Football season! Camping over Labor Day weekend and with the weather not going to cooperate thought we'd get some use from our outdoor TV set up. First, with TV set up inside and connected to TT we were able to pull in more than 40 channels. There's a small panel near the TV inside that has a Satellite output and an OTA antenna output. There is a button on the small panel that the dealership told me is a booster for the OTA antenna. TV is connected to antenna with the booster turned on when we pull in 40+ OTA channels.So I took the same TV and put it outside and connected to the exterior antenna jack, left booster on inside. No channels were coming through. Ran auto scan 3 times with booster on and off. And just to clarify, this is not the "cable in" jack on the other exterior side of the trailer that i would use to connect to a CG or park. Any ideas on what could be wrong?

obviously, the connection you are using on the outside is not connected to the antenna. May not even be hooked up inside. There are no rules on how these connections are wired inside your rig, all depends on who did the work, and what was on their mind that day. Get your RV tech to check all the wiring, and determine wnere the outside connector is attached. Sorry, that is the only way.

And don't bother looking for a wiring diagram - there ain't none. You're on your own.

Is there a switch inside that might select inside or outside TV?Once you scan the inside you don't need to scan again.

look for another connecrion where rhe tv connected inside some make you use a loop to connect the outside one

Are you sure you are looking at a jack that is supposed to be an outside antenna output and not the input for RV park cable? I don't recall seeing outside antenna outputs on RVs unless it was inside a external entertainment center compartment (and a permanent TV was mounted) .

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Msu50000
Explorer
Sep 03, 2017
Yes, see first post. There is a jack labeled specifically for park hook ups. The jack in referring to is where an outside TV mount is factory installed.
garyemunson
Explorer II
Sep 03, 2017
Are you sure you are looking at a jack that is supposed to be an outside antenna output and not the input for RV park cable? I don't recall seeing outside antenna outputs on RVs unless it was inside a external entertainment center compartment (and a permanent TV was mounted) .
newman_fulltime
Explorer II
Sep 03, 2017
look for another connecrion where rhe tv connected inside some make you use a loop to connect the outside one
Mandalay_Parr
Explorer
Sep 03, 2017
Is there a switch inside that might select inside or outside TV?
Once you scan the inside you don't need to scan again.
azdryheat
Explorer
Sep 03, 2017
And don't bother looking for a wiring diagram - there ain't none. You're on your own.
gloriebkj
Explorer
Sep 03, 2017
obviously, the connection you are using on the outside is not connected to the antenna. May not even be hooked up inside. There are no rules on how these connections are wired inside your rig, all depends on who did the work, and what was on their mind that day. Get your RV tech to check all the wiring, and determine wnere the outside connector is attached. Sorry, that is the only way.

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