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mccoydetlef
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Jun 06, 2019

wi fi smart tv

ok here goes can i hook up my smart tv three to a campground wi fi or do i need a booster or anything else please HELP

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  • mccoydetlef wrote:
    YES nothing seems simple maybe no TV is better

    32 years of RVing and never had working TV in any of them.
    Only few times during fall camping, when it gets dark at 6PM we run movies.
    Now WI-FI TV is more than campgrounds.
    I have big screen TV at home that operates on WI-FI, where Amazon Prime, Roku floods us with good movies for no charge.
    Even Cox- my internet provider says I need zillions Mb of service to do so, it operates on minimum service just fine.
  • JKJavelin wrote:
    Last year I hooked up my Bluray player, which has wifi, to my stereo/TV and sometimes worked ok,sometimes not. This year I added a Winegard Connect 2 wifi extender and usually works great. One of my favorite mods.
    JK


    My new camper has the Winegard Connect 2.0 + 4G . . does the wifi extender portion work good?
  • Sure, how effective it will be, even with a signal booster is subjective. A decent cell phone plan with lots of data could make this a better situation. Although we have a wonderful cell phone plan with abundant data we do lots of RVing where cell signal is weak or non existent, no worries as we always set up our satellite dish delivering all the same channels we have at home including locals.
  • Last year I hooked up my Bluray player, which has wifi, to my stereo/TV and sometimes worked ok,sometimes not. This year I added a Winegard Connect 2 wifi extender and usually works great. One of my favorite mods.
    JK
  • You could try, but most campground WIFI is so slow and overloaded that it will probably not work. Also campground WIFI is not secure so anyone on their system could possibly cause problems with your TV.

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