Running new coaxial tv cable

[David1952]

We have a 2004 bounder 39z. We pulled into a campsite and hooked everything up including the park cable. I tried to scan the tvs but found 0 channels. Purchased a new coaxial cable but still no channels. The rv doesn’t have a switch to turn on regular antenna booster. I found out that the previous owner had satellite tv. The area above the drivers seat in a cabinet is totally empty. Found out that the roof antenna isn’t connected to the cable system. Looks like I am going to have to run new cable as the old ones are missing or shorted out. I only want cable to the front and rear smart tvs. Has anyone had experience with running hew cable and have suggestions?
Thank you

 

[John&Andrea]

You may not need to run new. It’s just figuring out how it’s ran and what may not be hooked up. Good luck. It can be confusing.

 

[DennisT]

As stated above, I’d try getting a cable tracer first and track where everything is run.

The one I have does coax, network, etc.

Picked it up at Harbor Freight I believe.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

You may not need to run new. It’s just figuring out how it’s ran and what may not be hooked up. Good luck. It can be confusing.

I removed the dish on our unit that was installed by the previous owner. It was a nightmare sorting things out at first. I thought of running new cable as well but we have three TVs. I finally got it sorted. The, most important is to make sure you have a signal. I tried starting with an over the air signal. It was easier to wait until we were in a park with cable. I ran a wire from the post to the outside TV to make sure the signal existed. From there I connected it to the RV input source for Cable and Satellite. Then I was able to mark the input cable(s) at the inside junction. Over the air, cable and dish. The rest was easy.

Good luck