RV surround sound hooked up to TV

NaViDa wrote:
Hi All,

I recently hooked my own flat screen tv up to the rv's radio using a cassette adapter. Are the radios also run my electrical or am i running down my rv's battery??

TIA!

Non sufficiant information to say anything but "YES".

First: I assume you are feeding it into the dash radio on a class A,B,C motor home. If you are feeding a "house" radio than the answer changes

Second: Many motor homes have (And many do not have) A bi-directional isolator, Mine does.. If I run my dash radio (Which is seperate from the house radio) the converter will keep the battery up no problem.

Third: Many Motor homes do not have seperate house and dash radios, the dash radio has a toggle switch, often 3 position.

Main(off)Aux (off is optional) in the MAIN position the key switdch (Ignition) needs to be in ON or ACC for the radio to work and yes you are drawing power from the chassis battery... If you do not have a bi-direcitonal isolator you WILL run it down.

In the AUX position it's the house batteries and converter that are used so its running off the mains electrical power.

Hope this helps,, I have tried to cover everything, but alas, you really did not give enough info.