products may be used in the performance of warranty service.  
Repaired or replaced parts and products are warranted for the remainder of the  
original warranty period. You will be charged for repair or replacement of the  
product made after the expiration of the warranty period.  
This warranty does not cover: (a) damage or failure caused 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. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and  
you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.  
Strain-Relief Tab  
F-Connector  
Main Boom  
Short Elements  
11/2-Inch  
Lead-In  
Terminals  
Wing Boom  
Screw  
Brackets  
Wing Boom Elements  
Weather Boot  
Spade  
Terminals  
Flat Washers  
Large  
Matching  
Transformer  
Wing Nuts  
Toward TV  
Stations’  
Antennas  
Main Boom  
If you plan to add this antenna to a VHF antennas mast,  
refer to Adding the HDTV/UHF Antenna to a VHF Antenna  
Installation on page 2 for instructions. This type of setup  
requires using twin-lead cable to connect the HDTV/UHF  
antenna to the VHF antenna, but the lead-in coaxial cable  
must feed from the HDTV/UHF antenna.  
Main Boom Long Element  
Small Wing Nut  
5. Insert the top and bottom wing booms into the wing  
boom brackets. Secure them with the four supplied 1¼-  
inch screws and small wing nuts, as shown.  
RadioShack Customer Relations  
300 RadioShack Circle, Fort Worth, TX 76102  
12/99  
Mast  
08A08  
15-2160  
Printed in the USA  
©2008. RadioShack Corporation.  
All rights reserved. RadioShack and RadioShack.com are trademarks used by RadioShack Corporation.  
 

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