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Old 01-05-2019, 01:44 PM   #1
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Bad cable reception

I have a Winnebago era. I am connected to resort cable. The antenna signal is fine and gives me a good picture but 4 channels. The cable signal produces a snowy picture with occasional blips or sounds. Not watchable. Resort checked their box and it is good. I am using a new coax cable I bought today.
Any solutions? TIA.
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If you have an antenna booster , it needs to be turned off when using cable.
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Have you set the tv to cable and scanned for channels?
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Yes and I am doing it again now. The cable worked fine 2 days ago. Nothing changed that I am aware of. Thanks.
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I have a Winnebago era. I am connected to resort cable. The antenna signal is fine and gives me a good picture but 4 channels. The cable signal produces a snowy picture with occasional blips or sounds. Not watchable. Resort checked their box and it is good. I am using a new coax cable I bought today.
Any solutions? TIA.
How did they check it? Just seeing if it had power or actually hooking it to a TV. I would bypass the interior wiring and hook the cable directly to one of your TVs to see if it's in your RV wiring or their cable.
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Was there any heavy rain in the area. Cable out on the road gets wet inside it degrades the signal.
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Nope, not that affected my timing. Thanks.
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Start with the basic's and remove both ends of the new cable totally and then reinstall them. Our cable outlet is in the wet bay compartment and sometimes gets a little corrosion build-up inside the hole for the copper wire part of the cable coax. Good luck. You can buy a tester at HD for under $20.
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Thanks for the tips.
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When I bought my 2005 Tuscany I found that the OEM had used cheap screw on coax cable connections several of which failed. After replacing them with new RG-59 compression connectors at all available locations including the electric bay my system started working fine. I also replaced the OEM antenna/cable switch with a Winegard Sensar Pro. It automatically disconnects the amplifier needed for OTA when selecting the cable input. Both were cheap and made the OTA and cable connections useful.
I would rate both actions as mid level diy challenges. Plenty of YouTube help can be found to make it doable.
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Since you bought a new cable, that would be my first suspect in the investigation.

I have bought new cables that were defective; especially, if I tried to save a few bucks and get a substandard cable.

I have purchased cheap cables and I also got snowy pictures on the TV. Changed to a better cable and everything was fine.
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