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creativepart · 09-02-2017, 02:59 PM

I want to put another HDMI cable in my bedroom TV and route it into the "sat receiver" sized space below the TV. But I can't figure out how it removes.

It doesn't open and as best as I can see it's mounted on a piece of metal that looks like it's bolted through into the space below the TV.

I've look all around - really looked and looked. It seems like its not "removeable" without unbolting it and they are not the easiest bolts to get access to.

Somebody with an WBGO or ITCA in the 37F floor plan please clue me in.

Thanks

DGundy · 09-02-2017, 03:03 PM

Good question. Watching...

creativepart · 09-02-2017, 03:31 PM

I did some more looking and I found the bedroom TV on the "2D Interactive Parts List" - which is a real pain to operate by the way - and it sure does look like it's BOLTED to the cabinet. They made no provision for the end user to easily get behind the TV.

That's so crazy. It's ridiculous.

Here's a screen shot of the mount showing where the panel is bolted down. I'm going to unbolt it and if there is any other method of removing the TV then I'll know once and for all what it is.

creativepart · 09-02-2017, 05:40 PM

Worst fears realized. The TV is hard bolted to that metal contraption you can see in my post above. And this is through bolted into the top of the cabinet below. Making it 10 times worse the nuts are on the top of the metal mount and they are not captive. You can reach the front two nuts sort of, but you cant reach either of the back two nuts.

I'm going to attempt to put a LED TV mount on the metal mount and then on the TV so that the TV can be removed any time. If I can do this then it will be easy putting the mount into place and bolting it in securely. Then I'll just hang the TV in the mount like any normal mounted TV would be.

Here's some photos -- oh, by the way there's HUGE space back there behind the TV. Why they haven't made any use of this space is beyond me.

creativepart · 09-02-2017, 10:40 PM

I happened to have a smaller TV mount (for smaller TVs) lying around so I modded the big OEM metal TV bracket and installed the wall mount I had. Now the TV is on V-shaped bracket the the TV hangs from.

It stuck out too far when I finished installing it - the width of the wall mount was this issue. This was with the stock mounting holes in the base of the TV cabinet. So, I just drilled new holes about an inch further back and the TV sits about where it was originally.

Now, anytime I wish I can remove the TV... without any tools even.

I can't for the life of me figure out why WBGO doesn't do this as a normal matter of course. Makes no sense.

Here's some photos. First one is the OEM metal TV mount but with my new TV Wall Mount mounted to the middle of the bracket. The next photo is the corresponding Wall Mount on the TV ready for install. The last photo shows the TV installed on the new removable wall mount.

AKIQPilot · 09-03-2017, 03:18 AM

Nice work. Seems like you are figuring out how to improve a few things on this new coach. Keep up the good work.

grtharris · 09-03-2017, 07:18 AM

creativepart Bummer those nuts holding the main TV bracket are suppose to be thinnermen J-Clips which hold the nuts. Glad you got it worked out.

creativepart · 09-03-2017, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by grtharris

creativepart Bummer those nuts holding the main TV bracket are suppose to be thinnermen J-Clips which hold the nuts. Glad you got it worked out.

They were just nuts nothing to hold them. Making it even more difficult they put a nut under the mounting bracket on the back two nuts. No doubt to raise the back of the mount and tilt the TV toward the bed at the top.

Had the nuts been captive the job would have been much easier.

With the addition of this removable TV wall mount it was a breeze to reinstall the metal mounting bracket. Now, you install that large metal mounting bracket from the front - as shown above - and it's no big deal.

The real shame is that WBGO didn't take the time to engineer a cabinet door to mount that TV on so you could open it and use that really excellent space behind the TV.

37F owners - look in your wardrobe closet on the left side. You'll see a fairly large, finished, access opening cut out in the closet wall. That's the space behind the TV. They have even finished the "floor" of that area. So evidently they're expecting that you'll use that space as a hidden location. But be careful. If you put anything back there that moves around it will be unreachable if it moves too far away from the opening.

Here's a photo from behind the TV that shows that WBGO had indeed created this to be a usable space - but one that's really not very usable.