Antennacraft MXU59 User Manual
MXU SERIES
Digital Ready
UHF Antenna
MXU59
MXU47
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Read this manual and Consumer Product Safety Commission information. For
your safety and convenience, plan each step of the installation and purchase
the necessary hardware in advance. The order in which you perform the
steps and the hardware required depends on the mounting and connection
methods you choose.
We recommend two people assemble the entire antenna on the ground, then
mount the assembled antenna on the mast. The following steps are required
to assemble your antenna depending on which model you have. Look at your
antenna to see which steps you will need to follow.
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, contact with the antenna, mast, cable, or guy wires
can cause electrocution
antenna. Do
ASSEMBLING THE ANTENNA
1. Use the supplied hardware to loosely attach the supplied mast clamp assembly to the main boom as shown.
2. Press the supplied large end plugs into the main boom.
CONNECTING LEAD-IN CABLE TO THE ANTENNA
We recommend RG-6 cable, and if you prepare your own cable, a quality
F-connector. Note: If you prepare your own cable, slide a (not supplied)
matching transformer’s weather boot onto the cable before you attach the
F-connector.
ROUTING THE COAXIAL CABLE
1. Thread a (not supplied) matching transformer’s spade terminal ends through
the antenna’s strain-relief tab.
2. Slide the spade terminal ends around the antenna’s lead-in terminals marked
CONNECT LEAD-IN HERE. Secure them with the supplied at washers
and large wing nuts.
not attempt to remove it yourself.
and death. Call the power company to remove the
WARNING: Installation of this product
near powerlines is DANGEROUS.
For your safety, follow the installation
directions.
3. Screw the cable’s F-connector onto the matching transformer. Then slip
the weatherboot over the connection. Note: If you use a cable without a
weatherboot, cover the connection with weatherproof tape.
UNFOLDING THE ANTENNA ELEMENTS
1. Hold each wing boom and turn its elements until they snap squarely into
place (perpendicular to the boom).
2. Press the supplied small end plugs into the ends of the wing booms.
3. Fold out the wing booms and secure them into position with the two supplied
1¼-inch screws and wing nuts.
4. Hold the main boom’s elements near the pivot points and pull them away
from the boom until they snap into the locking plastic support insulators.
Note: You may wait to unfold the elements until you get the antenna up on
the roof.
Caution: Do not pull the elements near their outer ends or you could damage
them. Once the elements are locked into positions, do not attempt to unlock them.
ATTACHING TO THE MAST
We recommend you get the help of another person before you put up the
mast or attach your antenna to it. How you set up your mast depends on your
specic installation. Refer to the separate Con
sion information
1. Slide the antenna’s mast clamp assembly over the end of the mast.
2. Tighten the mast clamp assembly’s lock nuts to hold the antenna in place.
Do not overtighten the lock nuts.
3. Set up the mast, then rotate it so the antenna’s shortest elements point
toward the stations you want to receive.
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sumer Product Safety Commis-
ROUTING THE CABLE TO YOUR TV
Use plastic tape to secure the coaxial cable to the mast at about 3-foot
intervals.
Use coaxial nail clips every few feet to secure the cable between the mast
and where the cable enters the house.
Use a 75-ohm grounding block at the point where the coaxial cable enters
the house. Read the Consumer Product Safety Commission information for
grounding instructions.
Use a wall-thru tube to neatly route the coaxial cable through the walls.
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