TV / Cable System Upgrades
Hey fellow travelers.. Lots of help on this site, so maybe some ideas on this. Watching tv in my 1994 Winnabago Brave has not been high priority but as we travel further and longer... The system is or...
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Thanks to all, lots of good information. Yes, I have a cable port in my 30-amp power cord box, never would have found it without the feedback. Thanks!
Some clarification, yes, the tv is a brand new NAXA AC/DC that is meant for RVs, and is equipped for both cable and antennae feed. When I was at the RV park I went up on the roof to undo the cable from the batwing antennae, then hooked the parks cable directly to the RV cable (that the batwing would be hooked into) that enters the RV and terminates in the wall jack inside behind the front tv compartment. I now see this was nuts! That said, the internal batwing pre-amp was not on (the wall jacks two-way switch was positioned so that the led light was not on). The tv was able to scan the cable systems channels, but the picture was so distorted and fuzzy it was unwatchable. I then bypassed the whole internal RV system and hooked a cable directly from the RV parks cable port to the back of my tv and that worked great.
I don't have the ability to test it at home, but my question is this: does the RVs cable port inside the 30-amp power cord box provide a simple direct connection to the internal cable ports and thus to the tv? Or am I to expect the same distorted picture. I guess I will find out on our next stay at an RV park with cable hookup. Also, I am woefully ignorant about this: do the over the air digital channels (accessible thru the batwing) broadcast your popular networks such as nbc, abc, cbs? I figure they would not have channels like ESPN.
I also saw suggestions as to replacing the wall jack assembly with a newer Sensar IV assembly which I may do if I want to use the batwing antennae. Also saw the suggestion to upgrade the RVs cable wire itself, but that would be a difficult process as it is all buried in the walls. Not sure I want to tackle that one.
Some clarification, yes, the tv is a brand new NAXA AC/DC that is meant for RVs, and is equipped for both cable and antennae feed. When I was at the RV park I went up on the roof to undo the cable from the batwing antennae, then hooked the parks cable directly to the RV cable (that the batwing would be hooked into) that enters the RV and terminates in the wall jack inside behind the front tv compartment. I now see this was nuts! That said, the internal batwing pre-amp was not on (the wall jacks two-way switch was positioned so that the led light was not on). The tv was able to scan the cable systems channels, but the picture was so distorted and fuzzy it was unwatchable. I then bypassed the whole internal RV system and hooked a cable directly from the RV parks cable port to the back of my tv and that worked great.
I don't have the ability to test it at home, but my question is this: does the RVs cable port inside the 30-amp power cord box provide a simple direct connection to the internal cable ports and thus to the tv? Or am I to expect the same distorted picture. I guess I will find out on our next stay at an RV park with cable hookup. Also, I am woefully ignorant about this: do the over the air digital channels (accessible thru the batwing) broadcast your popular networks such as nbc, abc, cbs? I figure they would not have channels like ESPN.
I also saw suggestions as to replacing the wall jack assembly with a newer Sensar IV assembly which I may do if I want to use the batwing antennae. Also saw the suggestion to upgrade the RVs cable wire itself, but that would be a difficult process as it is all buried in the walls. Not sure I want to tackle that one.
