No cable?

Moosey · 08-06-2012, 07:33 PM

I am new to rving! So I am probably doing something very stupid! We are at a RV campground that has park cable. I have connected the park cable to the outside of my camper. In side I have switched the cable behind the tv from antenna to cable. In the bedroom I have turned off the switch on the wall plate for the antenna booster. On the tv I have scanned for channels under cable. I don't get a single channel. I asked at the front desk and they assure me the cable works for every one else. Am I not doing something I should?

**Herk7769** · 08-06-2012, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Moosey

I am new to rving! So I am probably doing something very stupid! We are at a RV campground that has park cable. I have connected the park cable to the outside of my camper. In side I have switched the cable behind the tv from antenna to cable. In the bedroom I have turned off the switch on the wall plate for the antenna booster. On the tv I have scanned for channels under cable. I don't get a single channel. I asked at the front desk and they assure me the cable works for every one else. Am I not doing something I should?

The "In side I have switched the cable behind the tv from antenna to cable." part threw me.

Turning OFF the booster should be the ONLY thing you do different. I would undo the "switch the cable" business and try again.

Beausdog · 08-06-2012, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Moosey

I am new to rving! So I am probably doing something very stupid! We are at a RV campground that has park cable. I have connected the park cable to the outside of my camper. In side I have switched the cable behind the tv from antenna to cable. In the bedroom I have turned off the switch on the wall plate for the antenna booster. On the tv I have scanned for channels under cable. I don't get a single channel. I asked at the front desk and they assure me the cable works for every one else. Am I not doing something I should?

What model? Year? Do you have any satellite inputs as well? I ask because in mine i have 2 sat and one cable input.....inside the camper....master is antenna and sat....livingroom is antenna and sat (even though the wall plate says cable) and my bunkhouse has antenna and cable.

jmswms · 08-07-2012, 11:09 AM

I'm confused too. We have 2 outlets-one days satellite/cable and one says antenna. Herk are you telling me there is no reason to use the satellite/cable outlet if the CG has cable?

camper_Lucy · 08-07-2012, 11:50 AM

you should have two outlets, one is Antenna/Cable and one is Satellite/Aux. the spliters used for Sat are different than for Ant/cable. put your TV on the Ant one and turn off the booster, you should be good to go.

Moosey · 08-07-2012, 12:24 PM

I have a 2011 that has the bunk beds in the back.

golfmedik · 08-07-2012, 02:20 PM

Myrtle Beach a month ago was the first time I had used cable with my new one as well. Same problem. Had to change the coax from one outlet to the other behind the tv, switch the tv to cable and do another channel search. Took me 2 days to figure this out. When I got home, I tried to use the satellite in the yard and nothing. Remembered to switch coax outlets and bingo, I had satellite. My 2011 wasn't hooked up this way, all I had to do was switch tv and do a channel search on it. My new one has 2 coax outlets behind the tv. And yes, both had two coax outlets outside too. One marked cable the other marked sat/aux.

**Herk7769** · 08-07-2012, 02:21 PM

All you should have to do is connect the park cable to the cable input outside; turn off the booster; and retune the tv for cable.

golfmedik · 08-07-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by herk7769

All you should have to do is connect the park cable to the cable input outside; turn off the booster; and retune the tv for cable.

I thought so too...tried that. Our camper was broken into at the dealer last Thanksgiving and the TV, outlets and cables were ripped out. I wonder if they changed something when they rewired everything? I will try it again next time we are at a park that has cable. Thanks

Beausdog · 08-07-2012, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by herk7769

All you should have to do is connect the park cable to the cable input outside; turn off the booster; and retune the tv for cable.

They might have changed somethin herk, mine is different then that.....my plates only say antenna for one coax and then either sat/aux or cable for the other. Cable in mine only works in the BH for my unit as i have tried every config

**Herk7769** · 08-07-2012, 06:58 PM

Just saying the original poster should put everything back the way it was so he can watch TV using the roof antenna with the boost switch ON.

Then hook up the park cable to the "CABLE" input (NOT SAT) on the outside of the camper.

When the TV is playing channels off the roof antenna he should just turn the boost switch off and rescan for cable channels. It should work just fine.

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