In my "new to me" motorhome, I am getting it set up for my wife and me. I was getting ready to install the satellite receiver and take out an old VCR.Here is what I found when opening the cabinet. I know there should be four wires in there. One in for the roof antenna, one in for the cable/portable satellite, one out to the front TV and one out to the rear TV. I have 13 coaxial cables in that one cabinet and there are more in the other overhead cabinet which I haven't explored yet. Does anyone know what anyone might use all the different ones for? Several of them are numbered with professionally made labels. You can see those that have the little white plastic tape on them. Numbers 1 through about 8 or 9. I'm about to go out and try and trace where they might go but any ideas might be helpfull.

Oh, BTW; I know there is one composite A/V Cable, one power cord and you can see one little four wire plug hanging down (don't know what it goes to either). Anyway, I'm not counting those in the 13 coaxial cables.

Tinstar wrote:In my "new to me" motorhome, I am getting it set up for my wife and me. I was getting ready to install the satellite receiver and take out an old VCR.Here is what I found when opening the cabinet. I know there should be four wires in there. One in for the roof antenna, one in for the cable/portable satellite, one out to the front TV and one out to the rear TV. I have 13 coaxial cables in that one cabinet and there are more in the other overhead cabinet which I haven't explored yet. Does anyone know what anyone might use all the different ones for? Several of them are numbered with professionally made labels. You can see those that have the little white plastic tape on them. Numbers 1 through about 8 or 9. I'm about to go out and try and trace where they might go but any ideas might be helpfull.You are going to have to do some testing...Most likely there is a splitter or AV distribution box and/or your sources can feed multiple locations. ie. bedroom TV, outside TV, etc.Then you have multiple sources, DVD, SAT, Ant, etc.I would suggest having a good understanding of your TV or monitor and know what inputs and if it requires to be on Channel 3, etc and then just test and label all the cables. Might take a while, but it will be worry free when you want to watch TV

You may have cables for a recorder, amplifier, satellite box, as well as a switchable entertainment center that is used to route the signal to different areas of the coach. This takes a lot of input/output cables.

I would first be sure to have each one numbered, then do an ohm check between the center and the shield to see which ones might be connected at the other end, and which ones are not. From there, go to your known devices and disconnect or jumper, one at a time, noting any changes at the other end.Eventually, you will have it all figured out.

I would go to harbor freight and get a tone and probe, not too much money, and then trace the wires. Looks as though your BOMB, box of many buttons is missing. Cable should be cable in, Ant in, Sat in, Cable to two TV's, DVD and VCR. Or look at the other ends of cables for matching numbers and start drawing a diagram.LEN

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accsys
Explorer
May 19, 2016
You need a Cable Mapper.
OLYLEN
Explorer
May 19, 2016
I would go to harbor freight and get a tone and probe, not too much money, and then trace the wires. Looks as though your BOMB, box of many buttons is missing. Cable should be cable in, Ant in, Sat in, Cable to two TV's, DVD and VCR. Or look at the other ends of cables for matching numbers and start drawing a diagram.

LEN
Artum_Snowbird
Explorer
May 19, 2016
I would first be sure to have each one numbered, then do an ohm check between the center and the shield to see which ones might be connected at the other end, and which ones are not.

From there, go to your known devices and disconnect or jumper, one at a time, noting any changes at the other end.

Eventually, you will have it all figured out.
rgatijnet1
Explorer III
May 19, 2016
You may have cables for a recorder, amplifier, satellite box, as well as a switchable entertainment center that is used to route the signal to different areas of the coach. This takes a lot of input/output cables.
lakebum
Explorer
May 19, 2016
Tinstar wrote:
In my "new to me" motorhome, I am getting it set up for my wife and me. I was getting ready to install the satellite receiver and take out an old VCR.

Here is what I found when opening the cabinet. I know there should be four wires in there. One in for the roof antenna, one in for the cable/portable satellite, one out to the front TV and one out to the rear TV. I have 13 coaxial cables in that one cabinet and there are more in the other overhead cabinet which I haven't explored yet.

Does anyone know what anyone might use all the different ones for? Several of them are numbered with professionally made labels. You can see those that have the little white plastic tape on them. Numbers 1 through about 8 or 9.

I'm about to go out and try and trace where they might go but any ideas might be helpfull.

You are going to have to do some testing...

Most likely there is a splitter or AV distribution box and/or your sources can feed multiple locations. ie. bedroom TV, outside TV, etc.

Then you have multiple sources, DVD, SAT, Ant, etc.

I would suggest having a good understanding of your TV or monitor and know what inputs and if it requires to be on Channel 3, etc and then just test and label all the cables. Might take a while, but it will be worry free when you want to watch TV
Tinstar
Explorer
May 19, 2016
Oh, BTW; I know there is one composite A/V Cable, one power cord and you can see one little four wire plug hanging down (don't know what it goes to either). Anyway, I'm not counting those in the 13 coaxial cables.

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