LED TV Install

[shawnj72]

My deer wife and Spoiled kids wanted a tv in the RV. My problem was we do alot of boondocking and rustic camping. We do have an inverter and generator But I wanted to keep from chewing up the batterys in one day. I was looking at the 22" tv i bought for the bedroom I noticed it came with a power supply instead of the typical 120 AC plug. I looked at the output and to my suprise it was 120 VAc input .09 amps to 12 DC 3 amp. I installed the tv and looked to where i could get 12 volt. Must of been my lucky day. The signal booster where the tv cable plugs in is 12 volt. drilled a small 1/8" hole in the cover plate and tapped in to the 12 volt for the antena booster and Walah. took less than 1/2 hour to start to finish

[TURBS]

Originally Posted by shawnj72

My deer wife and Spoiled kids wanted a tv in the RV. My problem was we do alot of boondocking and rustic camping. We do have an inverter and generator But I wanted to keep from chewing up the batterys in one day. I was looking at the 22" tv i bought for the bedroom I noticed it came with a power supply instead of the typical 120 AC plug. I looked at the output and to my suprise it was 120 VAc input .09 amps to 12 DC 3 amp. I installed the tv and looked to where i could get 12 volt. Must of been my lucky day. The signal booster where the tv cable plugs in is 12 volt. drilled a small 1/8" hole in the cover plate and tapped in to the 12 volt for the antena booster and Walah. took less than 1/2 hour to start to finish

Good job!
Where there's a will there's a way!
How is the picture quality?

[shawnj72]

Thanks, Picture Quality Varies with signal strength of the channel. Im looking tonight to see the wattage on the dish receiver and the options. As it is righ now depending where we go with the antena We receive anywhere from 3 to 12 channels. Wondering if they make a 12 volt dvd player.

[Swinks]

Im also going to put a wall mounted T.V. in our 5th wheel. I'm just a little nervious about the strenght of the wall studs. I believe there generally 2X2 studs. It would be a small T.V maybe 20"-30". Are people having good luck with wall mounted T.V.'s in there trailers?

[shawnj72]

Thats what I thought When mounting the Wall mount with swivel. I pushed on the wall to find the stud. I found it drilled a small hole and to my suprise it was not wood. it seems like the stud on this wall is made out of stacked Hard board not 100% sure but pretty sure. So i drilled a slightly bigger hole x 2 and filled them with liquid nails but a dab or two on the mount let it dry completly before hanging TV. Now I have a perminit Wall mount that is part of the camper. Because if you ever tried to get somthing apart that has liquid nails on it you know what im talking about. Liquid nails is just that.

[TURBS]

Originally Posted by shawnj72

Thanks, Picture Quality Varies with signal strength of the channel. Im looking tonight to see the wattage on the dish receiver and the options. As it is righ now depending where we go with the antena We receive anywhere from 3 to 12 channels. Wondering if they make a 12 volt dvd player.

Google 12v dvd player you'll find many many choices!

[jar3316]

we have this 12VDC DVD player. believe it or not it works pretty good, the only problem we have is with 1 DVD. it's a compilation DVD and for some reason it won't do the Play All function of the DVD it will play them but not one after the other automatically. but its barely bigger than the DVD in its case.

[jar3316]

By the way if you need anything Audio Video related check this place out I haven't found anyone cheaper and they are used primarily by the A/V industry professionals.

monoprice.com

[Rsgtivr6]

Originally Posted by shawnj72

My deer wife and Spoiled kids wanted a tv in the RV. My problem was we do alot of boondocking and rustic camping. We do have an inverter and generator But I wanted to keep from chewing up the batterys in one day. I was looking at the 22" tv i bought for the bedroom I noticed it came with a power supply instead of the typical 120 AC plug. I looked at the output and to my suprise it was 120 VAc input .09 amps to 12 DC 3 amp. I installed the tv and looked to where i could get 12 volt. Must of been my lucky day. The signal booster where the tv cable plugs in is 12 volt. drilled a small 1/8" hole in the cover plate and tapped in to the 12 volt for the antena booster and Walah. took less than 1/2 hour to start to finish

Is her name Bambi?

Sorry, couldn't resist. Anyways, on topic, my booster and cable plug has a 12V plug in right next to it. Odd that that is not more common I guess...

[ken0042]

I have also found that RCA TVs tend to have a 12 volt power adapter. I have a 19" LED RCA TV in my trailer. Check out Walmart- I got mine there for just under $100.

I bought a wall mount from Best Buy, and used 1.5" lag bolts to go directly into the stud. Since installing the TV I have taken a couple of short trips (120 km and 60 km each way- 75 and 40 miles.) I checked the lag bolts after the trip and they are as tight as ever.

[shawnj72]

Do they make 12 volt Outlets you can install for Accessories?

[ken0042]

I installed one like this one, however mine has 2 USB outlets in addition to the 2 cigarette plugs.

We do a fair amount of dry camping, but even when we have power available it's nice to be able to plug in 12 volt accessories.

[jar3316]

I used these installed them through out the trailer. The control boxes usually have a few extra slots to use.

[cmcct]

Yes, did that too. Just last weekend, found a 15" RCA LED, LCD TV with HD etc,etc, to replace the 15" LCD that I had in the trailer. Why you may ask, well, we only dry camp and the new RCA requires only 2 amps of power versus the 4 amps of the old unit, plus it has a much better quality picture. On a side note, I did see the RCA in 19" and 22" with built in DVD players and 12 volt input (still) with 4 amp power requirement. Since having the trailer, I always keep an eye open for TV's with a 12 volt input (drives my wife crazy), and I have to say RCA has the largest selection I have seen so far. By the way, the new TV was $99.00 at London Drugs here in Vancouver.

[jar3316]

Quite a few Flat panel TV's use dc power. look at the power set up if the TV uses a separate power box then you can bypass that and go straight to DC from your RV (USING THE PROPER VOLTAGE).

Vizio (spelling?) is on of them ( I have a 22") that uses an external power transformer and converts 110AC to 12VDC so you just take the transformer out and go to radio shack and get a 12V cig. jack that can handle the Amps with the right tip.

[Namchief]

Originally Posted by Swinks

Im also going to put a wall mounted T.V. in our 5th wheel. I'm just a little nervious about the strenght of the wall studs. I believe there generally 2X2 studs. It would be a small T.V maybe 20"-30". Are people having good luck with wall mounted T.V.'s in there trailers?

I have a 27HFS TT not a 5th wheel. I mounted a 32" LED in the main area. I also left on the main base when measuring the height of the mount . I did this so I would not have to remove the tv while trailering.3k miles and still hanging straight. I do use 2 pillows to protect it in between the TV and the slideout.

[waterlover63]

Originally Posted by Namchief

I have a 27HFS TT not a 5th wheel. I mounted a 32" LED in the main area. I also left on the main base when measuring the height of the mount . I did this so I would not have to remove the tv while trailering.3k miles and still hanging straight. I do use 2 pillows to protect it in between the TV and the slideout.

I've got a 27HFS TT also - would love to see a photo of your installation.

Kathy

[Namchief]

Will do within the next few days