How to access rear TV connections on Itasca Meridian

[Catpowered]

I have several input connectors I would like to connect to the rear of my overhead TV in the driver's area but can't figure out how to remove the TV. Has anyone tried this and if so, how is it done? Sawzall,crowbar and sledge hammer?

[Catpowered]

I have several input connectors I would like to connect to the rear of my overhead TV in the driver's area but can't figure out how to remove the TV. Has anyone tried this and if so, how is it done? Sawzall,crowbar and sledge hammer?

[CalTex]

On my Journey there is an opening at the rear (front of coach) of the TV. It's possible to do some pluging (unpluging is easy) with a mirror and some patience. Otherwise, pop out the screw covers around the lower cover, remove the screws and remove the lower cover and wood trim as one unit. Before trying to remove the cover, assuming you have a speaker just above the TV in the wood trim, you need to pop off the speaker cover and remove the speaker, unplugging it from the wires after you pull out the speaker. With the cover off you won't need to remove the TV to get to the rear plugs, but while you have it disassembled, check the tightness of the strap bolts on the TV and maybe put some lock nuts on them to avoid future looseness and rattles.

Robert

[John_Canfield]

Cat -

I can tell you how two of our TVs were anchored. The front TV (on the side with the 40AD floorplan) had a steel band that went around the front perimeter (outside of the TV) and had a bolt at the side/bottom under the shelf that when tightned, pulled/cinched the steel band down.

But wait - there's more... There was also a couple of Z shaped brackets that screwed into the TV shelf and into a slot on the bottom of the TV. Hold on - one more keeper... there was a short cable somewhere else at the rear of the TV.

I just removed the bedroom TV in preparation for installing a flat panel TV. Winney had a particle board panel under the TV with three bolts that you tightned to push up the TV against the steel mounting frame.

My opinion of Winnie's TV mounting systems is that they want them to be absolutely "bomb-proof." I was very impressed, but their throughness means you have your work ahead of you to remove the TV.

--John