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Bonzo2 · 03-29-2016, 04:40 PM

We just left a park where we used 2 seperate sites. The first night we got digital cable with no issues. We moved to 2nd site for the unreal view and could not get cable at all, digital or regular cable. We did get digital air / antenna. I figured I had a bad coax cable from coach to the parks cable connection. We are now in a new RV park that offers digital cable again and I could not get digital or regular cable. I just replaced the coax cable and now I can get regular cable, not digital. The picture is pure fuzz. If I switch to digital air the picture is unreal it's so clear. Why am I not getting digital cable? Did I hit a button in my switch closet? Not sure what the setting on the multiplexer should be. I do know the hidden box tucked in the back has to be set with light off to switch from antenna to cable.

Any help greatly appreciated.

And sorry so long.

And we were at Ho Hum RV Park it was in Carrabelle Fl. Great place!!

Scarab0088 · 03-29-2016, 11:55 PM

Confusing...it worked at the first site, so maybe there's a chance that the problem is with the cable feed at the other sites(?) Campground cable TV in our experience, is not great...so that's usually the cause.
But it is best to check everything first.

IMHO, The easiest way to check campground cable TV at any individual site is to run a coax directly from the post to a TV's RF input...bypass the RV's distribution system...then program search for channels...and you will know what is on the coax as a baseline.

First and always, signal amp must be off for cable TV

Second, check that your coax for the post to the RV connection is intact...no chaffed insulation, and the end connectors are tight to the wire/shield on each end. A lose end connection will give the described issues.

And just to check...here's the factory videos on the topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2f2wU6EKmI

And

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7vm_z2ZYwY

Best luck

Bonzo2 · 03-30-2016, 08:34 AM

Thanks Steven. We are heading out in a few minutes but will check everything out when we get to Macon, Ga tonight. We are in Dotham, Al which was a stop over for us.

MonkeyClaw · 04-05-2016, 09:37 AM

Definitely check the direct connection to verify the signal. We had an issue in our rig where one of the co-ax connections going to the signal amplifier was loose (actually came off). We happened to be at the factory so it was fixed along with a million other things.