TV problem

My Roadtrek wrote:
Buy a new 12 volt TV.

Yes, with a DVD player. Those of us without satellite TV may be the last users of DVD s.

Our 2006 PW came with a digital converter box installed by previous owner.
( and dig. antenna conversion kit added)

I replaced the TV with a $129 costo 19 or 20" samsung which is digital ready.

makes for easy channel scanning each day

works great, larger screen required modding the mount which took a couple of hours to figure out.

the new TV also will accept a usb thumbdrive to watch downloaded movies.


for bonus points download the "TV Towers" app for ios.

Mike

Likewise, the TV in our 04 Roadtrek wasn't a digital. Interestingly, even when plugged into shore power, the TV was powered through the inverter and then a plug-in converter to convert back to 12volts. I decided to forgo the conversion-inversion-conversion and just get a 120 volt TV. I found an inexpensive one at Best Buy and installed it on the existing bracket with a little modification. Despite winter temps in storage and the vibration of an RV on the road, this inexpensive option is doing fine. I use the TV input for TV and cable via an A/B switch, the AV input for the DVD and the HDMI input for the satellite. Works well.

I have a 2007 Excel with the 19 in. flat screen TV with analog tuner. I inserted a A/D converter downstream of the antenna amplifier and if works well. It is just another small piece of equipment to secure and connect but for the amount of TV we watch it does the job. We usually camp in places where there is no TV signal whatsoever.
The only problem is that such converters may be hard to find these days. Beware of repackaged ones that look new but could be defective.

Buy a new 12 volt TV.

I agree you will need a converter. But LCD HD TVs are really inexpensive now. And much lighter than those old TVs. If your mounting arrangement (and skills) allow it I would buy a new TV.

No probably, if yours is analog only, which it probably is, you will need a converter, or a newer TV. Just ran into this problem while tryit to help a friend. He had installed new antenna, and could not get any signal, we were next door and getting many channels. Spend a lot of time and work checking everything out with no results. Finally realized that when he had system working, he had been either connected to cable or satellite. Had not tried receiving a OTA signal since all went digital. Replaced older TV with a new digital LED, everything works great! We did not have a converter available at the time, New TV was a better choice in this case. If you can find one at a reasonable price, a converter will work fine also.

If you are hooking cable TV to it, it should work. If you are talking about getting an antenna signal over the air (free TV), you will probably need the converter box.

yes you can use a digital to analog converter box. Sears has an RCA one on sale for $39.99. Walmart has some off brands cheaper. They are easy to install. We are still using one in our bedroom TV. Once our front TV died, we did replace it with a digital.