TV Upgrade Cable Routing
Hey Folks I'm a RV newbie, just purchased a used 2005 37' National Tropical LX. Since they're on longer in business I can't go to them for info, so here I am. I've replaced the front and rear TV's wi...
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zman-az wrote:
Not a fan of wireless for video transmission.....
I did this a few years ago with my Winnebago Vista. I have DTV with HD DVR. The output of the DVR had no coax, only HDMI and Component Video. I ran the component video (Blue/Green/Red RCA cable) with the RCA audio to my TV next to the DVR to get HDTV. For the bedroom I ran a HDMI cable. To route the cable I went thru the ceiling vents as they went almost the whole length of the RV. At the front cab area I used a piece of copper tubing and heated it with my torch. I then shoved it in the open vent towards the cab area of the RV. The hot pipe melted the Styrofoam and I was able to feed the HDMI cable into the vent ductwork. I feed this back to the bedroom. I again had to heat the copper pipe and finished the run from the vent to the shower skylight into the wall by the TV. I then installed a HDMI wall mount jack to make it look like it came from the factory this way.
My DTV DVR is compatible with a wireless remote. I use the remote anywhere in the RV with no problems. Only issue is that both TV's must be watching the same program which is not a issue for my wife or me. We also have the DTV DVR audio hooked into our stereo and use the music stations on DTV rather than a monthly satellite fee.
That's a great idea with the heated pipe.
As to all the No-HD-Over-Coax stuff, Coax can support about 3Gbps data rate which is more than standard HDMI. You sure as heck can run HD through coax, even uncompressed up to 1080i (which is the same as non-highspeed HDMI).
