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IFlyABus · 06-10-2017, 08:45 PM

So I just got a box for cable. Have the wire from the tripod that comes in above the pax seat going into the cable modem and cable TV box, but can't find an RG6 cable that obviously connects to all the TVs. I know it must be in here somewhere, because I can get OTA channels when I scan with the power antenna turned on.

Speaking of... to the right of the front TV, above the steps, is a door with the antenna power switch (on/off), as well as the HD View 360 Mini State box (not sure what it's for exactly; never touched it before). Also in that cupboard is an RG6 female port with nothing plugged into it. Is this where an external signal is supposed to connect? If so, it makes no sense, since there isn't room in there for a cable box. And in the tangle of wires above the passenger seat where the surround sound used to be, there is no RG6 cable that obviously connects to the TVs.

TIA for any insight on using a cable box!

pghbob · 06-11-2017, 05:39 AM

are there any "output" cables in the box with the RG6 connector? you could also check the satellite output (on the roof) and see if it's also marked RG6.

IFlyABus · 06-11-2017, 09:58 AM

There is a satellite RG6 cable above the pax seat. Didn't think about using that, lemme try...

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Originally Posted by pghbob

are there any "output" cables in the box with the RG6 connector? you could also check the satellite output (on the roof) and see if it's also marked RG6.

Budski · 06-11-2017, 06:09 PM

I have a 2013 pheaton QBH and it came wired with all HDMI cables the only problem is the sat antenna is not HD I asked Tiffin why they didn't marry RG6 and HDMI to either could be used, they did not have an answer. I have Direct TV and ended up get a HR24 box which is the smallest box DTV make in HD. I still done get HD but at least I can watch TV

IFlyABus · 06-11-2017, 08:02 PM

Thinking I might have a bad cable box. Tech is coming on Tuesday to troubleshoot with me.

I DID discover that if I plug the cable box into the Winegard connection above the windshield in front of the pax seat, I DO get signal to the TVs. Still doesn't make sense to me that there is no provision for connecting a cable box in the cabinet above the pax seat.

Also, if I connect the cable from the pedestal to the R/H TRIPOD connection in the wet bay, I get cable into the RV. But if I connect it to the L/H side, I get nothing. Why is that? Why are there two RG6 connectors in the wet bay?

**Lt Dan** · 06-11-2017, 09:18 PM

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Also, if I connect the cable from the pedestal to the R/H TRIPOD connection in the wet bay, I get cable into the RV. But if I connect it to the L/H side, I get nothing. Why is that? Why are there two RG6 connectors in the wet bay?

It sounds like your connectors may be reversed. Normally the cable one is for park cable and the tripod is for a carryout satellite antenna.

IFlyABus · 06-11-2017, 11:46 PM

Both connectors in the wet bay are under the TRIPOD label. Neither says cable nor satellite.

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Originally Posted by Lt Dan

It sounds like your connectors may be reversed. Normally the cable one is for park cable and the tripod is for a carryout satellite antenna.

flywithcoop · 06-12-2017, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by IFlyABus

Both connectors in the wet bay are under the TRIPOD label. Neither says cable nor satellite.

Maybe the label fell off. Mine are for labeled cable and tripod.

IFlyABus · 06-12-2017, 08:50 PM

So to get back to my issue... why is there no cable TV output (from cable box to TVs) in the cabinet above the pax seat? I have cable in, which works for internet and into the cable box, but I have no output to feed the signal from the cable box to the TVs? Strange...

IFlyABus · 06-13-2017, 02:46 PM

Update on my cable situation - technician came by today. Couldn't get my cable box to work. So he got another one out of the truck. Didn't work. Plenty of signal, but with RG6 as well as Component, no picture. Got a third cable box out of his truck, just to be sure. Nada. Zip. Uh-uh. Tech thinking it was an RV wiring issue, until I showed him how well the OTA channels came in thru the power antenna.

Asked him to try just one more cable box. Said he had a different type, something about the X1 platform. Supposed to be for another customer. But he got it for troubleshooting purposes. Had to call the office to register it to my account. After about 5 minutes.... BAM! I had cable! Amazing. 3 bad cable boxes in a row. Who'd a thunk it? So he let me keep the box, said he would get another one for the intended customer. Gave me an extra remote (why not, the boxes were bad anyway, right?). Good customer service by a Comcast contract technician.

On a side note, looked in the wet bay again. The connections are indeed labeled - left is CABLE, right is TRIPOD. However... in order to get cable into the coach, I have to use the TRIPOD connection. Just a guess, but perhaps Tiffin wired them backwards at the wet bay?