Cable TV cable

[fallsrider]

My Dad and I are going surf fishing at the Outer Banks in two weeks. We're taking the TT DW and I just bought. I've never used cable in a camper before. Our trailer has the male plug on the outside. The CG includes cable. Will it have a male plug, too? Will I just need a cable with two female ends? Thanks.

[ZeeLet50]

Yes If First Time Using Camper Wiring May Not Be Correct.I Had Crappy Reception And Blamed The Campsite Turned Out To.Be Bad Connection On Tt.Had To Switch From A To B InpuT To Resolve

[goducks10]

Hopefully your TT is wired right. You will have to go into the TV's menu and select cable over air, then find 'scan'. You need to run 'scan' so the tv can find the tv stations.

[Ozlander]

1971duster340 wrote:
You'll have to auto program your tv for the CG's channels and make sure you have the bowtie antenna amp. off.

And the TV set to cable input.

[gmw_photos]

And just to make it a little easier, when I don't need a really long cable, I carry one that is about five feet long, and then a second cable about 20 feet long. It is sometimes needed to have fairly long cords and connections due to differing layouts of campsites.

[Bumpyroad]

fallsrider wrote:
My Dad and I are going surf fishing at the Outer Banks in two weeks. We're taking the TT DW and I just bought. I've never used cable in a camper before. Our trailer has the male plug on the outside. The CG includes cable. Will it have a male plug, too? Will I just need a cable with two female ends? Thanks.

determining the sex of TV cables is confusing. you have a female plug on your RV and on the post. their male part is tiny. 🙂
bumpy

[1971duster340]

You'll have to auto program your tv for the CG's channels and make sure you have the bowtie antenna amp. off.

[wmoses]

fallsrider wrote:
It is female. I was wrongly calling it male because of the threaded part, not the pin part.

Same here.

[Robby9]

I've never seen a campground supply the cable. Just a female outlet on or near the post.

[fallsrider]

It is female. I was wrongly calling it male because of the threaded part, not the pin part.

[KD4UPL]

You'll likely need a length of cable: RG-6 with F connectors. The one on your RV is a female unless it's some weird, non factory hack job. It should have external threads. The threads don't determine the gender. The inside has a small hole. The male F connector has female threads but a wire that sticks into the hole.
Cables like this are readily available at just about any Radio Shack, Best Buy, Walmart, etc.

[wmoses]

fallsrider wrote:
My Dad and I are going surf fishing at the Outer Banks in two weeks. We're taking the TT DW and I just bought. I've never used cable in a camper before. Our trailer has the male plug on the outside. The CG includes cable. Will it have a male plug, too? Will I just need a cable with two female ends? Thanks.

Yes. That us that I have and the CGs that I went to with cable had the male jack as well.

[sch911]

Your trailer should have the female port on the outside....

Have seen CG's both ways. Best to take a hunk of cable with male ends, and a female to female adapter just in case.