HDMI cable from front to bedroom

[TNGW1500SE]

I need to run a HDMI cable from the TV area (above the dash) to the TV in the bedroom. I'm thinking about going through the overhead A/C duct work. The duct work (from the A/C unit) goes up the drivers side towards the front of the RV but the duct work to the rear goes back the passenger side. I guess I'll have to take the roof cover off the A/C unit to get the cable from one sides duct work to the other. Correct? Is there a better way to run the cable?

[msmith1199]

I ran an HDMI cable through my duct work and it works just fine. I have a duct running the length of the coach on both sides however. I would assume you could cross over at the A/C unit if you need to.

[SCVJeff]

I ran mine from the TV cabinet down in the wall, dropped into the storage bay to the front of the coach, out for several feet around the front generator and suspension, back in and up a side pillar. Sounds easy doesn't it?

[GordonThree]

I just re-read OP, source is a laptop - check to see if it already has "Intel Wireless Display" aka "WiDi" aka "Miracast" built in. That's 1/2 of your wireless hdmi solution, the other half being a WiDi receiver.

WiDi will not interfere with your other outputs, it can clone the main display or create its own display... pretty cool stuff actually.

[jorbill2or]

sch911 wrote:
This is what I use: IO Gear Wireless HDMI

Not cheap, works perfectly, and a whole heck of allot easier to install.

X2 Works! great no wires!, but 150+ bucks found online. I found the cheaper wireless solutions don't work well at all.
Over 30' of HDMI doesnt work well either BUT as already written Using cat5 cable with a adapter on ea end ( Baelens ) can go hundreds of feet.

[sch911]

This is what I use: IO Gear Wireless HDMI

Not cheap, works perfectly, and a whole heck of allot easier to install.

[GordonThree]

Consider this option:

HDMI to Cat6 converter

Adapter box that converts hdmi to inexpensive network cable, and then back again. Uses two pieces of cable, which you can get at best buy super cheap. At nearly 200 ft it should cover anything in an RV 🙂

[rekoj71]

I'm doing the same thing as far as using the computer for entertainment, unfortunately so far I have only been able to use the switch box (the one with all of the buttons on it so that the antenna signal and DVD signal can be sent to other TV's), and it used the RCA (red/white/yellow) connectors. I'm using an HDMI to RCA adapter currently but yes the picture is not HD on the back TV. Not sure if you have this option though. Just an idea. The long HDMI cable would be more ideal.

[roam1]

Got it!
I looked into long hdmi cables for home once and found a few
The connectors on the end make them hard to pull
Good luck!

[TNGW1500SE]

roam1 wrote:
If you TV in the bedroom is small, regular coax will give a reasonable picture
Just a thought

I'm hooking it up to a laptop that's on the dash and splitting the HDMI between both TV's. Controlling it with a bluetooth keyboard. ! TB external drive on home WIFI so I can transfer videos to it to watch at campgrounds. That way I don't have to watch Gunsmoke in the bedroom.

[roam1]

If you TV in the bedroom is small, regular coax will give a reasonable picture
Just a thought

[RoyB]

In my FIFTH WHEEL I was able to pull down each of the Air Conditioner ceiling vents and pull some wiring from vent to vent (every six feet or so) from one end of the trailer to the other. I used the spray foam to seal-up any holes I had to make getting in and out of the cut-in a/c ducts.

Usually on both end you will have ceiling cabinets installed where you can retrieve your cables and route to where they need to go on both end behind the thin walls.

Being a HAM RADIO guy I ran several RG type cables down the air conditioner cut in ceiling ducts...

The other route is under the trailer which has a closed membrane that has to be removed first.

I guess you could consider BLUE TOOTH as well

Roy Ken

[Dakota98]

TechWriter

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[TechWriter]

TNGW1500SE wrote:
Is there a better way to run the cable?

Wireless HDMI