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Gundog
Explorer II
Aug 26, 2022

TV connection from front TV to bedroom class A

I have a Dish Satellite Antena King Tailgator mounted on the roof of our class A. The receiver is in the front of the RV by the large TV. We have a TV in the bedroom and I want to get the signal back to the bedroom.

I don't mind that both TV's get the same channel. This is a 2005 Fleetwood Expedition. I changed out both TV's to flat panel type smart TV's a couple years ago. I have a Coaxial cable that runs to the back bedroom from the area of the Dish receiver. The receiver has HDMI type connections. What is the cheapest way to transmit the dish signal to the bedroom?

I really don't want to try and run a new cable the length of the MH. I am not up on the newest tech. Can I somehow use the coaxial cable? Is there a way to transmit the signal wireless to the bedroom?

Thanks for any suggestions to accomplish this. I keep hearing from the wife you spent all this money for satellite TV and I can't watch anything from the back TV.

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  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    The problem is this.. The newer sat receivers are HDMI only for the most part.. NO RF, NO anything else (Some have audio/video)

    But the cable to the back is coax

    Two choices one is an HDMI to RF adapter the other HDMI-Coax and coax-back to HDMI. (the first (And the first part of the second) are basicaly TV transmitters. the nd part is a special receiver) you can google for e'm.. The prices (Last I checked) were nearing "reasonable"

    Very reasonable (16 bucks) But beware that one was HDMI to Coax ANALOG (NTSC)

    You really need HDMI to ATSC or QAM Those started around 300
  • Its going to get complicated and expensive at the same time.

    You will need a HDMI splitter (1 HDMI in and 2 HDMI out).

    You will need HDMI over coax extender/converter set (1 transmitter and 1 receiver).

    HERE ($60-$300 depending on model)

    You will need extra HDMI patch cables to make the connections..

    Output of sat goes into the input of the splitter.

    One output of the splitter goes to your front TV near the sat unit.

    Other output of the splitter goes to the input of the HDMI to coax converter transmitter.

    Coax from the rear is connected to the converter output.

    In the rear, the coax from the front connects to the input of the coax receiver.

    HDMI out from the Coax receiver converter goes to HDMI input of TV.

    Be aware, once you make this change, the rear TV will no longer be able to view any OTA channels from your RV antenna, it will only be able to watch the Sat output.

    The cable routed to the back must not have any signal splitters in the path.

    Personally, For the money, I would run some "Cat5-Cat6" Ethernet wire from front to back and use HDMI to Ethernet "Cat5-Cat6" converters instead. This allows you to still have the OTA antenna as an option and is a much lower cost option..

    HDMI over Ethernet

    No computer network involved, the units are just using thin lightweight low cost network wire instead of coax. The cable is cheap and easy to route and the converters start at $30 for a set..

    In both cases, I would highly recommend making sure that both the coax or Ethernet converters are not "passive" types, you want the ones that use a power supply on each end.

    The passive converters do not work as well and I have had issues with them failing on some long runs for computer projectors.. Solved that problem once I replaced with ones that use a power supply.

    I would not recommend RF transmitters and if possible to avoid using them as they can be problematic and expensive..
  • HDMI spiltter then HDMI can be transmitted wireless or over coax with converters, check Amazon etc.