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bedroom tv upgrade

 This is my answer for no room for a tv. The tv is mounted in the sliding bedroom door, and the surround sound system is housed in the now vacant tv opening .The cover is a wood vent cover with speaker cloth glued to the back side.Wiring is housed in a telescoping aluminum tube up in the track rails. tv is a 24" Toshiba (the only one I could find with flat sides) The tv is held in with velcro (the one picture shows the tv being held overhung with the one velcro strip holding it) The door is only cut through the one side, the bathroom side is unaffected. WARNING as per Foretravel quality, the sliding door has an aluminum frame built inside side to side and top to bottom. It is quite a remarkable and quality piece.
Larry and Susan Rogers
  1998 U-270 36'
  Build 5344
  Cummins 8.3

Re: bedroom tv upgrade

Reply #1 –
Tough to watch lying on your back!!
JohnH
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Reply #2 –
That is on my to do list. I too am planning on installing inside a cutout in the sliding door.
I was waiting on a slimmed down version in a 32"(depth).
I plan to extend the door a couple inches to accommodate the 32"tv width.
It seems the smaller LED TV's don't come as slim as the larger versions.

What make and size tv did you go with?
1995 U320C SE 40'
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More photos, Please. (Both sides of door, details of wiring run, etc).  Thanks.
1993 U280 SE 40' WTBI, Build: 4359
C8.3 300hp, 6-Speed, Exhaust Brake
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Reply #4 –
John,  I had to get my wife involved with the picture thing.  God only knows where the dozens of pictures I sent went! For 1st try I should at least get an atta boy.
Larry and Susan Rogers
  1998 U-270 36'
  Build 5344
  Cummins 8.3

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Reply #5 –
Quote from: old 1320 –
John,  I had to get my wife involved with the picture thing.  God only knows where the dozens of pictures I sent went! For 1st try I should at least get an atta boy.

You did great! A creative solution to a vexing problem all of us with older models have. I have no idea how anyone could have watched those 13" tv sets; I have enough trouble adapting to a 21" after the 42" in the SnB!

Craig
1993 U225 36' Unihome GV with PACBRAKE exhaust retarder, Banks Stinger and Solar Panels.
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Reply #6 –
Excellent install!  Looks like a great place to mount the TV - being both "easily viewable" AND "out of the way".

Are the air circulation vents on the TV still exposed?  LED screens don't make a lot of heat, but they do make some...

I'm not clear on how the "telescoping aluminum tube" works.  Does it retract (push) back into the open space inside the closet area when the sliding door is closed?
1993 U280 SE 40' WTBI, Build: 4359
C8.3 300hp, 6-Speed, Exhaust Brake
960 watts on the roof (6 x 160)
Sorento (or BOLT) on a Kar Kaddy SS
"Nature abhors a vacuum"

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Reply #7 –
Chuck,  Yes ,the tube is a leg off an old camera tripod. The door end is cut to make a tab to screw to the top of the door. the wiring comes up through the top corner of the door into the tube. the other end goes through the hole cut into the door jamb. Inside the old tv space there is a guide that the tube hits (and guides the wire bundle) then a stop on the tube hits the  guide and starts storing.The only pain is you have to make a shielded power cord for the tv, the tube houses power cord l&r speaker output hdmi cable and coax.
Larry and Susan Rogers
  1998 U-270 36'
  Build 5344
  Cummins 8.3

Re: bedroom tv upgrade

Reply #8 –
Nice clean job....bravo.  I opted to replace the stock tv with a 22" LG (~8.6 lbs) mounted on a home grown 1x4 frame fitted inside the original opening tilted (to view while lying down) and angled to permit clearance for the adjacent cabinet door.  Slight tv frame intrusion to the entry but no knots on head so far.  See b4 and after pics attached.
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