TV wiring

[houtrz]

A friend has a 2011 Keystone Cougar that he is living in full time.
The RV is wired for two TV's. The living room has the booster/12vdc plug and next to that is another wall plate with two coax plugs with a short jumper connecting the two. Does anyone know what that jumper is used for?

[GrandpaKip]

ScottG wrote:
My AF has one of those plates with the two ant. connections. It's not labled or explained.
So one day I had a screw driver in hand and thought I would see whats what.
You know what was behind that plate?
Nothing. No connection what so ever.

It’s a hidey-hole.

Somebody at AF decided you should spend more time outside and not watch TV.

The cable probably fell down and the plate installer thought, “Great, this makes my job a lot easier.”

[ScottG]

My AF has one of those plates with the two ant. connections. It's not labled or explained.
So one day I had a screw driver in hand and thought I would see whats what.
You know what was behind that plate?
Nothing. No connection what so ever.

[mobeewan]

On my trailer I have 2 plates in the ceiling over the dinette shelf for the tv. One is for cable in and has the antenna booster the other has the 2 connections for the prewired satellite cable. One connection is for incomming satellite. The other is the send satellite signal to the bed room. In the bedroom I have a wall plate with 2 coax connections. One is for the tv antenna the other is for satellite comming from the dinette. There are 4 connection options.

1. Leave the jumper connected and put the satellite receiver in the bedroom. There will only be satellite viewing in the bedroom and no satellite service at the dinette.

2. Remove jumper and connect the satellite receiver at the dinette with no satellite signal to the bedroom.

3. Remove jumper and connect the satellite receiver at the dinette. Connect the satellite out coax connection on the receiver to the bedroom connection to proved satellite signal to the bedroom. Connect the satellite connection in the bed room to the bedroom TV using coax. You will need an A/B switch in the bedroom connected backwards to switch between satellite and local stations if you want to connect to the cable/antenna connection in the bedroom.

4. Remove jumper and connect the satellite receiver at the dinette only to the satellite in connection on the plate. Connect the satellite receiver to the tv in the bedroom using an HDMI cable or the RCA connectors on the satellite receiver.

I used option 4 with the dinette tv connected to the satellite receiver using an HDMI cable and the bedroom TV connected to the satellite receiver using a flat 20 ft RCA cable stapled to the ceiling. I may install a plastic wireway in the future for the RCA cable but for now it works for me.

[starcraft69]

My Jayco has the same thing. It is how you connect the other tv jack in the bedroom and switch between cable and antenna and cable and satellite . It is a poor design and confusing I had to make a cheat sheet and keep it in tv cabinet. After 3 1/2 years I think i figured it out now.

[BB_TX]

On mine it is where the outside coax connection comes in thru that dual coax wall plate and then to the rest of the trailer with the jumper in place. I can remove that jumper and connect my satellite receiver to the incoming side of the wall plate to use Dish. I only have a single outside connector so that serves as OTA, cable, or satellite depending on how it is configured.