Our new (to us) coach we bought just over a month ago (2006 Fleetwood Pace Arror 37c) was a repo unit. When we viewed it at the dealer lot, the entertainment electronics, DVD player, Televisions, etc had been taken by the previous owner. This ultimately was to our advantage because the original TV's would have been flat screen tube televisions. The dealer put Vizio LED TV's in the living room and bedroom. The Bedroom one is a smart TV which is kind of nice as I can setup my wifi hotspot and watch Netflix, etc. The front TV is not a smart TV. The coach originally came with 5.1 surround and all those speakers are where they should be so the dealer put in a cheap RCA DVD/Amp to utilize those. I believe that amp is about 250 watts total which is ok, but almost not enough especially when the AC is running. The connection to the rear TV is via a small switch box which allows coax connections of an antenna, and an aux device. There are two RF modulators to convert RCA connections to coax.
This configuration is not that great. The video feeding back to the rear TV is via the RF modulator from the DVD player/amp. When I got the RV home, I noticed a couple t hings about that setup. One, the video was bad to the bedroom over that coax connection. Two, there was no sound coming into the bedroom from the front DVD/Amp. After looking closely, it seems the RCA DVD player/amp is connected to the front TV via HDMI. When connecting via HDMI on that RCA, it overrides the audio from the standard RCA audio out from the player. I did a work around by connecting the audio of the TV (RCA) to the RF modulator feeding the rear TV. It works but I'm not real happy with that setup.
Some of you might be asking why so much emphasis on the TV entertainment. Why sit inside and watch TV when visiting all these nice exotic campgrounds? I have several answers to that! One, we use the TV's after the campfire when we turn in and want to just relax with a movie. Two, we use the TV's when the weather does not permit outside activities. Three, I telecommute and also have a need to visit my elderly parents that live 450 miles from me to assist them with things around the house. My RV is our entertainment but it is my home away from home as well!
I did some research and purchased the components. They have not all arrived yet but I want to share my plan with you all. This plan will eliminate the silly coax switch box and will give me quality high def signal to both TV's from multiple sources.
The following is my diagram of what the new configuration will look like (on paper so to speak).
The components that will allow me to make this happens are as follows:
Sony BDV-E3100 Home Theater Bluray/Amplifier (1000 Watts) (On order)
Etekcity 6x2 HDMI Matrix Switch (Arrived)
Nyrius Wireless HDMI Transmitter/Reciver (On order)
Another couple items in my diagram are a couple media players of which I have two in the house and can play media off a hard drive (my movie collection):
Brite-View CinemaGo
The other item on the diagram is an Intel NUC PC. This will be a future addition but the idea here is to put a mini computer up in the cabinet that will contain many classic board games for PC. We already have Monopoly and Scrabble. I want to add a powered USB hub and multiple wireless mice so each person has their own mouse to control the game when its their turn. I also would add a small wireless keyboard. This will eliminate carrying so many games with us...many of which never get used. By the way, Big Fish Games has an excellent selection of games and that is where we bought Monopoly and Scrabble. Plus the PC could be good for surfing and/or exploring driving routes, sites, campgrounds, etc. Here's some info on the Mini PC:
Intel NUC Mini PC and HERE is an excellent video on someone setting-up one up.
All parts have arrived and I finally started the installation. So far I have the new Sony Blu-ray player/amp installed as well as the HDMI switch. I have the HDMI Transmitter installed for the bedroom but I have not yet installed the receiver there yet. I also need to do some cable management and I need to install the surge power strip in place of that outlet adapter. On the 'tv' cable harness, there are two satellite receiver cables, a park cable, and an antenna cable. At this time, I do not intend on using satellite. I bought a simple A/B switch for the Park/Antenna cables. That output goes into a splitter and then feeds both TV's.
This photo is how it looked before I started - The RF modulators have my labels on them, such as 'GADGET':
This is what it looks like now. No more switch box other than that A/B switch for the antenna and park cable. As I said before I need to tidy-up the cables:
When viewing the items above, on the bottom is the Sony Blu-ray player. On top of the Sony is the Etekcity 6x2 HDMI Matrix Switch. On top of the HDMI switch box is my 'Gadget'. Just to the left of the 'Gadget' and behind you can see the HDMI transmitter.
