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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msmith1199 wrote:
TechWriter, I have the DirecTV Genie in my house. As I said the signal goes over coax from the dish to the main box as well as all the receivers. Then from the main box and the receivers I have HDMI cables going to the TV. I'm just going by what the DirecTV installer told me and that was that I could not get a true HDMI picture on my TV without using the HDMI cable from the boxes to the TV.
Yes, msmith1199, you would not plug the coax that connects your Genie to your Genie Mini directly into your TV. It wouldn't work. You connect your TV to the HDMI port on the Genie or Genie Mini.
My point was that the coax between the Genie and Genie Mini (or DISH's Hopper & Joey) can carry an HD signal.
So for an RV setup, this makes getting HD on all TVs much easier -- you can use an RVs existing coax instead of pulling wire.
