First time camping with cable hookup -issues

[rsday75]

Yup. Gonna get a splitter at WM today. Have one at home, but that is 500 miles away. Going to bypass the amp to see if that is where the issue is.

[sebring96hbg]

When you do a scan on the other TV, is it set to "cable" to search for QAM frequencies?

[rsday75]

Originally Posted by sebring96hbg

When you do a scan on the other TV, is it set to "cable" to search for QAM frequencies?

Yup. I even brought one of the other TVs into the living room and hooked it up there to make sure it wasn't the TV. Worked fine in the living room.

I just get no cable to the bedroom, bunkhouse, or pass through outside.

[sebring96hbg]

If everything else is hooked up right, then it is likely the Winegard plate.

[rsday75]

With .a splitter, I bypassed the antenna amp plate and all is well.
Looks like it will only pass signal to the main tv, not on down the line. But, it passes antenna fine.
So, I guess a new plate will come from Jayco.

Thanks for all the help!

[jasoncw]

Originally Posted by rsday75

With .a splitter, I bypassed the antenna amp plate and all is well.
Looks like it will only pass signal to the main tv, not on down the line. But, it passes antenna fine.
So, I guess a new plate will come from Jayco.

Thanks for all the help!

It's interesting that it could be the plate. My former TT was a Keystone Premier with the bunkhouse, and my current TT is a bunkhouse. For both trailers, the external cable signal went to the main TV but not the bunkhouse TV. Please post an update once you receive a new plate.

[rsday75]

So, today a storm rolled through and it seems the cable signal went to crap on the TVs that I just got working.
By taking the splitter back out, I was able to get picture back on the main TV.
I wish I could find the 3 way splitter that sends signal to the bunk, bedroom, and storage. It may have loose connections like some of the others have had.

I also plan to buy the Wingaurd amp plate to replace the apparent no name Chinese one Jayco put in. $20 is worth a try.

Maybe the cable here at Topsail Hill just doesn't have much signal strength....Maybe the plate is ok? But, the new splitter gets some signal to the others TVs, that is why I'm willing to try a new plate.

[rsday75]

Now that I am home, some things I found.
The coax end on the Set 2 coming off the booster plate was a loose/bad connection. Once I found this, I got signal to all outlets as expected. The plate Jayco installs is the Winegaurd, upon closer inspection.
After hearing some other folks in Topsail Hill talk about poor cable signal, I think that may be part of the issue I was having, too. After fixing the bad cable end, I found we would occasionally lose signal during bad rain storms to the 3 other TVs. These are on a 3 way splitter off the Set 2 connection. Thus, less signal to begin with.
So, all that said, I am going to order a 1 port cable booster for $20 off Amazon to boost the signal to the whole RV if I notice the issue again.