Success, I now have a operating tv.
I used a separate coax and connected to the #2 tv connection (never tried it before) to the front tv and finally had reception with 5 channels.
Took that same cable and ran it to the front connector and received the same 5 channels.
Then removed the straight cable and tried the pre-wired cable again and tried all the switch possibilities and finally connected to the same 5 channels.
Long story short is that I believe I may have a few bad cable ends since I tried these same connections before with no luck.
When I have some free time (what ever that is) I will need to check out each connector to find the bad apple.
Thanks to all that have helped.