cable splitter location

EgorKC wrote:
We have a 2013 Forest River Wildcat Rear Living 5th wheel. Cable TV has never worked great but has been much worse the last 4-5 years, If I run Cable from Campground post direct through window to any TV reception is perfect. Through the main 5er cable input it is very snowy. I replaced the Antenna power boost outlet and removed all 4 of the Cable hookups and verified a tight connection. I also checked the main Cable input to verify tight. No change in snow. None of these have a splitter connected to the cable. I pulled all lines out as far as they had slack and no splitter. I then removed every access panel in the main trailer and basement to look for a main cable splitter. NO luck. There has to be one somewhere as this trailer has 1 cable inlet and 4 cable outlets. Does anyone have any idea where it could be? I will contact Forest River but my understanding from research is that RV's are wired based on the whim of the crew that given day. Thus I expect no real help there. We can use antenna reception but DW prefers the cable variety. Hoping to get help narrowing down the hunt.

Greg

I have to ask a basic question. You are turning off the OTA antenna booster when connected to park cable?

When you say 4 cable outlets, does that mean at four different locations in the trailer? Or two each at two locations? If two each at two locations, there is probably a SAT input somewhere that you are missing.

Might be time to buy a coax compression tool and some ends, and replace crimped ends with the newer compression ends.

https://www.amazon.com/Crimper-Compression-Stripper-Gaobige-connectors/dp/B073TWL5G4/ref=asc_df_B073TWL5G4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309802506143&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8440834710224871333&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1027744&hvtargid=pla-593079867514&psc=1

The OTA antenna power supply/booster has a splitter built into it. So the three connections on the back are:

1. OTA Antenna
2. Cable in
3. Output (Antenna or Cable, depending on switch on or off)

Front connection also gets switched between OTA Antenna and cable via the power button. A good test would be to hook up to cable and install a cable from the front outlet to the main TV if the power/supply booster is in the bedroom. That would islolate the problem as before or after the power supply.




In many cases, they put a splitter on the 2nd TV output and it is in the wall behind the power supply. You say you already looked there however.

I would think that by 2013 just about all trailers had sat cables installed OEM.

Chris