Bedroom TV reception poor.

There should be a splitter for the rear TV. Seems unlikely that a mfg would not connect the rear TV. Most likely you have a loose or bad coax or connection.

When TV's went digital I lost the reception in the bedroom TV also.

I posted the question in the tech forum and was told 'in laymen terms' that digital doesn't like to have a splitter in line. and that the older RV's split the cable to the back bedroom because analog TV didn't have a problem with it, but the digital TV's do.

rockhillmanor wrote:
When TV's went digital I lost the reception in the bedroom TV also.

I posted the question in the tech forum and was told 'in laymen terms' that digital doesn't like to have a splitter in line. and that the older RV's split the cable to the back bedroom because analog TV didn't have a problem with it, but the digital TV's do.

If there is a splitter present. It should be just inside the wall behind the booster.

In respect to above.

Would this work ?

I agree with CA Traveler, I think it's a bad connection. That bad connection could be at the splitter, in front or behind the bedroom wall plate, or on back of television itself. Maybe, the short cable between TV and wall outlet is bad.

Maybe, the TV setting is in cable vs over air mode.

It's possible, the bedroom TV has a weak tuner. They are not all created equal. I have noticed a difference in reception between living room and bedroom, but, it's the living room that gets fewer channels. That TV is older than the bedroom TV.

It's also possible, there has been some mod or picture hanging event that drove a nail or screw through the cable running inside the wall.

It's true, digital signals are not particularly fond of splitters, however, unless the splitter is bad, it is not to the point of dislike where it would not work at all.

handye9 wrote:
Maybe, the TV setting is in cable vs over air mode.

Good point. Have you checked the TV menu & run the "auto scan" for OTA channels ? :h

This is pretty much how the ANTENNA WALL PLATE is connected to things.



A closer look at the TV WALL Plate connections.


The TV WALL PLATE used in most RV Trailers is not a BOOSTER AMPLIFIER as everyone likes to think. This is a POWER SOURCE to provide working DC VOLTAGE for the BOOSTER AMPLIFIER located in the base of the BAT WING ANTENNA. The TV WALL PLATE also is the power splitter for feeding both the living room TV and the Bedroom TV.

Assuming you have digital HDTV sets at both places now...

The only thing that disrupts reception for us when using the CABLE INPUT for both TVs is to be sure we have the ANTENNA WALL PLATE PUSH BUTTON OFF and the setup menus on both TV sets set to CABLE not ANTENNA.

We also have to RE-SCAN the digital HDTVs at both living room and bedroom everytime we change campground locations

Roy Ken

rockhillmanor wrote:
When TV's went digital I lost the reception in the bedroom TV also.

I posted the question in the tech forum and was told 'in laymen terms' that digital doesn't like to have a splitter in line. and that the older RV's split the cable to the back bedroom because analog TV didn't have a problem with it, but the digital TV's do.

I've made no changes to the wiring and have good signals to both front and rear TV's. Standard over the air digital broadcast signal can be split.

Where things get confusing is when people try to use a normal splitter for satellite. They need a different type of splitter.

I had reception problems when my TT was new. I found that when they put some of the ends on the cables at the factory, they simply cut through the shield and connected just the center wire.
So you may want to check them with an ohm meter. Disconnect the cable at both ends and measure between the center wire and shield. It should be open - no reading on the meter.
Then short one end by placing something metal between the center wire and shield. Measure the other end and it should show very low resistance - maybe a couple of ohms.

The camper is a new Apex. We picked it up about six weeks ago and it was very cold that day. The only thing we could check to see if it worked was the heater. We should just take it back and let the dealer figure it out. I took a small TV out to the outside connection and scanned for channel. It found seven. Took the same TV into the bedroom and got no signal. Looks like ScottG might be on to something. Cable ends look like the push on type and I don't know if they pulled back the shielded portion. Thanks for all the good ideas. Think it's going back to the dealer.