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HD TV connections in 2022 FS450

March 15, 2024, 06:30:07 pm

Dear FT owners,

This is my first post here! I have a 2006 Travel Supreme 38SO3 but I'm in the process of acquiring a 2022 FS450 from Motorhomes of TX by consignment, of course. It currently has a DirecTV Winegard antenna on the roof and I asked them to change it over to Dish Network since we use Dish at home and in the Travel Supreme. The coach has 3 TVs and their only connections are RG6 cables and not HDMI. That makes no sense to me. To receive a satellite signal at each TV would require a separate receiver for and located at each TV. That would require a monthly fee for all 3 receivers instead of using just 1 going to all the TVs. I don't care if all the TVs receive the same signal, that is, all TVs would be showing only the same satellite channel. I have that right now in my Travel Supreme. The only solution that I can figure out, besides using 3 receivers, would be a wireless HDMI transmitter/receiver to the other TVs. Has anyone else had to deal with this? How did you do it? Thank you.

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Reply #1 – March 17, 2024, 09:22:00 am

Maybe a little different with Bell here in Canada, but I run 3 TV's off the same receiver. My satellite has the RG 6 line to the receiver and I pulled 3 high quality HDMI cables from a 4k/1080P switcher to the TV's.
I also have a Wally which I use a monthly subscription when I am in the states and run it through the switcher as well. My King  One Pro™ Premium Satellite Antenna has two outlets, so if I decided to add another receiver to watch with separate channels, U could. I just choose not to.
It really is a simple process to pull the hdmi cables, although the nooks and crannies can be a bit of a pain...

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Reply #2 – March 31, 2024, 10:53:36 am

Thank you, Peter.

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Reply #3 – March 31, 2024, 05:09:07 pm

I will bet that the coach has a Audio/Video center that from that
 location it goes to each TV.  Change your dish to dish,  then change out either one or both of the direct receivers to dish  . The receivers then will connect to the video distribution via hdmi, you then will be able to watch either receive from any TV.  If only putting in one receiver you could watch that on all the TV's.  You might have to get your remotes reprogrammed for dish receivers.  If coach connected to the internet,  then FOT should be able to remote program them..

If you pm me with your phone number I can walk you through the steps. Hardest part will be changing out the disk

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Reply #4 – March 31, 2024, 06:00:40 pm

Keep I mind the company probably did not think of 4K processing and the cables and switching boxes required for the signal when they put together the package. It is all about saving cash...
As I said the only rg6 cable should be from the satellite dish to the receiver. After that all high quality hdmi (or if you want to go radical ..cat6) cables should be run. Remember this is a mobile device and some help with the signal goes a a long way

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Reply #5 – March 31, 2024, 08:27:34 pm

I screwed up. I did not snap that this is the smaller Foretravel, so forget everything I said above since I don't think your coach has what I was thinking it had.

I will agree that I think you will need to go the wireless HDMI route.  I am not familiar with the build of your coach as to if you would be able to run cables between the TV's  If you are able to get a cable between TV''s,  You could go the Cat6 route with baum's at each end, or running HDMI cable between the TV's.  As a FYI, cat 6 cable does not degrade over time, HDMI cables does.  You will not notice them degrading until they stop working and then you would have to run a new wire again

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