Sooo....Winnebago is now manufacturing travel trailers and I believe that the 2014 models will be their second year of production. We're getting ready to take a serious look at a Minnie Winnie 2201DS unit. If you have had a chance to look at any of the Minnie Winnie trailers, can you share your observations and thoughts???? I've been around trailers for quite a few years, so I know quite a bit about what to look for, but a little help is always appreciated. From what I've seen of pics and videos, I really like the floorplan, specs, etc. but hope that the quality control is at least a little bit above average.Thanks so much for anything you can contribute!

Looked at that unit with the DW on Saturday. I liked it, she didn't like the raised slide, 2 steps instead of 3, and the massive wasted space in the bathroom. The outdoor Kitchen is super nice. If it had a floor flush slide we would seriously consider it.

Only thing I know about them are they seem to come in some wild colors! My wife really liked the bright yellow (I MEAN YELLOW YELLOW) model. I haven't been in one personally but have seem them close up. I think they are a brainchld of the Sunnybrook / Winnebago purchase.

Looking over some of the specs and the small holding tank sizes would be a deal killer for me but that seems to be the way the TT makers are going now.

I'll agree that the small tanks aren't great. Most of the time, we look for full hookups, so it isn't an issue. When we're in state parks without sewer hook-ups and using the blue tote, it shouldn't matter that much as I only like to haul 15-20 gallons of gray water at a time. It really boils down to what compromises you want to make when you want to downsize to around 26' and 7K of weight or less. We've done a lot of looking, and at this point, figure that if a smaller unit ends up being wrong for us, we'll just have to trade it and go back to something in the 28-30 foot range.

We will pickup our upsized Minnie 2101 FBS on Wednesday of next week. For the past 2 years we have been in a 17 ft Casita after a 29 ft Dutchman Denali so we are looking forward to much more room trailer wise as well as tank wise in the almost 22 ft of the Minnie. We thought smaller was better but we went to small. The Minnie seem well built and to us much larger but still very easy to tow.

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Bigbird65
Explorer
Jan 29, 2016
johndigbydog wrote:
Please let me know how you got the tv sound to go thru the speakers! johndigbydog2@verizon.net I have a 2013 Minnie 2101FBS in yellow- LOVE IT !!!!

I first contacted our dealer about the TV audio but they didn't have a clue. I then contacted the representative for Jensen and here was their response: Thank you for contacting ASA Electronics Technical Service department. If you have verified that the RCA cables are good between the red and white audio input on the TV and the red and white audio input on the back of the AWM968 (stereo), try the following steps. First go into the TV Audio Menu and turn the TV speakers to Off. Then go into the Setup Menu and change the Audio Output setting to Fixed. On the AWM968, make sure it is set to AUX 1 position. With the TV in this configuration, you will need to adjust the volume on the AWM968.
This all worked as he said and the TV audio is far better now.

Also see the 3 photos above.
johndigbydog
Explorer
Jan 29, 2016
Please let me know how you got the tv sound to go thru the speakers! johndigbydog2@verizon.net I have a 2013 Minnie 2101FBS in yellow- LOVE IT !!!!
johndigbydog
Explorer
Jan 29, 2016
Bigbird65 wrote:
I saw a mistake I made in calling it a a 2102DS and corrected it. We added a 3" memory foam mattress on top of the queen mattress. Wow, that sure made a difference. Ultra comfortable. With that in place we don't use the couch at the end of the bed. Thanks very much for the reply.
If anyone is interested I can tell you how to make the Jensen TV audio go through the Jensen stereo for much improved the sound. I have made several more improvements and will be glad to share.
bowebow
Explorer
May 13, 2015
we have a 2014 tt with jenson tv and dvd stereo. similar model.
turned tv speakers off as shown.
left audio out as variable.
yellow video cable end to dvd out/ tv in.
red /white cable end to dvd are labeled in /tv (not close to yellow,) found red /white audio out . works for tv audio out. dvd video in.
aux1 dvd setting.
adjust volume on both then to find comfort setting.
our tv red /white was pluged into audio in and didn't do anything.
tv now works thru built in stereo speakers on tv setting
Bigbird65
Explorer
Jul 01, 2014
likesadvice, I must have not gotten a notification that you posted a question. Well, I'm only a month late but I will try to answer it. Here are a couple of photos showing how the TV menu is setup.

My guess is that you have the Stereo set on the wrong speakers. It should be set on "A" and not "B". The B speakers are the outside ones.

The volume control knob on the stereo only goes up to 39 and that is LOUD in the trailer.
Let me know what you find out.
likesadvice
Explorer
Jun 03, 2014
Bigbird65, I followed your directions for hooking up the TV audio. Thank you. Only problem is the audio is very low. I turn up the volume on the stereo and its either nothing or very low. The volume doesn't seem to change. Its either on, or off. Any ideas?
Bigbird65
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
Mesposito wrote:
Thanks for the info and pics. I have been wanting to make a hose so I can connect my Weber grill to the camper propane supply. I just need to put myself together a parts list...

Here are the two items I ordered from Amazon: Camco 57282 hose with quick disconnects and a Camco 59903 male quick disconnect to be used on the grill. As you can see in the photo the grill has an external regulator. The Minnie propane outlet is regulated low pressure, I think about 15 lbs, so to use it the propane must be supplied after the regulator that the grill used. I bought the other brass fittings at a local hardware store. Oh yes, I bought this grill because it has an external removable regulator. Does a great job cooking steaks.
Mesposito
Explorer
Jun 01, 2014
Thanks for the info and pics. I have been wanting to make a hose so I can connect my Weber grill to the camper propane supply. I just need to put myself together a parts list...
Bigbird65
Explorer
May 31, 2014
I needed a place to store the WDH spring bars while camping, also the sway control so I put them here instead of in the front pass through storage. It is much easier to pick up the heavy spring bars from this location. One of the best things that I bought from Amazon is the electric Jack Quick.

I built a pair of wheel chocks out of 2x4 and all thread.

I bought a hose and fittings so that we could hook up our Nexgrill to the camper regulated propane supply.

Here is where I store our fishing rods. I used some small sections of PVC pipe that I had lying around.

Finally, here is how we hang our bikes with a Swagman 2 bike rack.
Bigbird65
Explorer
May 31, 2014
Mesposito wrote:
Bigbird65 wrote:

If anyone is interested I can tell you how to make the Jensen TV audio go through the Jensen stereo for much improved the sound. I have made several more improvements and will be glad to share.

Bigbird65,

We also own a Winnie. Have only used it 3 times. I would like to hear about the improvements you have made to the TV audio and any any others ...Thanks

I first contacted our dealer about the TV audio but they didn't have a clue. I then contacted the representative for Jensen and here was their response: Thank you for contacting ASA Electronics Technical Service department. If you have verified that the RCA cables are good between the red and white audio input on the TV and the red and white audio input on the back of the AWM968, try the following steps. First go into the TV Audio Menu and turn the TV speakers to Off. Then go into the Setup Menu and change the Audio Output setting to Fixed. On the AWM968, make sure it is set to AUX 1 position. With the TV in this configuration, you will need to adjust the volume on the AWM968.
This all worked a he said and the TV audio is far better now.
I'll post more improvements later today after I take a few photos.

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