14-INCH 82-CHANNEL OMNIDIRECTIONAL TV ANTENNA
(150-1625)                 Safety                     Faxback Doc. # 32740

WARNING: Use Extreme caution when installing an outdoor antenna close to
         overhead wires.  If the antenna starts to fall, let it go!  If any
         part of the antenna makes contact with overhead power lines,
         touching 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!

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Many do-it-yourself and professional antenna installers are injured or
killed each year by electric shock.  While anyone can see the obvious
danger of falling, the most resourceful sometimes fail to recognize
overhead wires as being potentially lethal.  To touch any part of the
antenna mast or guy wire to these overhead wires is the same as touching
the wires with your bare hand.  A very serious shock is almost sure to
result when contacting an electrical wire, and in the case of primary wires
on the top of poles the shock is like being struck by a bolt of lightening.
Many power wires are within 20 to 25 feet of the ground and could easily be
touched by an assembled antenna and mast.

Please read and follow these important safety precautions:

   Be sure to select an antenna site well away from all overhead wires.

   Do not try to guess which overhead wires carry high voltage.  Check with
   the power company.

   If you notice anything making contact with the overhead wires, call the
   power company to have it removed safely.

   Do not run the downlead cable over power wires.

   Get help from a qualified professional when removing the old antenna if
   there is any doubt of clearing overhead wires.

   Never install an antenna by yourself.  Be sure to have at least two
   people available for help, if needed.

   Never install the antenna when it is windy.

   Be sure to do all assembly work on the ground, then raise the antenna.

   Make sure the antenna mast downlead cable is connected to suitable
   lightning arrestors.

   Use 8 (or larger) AWG ground wire between the mast and ground.

   Make sure the installation is secure.  Use plenty of guy wires and new
   hardware.

IMPORTANT ANTENNA NOTES

This antenna system is designed to work properly when the power injector is
connected to the antenna through only 75-Ohm coax cable.

The power injector has an indicator light to indicate that:

   DC power is supplied to the antenna.

   There are no shorts in the connection between the power injector and
   antenna.

The coax cable between the power injector and the antenna is used for:

   Carrying DC power from the power injector to the amplifier board in the
   antenna.

   Carrying the amplified video signal from the antenna, through the power
   injector, to the video equipment.

If any devices are used in your home cabling system (such as amplifiers,
splitters, combiners, matching transformers, or 300-Ohm cable) they must be
connected only between the power injector and your video equipment.  Any
devices connected between the power injector and the antenna might cause a
short in the amplifier power source.  If this happens, the injector's
indicator does not light and the signals to your video equipment (multiple
TVs or VCRs might be significantly degraded.


(RMF/EB 4/29/96)