2104 Cable TV hook-up

[jdhreiss]

First time with using the cable tv hook-up and instructions for the TV and the trailer are very generic. The antenna set up worked fine while camping last week. I hooked up the cable from the park to the trailer, did a Auto-Search, and found no channels. Inside the trailer, the tv cable goes to a dual cable connector. It is attached to the bottom "TV" connector and the power switch next to it is on. (I tried it in the off position - no help). The upper cable connector says "Aux/Sat" and that was no help. I tried both connections outside to no avail. I know I'm missing something...... HELP!

Joe R
Kelso, WA

[fonzie]

See this thread.....

http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...ion-94236.html

[awellis3]

Originally Posted by jdhreiss

I hooked up the cable from the park to the trailer, did a Auto-Search, and found no channels.

Did you pull up the TV's menu and change the auto search from "Air" to "Cable"? Also, while using cable, the antenna booster MUST be off. (What I think you called a "power switch.")

Teach

[jdhreiss]

The booster issue solved it after I went through which connector to use outside and inside (sat vs cable). Just in time for the games too. Thanks, Teach!


Joe R

[robertew]

This is a little off topic, but by using my Dish home receiver. if I hook the receiver's second TV output to the booster switch plate, it allows the bedroom TV to be the Dish, second TV on the channel assigned-21 in my case. I'm guessing this might be true for the outside TV antenna. I don't use it as the bedroom TV that can be positioned there, is wider than the opening.

[don1]

Originally Posted by jdhreiss

First time with using the cable tv hook-up and instructions for the TV and the trailer are very generic. The antenna set up worked fine while camping last week. I hooked up the cable from the park to the trailer, did a Auto-Search, and found no channels. Inside the trailer, the tv cable goes to a dual cable connector. It is attached to the bottom "TV" connector and the power switch next to it is on. (I tried it in the off position - no help). The upper cable connector says "Aux/Sat" and that was no help. I tried both connections outside to no avail. I know I'm missing something...... HELP!

Joe R
Kelso, WA

we have a flagstaff 21frbs and the similarities may help -- on the outside dual coax box, it is labeled "cable/sat" -- the input from the park system must be attached to the connector under the "cable" part of the label; if using a sat antenna, it must be connected only to the connector beneath the "sat" part of the label -- inside the entertainment console cabinet, the tv must be connected to the coax jack marked "tv", while the top of the duplex marked "aux/sat" is to be used only for the output of a satellite receiver box -- with connections made, make sure the off-the-air antenna amplifier (button on the cabinet duplex) is off, no light lit), then run the auto search with "cable" selected -- when "auto-search" is then selected, check to see if multiple types of cable systems are under cable/air selector -- if so, select "auto" for type of cable and then start search -- is how ours is configured -- best of best luck! (and yes, generics are for the birds!)