One of the really nice things I discovered about this HDMI siwtch box is both outputs can be set to different inputs. SO, I can watch a Blu-ray up front and something on the 'Gadget' in the bedroom. Very cool!
Once I get the final installation done, I will do a final update to this thread. Hopefully the wiring will look much better!
This configuration is not that great. The video feeding back to the rear TV is via the RF modulator from the DVD player/amp. When I got the RV home, I noticed a couple t hings about that setup. One, the video was bad to the bedroom over that coax connection. Two, there was no sound coming into the bedroom from the front DVD/Amp. After looking closely, it seems the RCA DVD player/amp is connected to the front TV via HDMI. When connecting via HDMI on that RCA, it overrides the audio from the standard RCA audio out from the player. I did a work around by connecting the audio of the TV (RCA) to the RF modulator feeding the rear TV. It works but I'm not real happy with that setup.
Some of you might be asking why so much emphasis on the TV entertainment. Why sit inside and watch TV when visiting all these nice exotic campgrounds? I have several answers to that! One, we use the TV's after the campfire when we turn in and want to just relax with a movie. Two, we use the TV's when the weather does not permit outside activities. Three, I telecommute and also have a need to visit my elderly parents that live 450 miles from me to assist them with things around the house. My RV is our entertainment but it is my home away from home as well!
I did some research and purchased the components. They have not all arrived yet but I want to share my plan with you all. This plan will eliminate the silly coax switch box and will give me quality high def signal to both TV's from multiple sources.
The following is my diagram of what the new configuration will look like (on paper so to speak).
The components that will allow me to make this happens are as follows:
Sony BDV-E3100 Home Theater Bluray/Amplifier (1000 Watts) (On order)
Etekcity 6x2 HDMI Matrix Switch (Arrived)
Nyrius Wireless HDMI Transmitter/Reciver (On order)
Another couple items in my diagram are a couple media players of which I have two in the house and can play media off a hard drive (my movie collection):
Brite-View CinemaGo
The other item on the diagram is an Intel NUC PC. This will be a future addition but the idea here is to put a mini computer up in the cabinet that will contain many classic board games for PC. We already have Monopoly and Scrabble. I want to add a powered USB hub and multiple wireless mice so each person has their own mouse to control the game when its their turn. I also would add a small wireless keyboard. This will eliminate carrying so many games with us...many of which never get used. By the way, Big Fish Games has an excellent selection of games and that is where we bought Monopoly and Scrabble. Plus the PC could be good for surfing and/or exploring driving routes, sites, campgrounds, etc. Here's some info on the Mini PC:
Intel NUC Mini PC and HERE is an excellent video on someone setting-up one up.
All parts have arrived and I finally started the installation. So far I have the new Sony Blu-ray player/amp installed as well as the HDMI switch. I have the HDMI Transmitter installed for the bedroom but I have not yet installed the receiver there yet. I also need to do some cable management and I need to install the surge power strip in place of that outlet adapter. On the 'tv' cable harness, there are two satellite receiver cables, a park cable, and an antenna cable. At this time, I do not intend on using satellite. I bought a simple A/B switch for the Park/Antenna cables. That output goes into a splitter and then feeds both TV's.
This photo is how it looked before I started - The RF modulators have my labels on them, such as 'GADGET':
This is what it looks like now. No more switch box other than that A/B switch for the antenna and park cable. As I said before I need to tidy-up the cables:
When viewing the items above, on the bottom is the Sony Blu-ray player. On top of the Sony is the Etekcity 6x2 HDMI Matrix Switch. On top of the HDMI switch box is my 'Gadget'. Just to the left of the 'Gadget' and behind you can see the HDMI transmitter.
One of the really nice things I discovered about this HDMI siwtch box is both outputs can be set to different inputs. SO, I can watch a Blu-ray up front and something on the 'Gadget' in the bedroom. Very cool!
Once I get the final installation done, I will do a final update to this thread. Hopefully the wiring will look much better!
