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psalm10720
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Jan 19, 2015

1994 Brave TV Coax re-wire

I have a 1994 Brave 27RC. The outdoor connection of the TV coax is currently on the right side in the outdoor radio compartment. Most Park hookups are on the left side alongside of the Power and Water/Sewer. Over time the current coax connector has become degraded and unusable due to moisture (I believe.) I've tried hooking up an external coax to this connector but cannot get any signal response inside...

I want to establish a new coax connection starting at the Power Cable compartment and route the coax to the splitter above the front dash and was wondering if someone has done this before?

Right now I have to run the external cable coax extension through the driver window and place duct tape over any open spaces that are left exposed through the window and I would like to run a new cable so to avoid that. I believe there's plenty of space in the power outlet compartment to add a terminal to hook up an external coax connection there.....
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  • CA_Traveler's avatar
    CA_Traveler
    Explorer III
    Dec 21, 2015
    psalm10720 wrote:
    One of the ways I was thinking was to drill a hole through the top of the power cable box and attach a female connector so that I could use a male to male cable to attach to the park feed.
    Use barrel connector which is a FF coax connector. They come with a nut for mounting.
  • Hank_MI's avatar
    Hank_MI
    Explorer
    Dec 21, 2015
    psalm10720 wrote:
    One of the ways I was thinking was to drill a hole through the top of the power cable box and attach a female connector so that I could use a male to male cable to attach to the park feed.

    As far as the right side connector near the outside stereo I would assume that TV Signal would feed the system from that receptacle allowing signal to go to the powered face plate above the drier/co-driver.


    I think that connection is for an outside TV. Guess you could back feed through it but I don't believe that was the intent. As mentioned, look at top of wet bay or utility hookup bay. That's where ours was on our 1994 Bounder.
  • psalm10720's avatar
    psalm10720
    Explorer
    Dec 21, 2015
    One of the ways I was thinking was to drill a hole through the top of the power cable box and attach a female connector so that I could use a male to male cable to attach to the park feed.

    As far as the right side connector near the outside stereo I would assume that TV Signal would feed the system from that receptacle allowing signal to go to the powered face plate above the drier/co-driver.
  • Clay_L's avatar
    Clay_L
    Explorer
    Feb 05, 2015
    I think that connection is for an outside TV.
    The input coax connector on Winnebago's of that era were often in the service/wet bay on the left side of the compartment up and behind a panel. You have to get down and look up to see it. I would never have found the one on my Warrior if a prior owner of it hadn't showed it to me.
  • CA_Traveler's avatar
    CA_Traveler
    Explorer III
    Feb 04, 2015
    Cut off say 12" from the existing coax and see if that resolves the problem. If not I'd run a new coax to the easiest point. While sites often have the connection in the rear DS it's not uncommon to be further forward.

    I carry 25' and 50' coax with a barrel connector so that the site location is a non issue.
  • GJim's avatar
    GJim
    Explorer
    Feb 04, 2015
    Whichever method you use to make the new connection, be sure to use high-quality RG-6 cable. Don't skimp by buying the cheap stuff.
  • MountainAir05's avatar
    MountainAir05
    Explorer II
    Jan 19, 2015
    Or up the back or inside a wall or closet if you have one over the spot to inside the ceiling, using a wire snake and a wire fishing pole. Takes a little longer in the back but you end up with a nice installation.
  • Big_Katuna's avatar
    Big_Katuna
    Explorer II
    Jan 19, 2015
    Couple ways to go. You could add a thru wall receptacle up by the drivers area to get it inside the. Up. Under the dash the the windshield A pillar. This saves you from running it along the frame.

    Or you can add it to the water compartment out the back run it along the frame and up through either the floor of firewall under the dash then up the pillar.

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