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Help with coax cable run for cable TV - 2000 U320

George & Sandy never hooked up to a cable TV outlet on a park pedestal because they used satellite.  They tried to, but it never worked when plugged into the cable TV inlet inside the wet bay.  I knew that.  I want to get it working because I'm not going to use the satellite.  I get no signal at any cable outlet including the one for an outside TV that's in the bay behind they LP tank.  Moose is at Camping World now and they are getting ready to trouble shoot this issue.  I'm hoping that someone can give me a little help on how the cable is run from the wet bay so I can pass the info along to CW.

The 2 satellite inlets were located in a bay directly under the driver side.  There is one inlet hookup for the rear TV and one for the front TV.  Not going to use these.

I have looked under the removable floor in the closet for a cable box switch or junction box of some kind, but can't find anything.  Is there something obvious that I'm missing to get a signal to my outlets so I can watch cable TV?  Right now I'm looking at a complete re-run from the wet bay to all 3 outlets.  Thanks in advance for any help!

Re: Help with coax cable run for cable TV - 2000 U320

Reply #1 –
What settings are the switching box on? Should be in cabinet above driver. Do you have signal to the box from the input in the back. I suspect george and sandy had all three switched to sat. Or disconnected for some reason at back of switch from input

FWIW I have not been impressed with CW device capabilities, but their audio/video guy may have some skills.
Tim Fiedler    2025 LTV Unity MBL on Order
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1985 Citroen 2CV6 Charleston
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Re: Help with coax cable run for cable TV - 2000 U320

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Tim Fiedler –
What settings are the switching box on? Should be in cabinet above driver. Do you have signal to the box from the input in the back.

FWIW I have not been impressed with CW device capabilities, but their audio/video guy may have some skills.

Winegard switchbox looks like this



Video Distribution Center VS5312A - Winegard

Simple device, but we did have ours go bad.  Might need to search around since it looks like it's been discontinued.

Michelle
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2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

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Reply #3 –
A "cable sniffer" might help you track cables. One part the of the device puts a signal on to a pair if wires. The other part with show an signal with audio and a light when held near the wires with the signal. It works well on twisted pairs or straight pairs such as telephone wires, electric wires, or computer wires. It may not work as well on coaxial cables, but should help you find the far end of a cable.

If you have any friends who do any kind of low voltage wiring such as telephone or computer networks, they could help you track wires.
J D Stevens
1997 U295 CAI 36' Build #5085
2002 Subaru Outback
Motorcade 16869
Bellville, TX

Re: Help with coax cable run for cable TV - 2000 U320

Reply #4 –
Steve, Cheap version of a cable sniffer, wire a nine volt battery to a set of clips, attach the clips on one end to center conductor and shield and use a VOM to read voltage at the other.  Easy way to Trace out cable.
Gary B

Re: Help with coax cable run for cable TV - 2000 U320

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Tim Fiedler –
What settings are the switching box on? Should be in cabinet above driver. Do you have signal to the box from the input in the back. I suspect george and sandy had all three switched to sat. Or disconnected for some reason at back of switch from input

FWIW I have not been impressed with CW device capabilities, but their audio/video guy may have some skills.

Hmmm.  No switch box anywhere that saw.  I know how you feel about CW, but my only other option was 250 miles away in Tampa.  My toad needed outfitting to tow as well.  CW is 30 miles from me.  Keeping my fingers crossed! :)  I'm a complete idiot when it comes to wiring anything. Sigh.

Re: Help with coax cable run for cable TV - 2000 U320

Reply #6 –
Steve, once you find the switch box, its bound to be there, look for a disconnected coax cable close by. George had a CarryOut portable satellite dish that he probably connected to the system via the outside cable connector. If so, I'm betting he just hooked up the loose cable to the satellite connector on the back of switch box when he used the CarryOut. Its also possible that just punching the cable button on the switch box will do the job.

Of course the easy was is to just call George and ask him. I'm sure he won't mind.
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Re: Help with coax cable run for cable TV - 2000 U320

Reply #7 –
Steve, on our 2000 U320 the cable from the utility bay goes into the cabinet on the street side above the driver's head where it is usually connected to a satellite TV receiver and then there is a cable from that cabinet to the center cabinet over the windshield that is connected to the AUX input on the switch box.  With a satellite TV receiver in place both cables are connected to it and cable TV appears via the AUX button with the satellite box off and satellite TV appears with the receiver on using channel 3 or 4.  If there is no satellite receiver the 2 cables can just be connected together to get the cable signal to the TV.

Yours may be totally different but it took me a good while to figure it out.  I finally guessed at it when I took a good look at the labels on the cables appearing in the cabinet on the street side.
Monti
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Reply #8 –
What about the wall switches?  Should be a on/off power switch and the antenna/cable switch.  Mine are in the rear hall, but you have a much newer coach and the locations would be different.
1994 U225
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Reply #9 –
On my last trip, I didn't have much luck with RV campground cable connections.  I think I may have messed up the cable wiring when I installed the new HD TV's.  The Winegard antenna works fine but the cable connection doesn't.    Also I haven't found any campgrounds that have high definition signals via the cable connection, even with a cable direct to the TV,  so I still prefer the antenna for HD.  I'm one of the el cheapo guys that doesn't have satellite yet.  Has anyone found a campground that has a HD cable connection?  All the campgrounds I stayed at this year with cable had standard low definition signals. 
Jerry Whiteaker former owner 96 U270  36' #4831 Austin,TX-Owner Mods LCD TV w/front cabinet rebuild - LCD TV bedroom - Dual Central AC, either can cool coach w 30 amp - Skylights at roof AC openings - Drop ceiling for ducting of AC - Shower skylight white gelcoat/wood/epoxy frame - Air Springs/Shocks replaced - 2014 CRV - 8K Home Solar - Chevy Volt

Re: Help with coax cable run for cable TV - 2000 U320

Reply #10 –
Quote from: Jerry Whiteaker –
Has anyone found a campground that has a HD cable connection?  All the campgrounds I stayed at this year with cable had standard low definition signals.
You're right.  I don't think any CG will pay extra for the HD signal - just basic programming.    Besides local over the air channels, we like some of the basic cable channels.  I get HD at home & we don't really care about HD on the road because we're not full timers.

So far Camping World (in St. Augustine, FL) is doing a great job fixing my small issues.  They have a really good electronic tech.  My cable TV was fixed by replacing the AUX switch above the drivers seat and he discovered a loose connection.  The service manager calls me each night with an update of their progress and if they find something unusual, they call me let ME decide what I want to do about it.  They save me money wherever they can. b^.^d