Swing down front TV

[c21]

Lookin good John!

[Pahaska]

I spent a little time installing some cable guides down each side of the plywood block. They are white, but I will paint them to match the edge banding in the rest of the coach.

By bringing the cables through the guides down to the axis of the TV swing, they lay nicely against the back of the TV whether the TV is up or down.

I also temporarily removed the padded strip along the front of the front ceiling. I'll go back tomorrow with my nibbler and enlarge the hole in the metal ceiling where the cables come out so that I can tuck the connector of the HDMI extender and some unused cabling above the ceiling. The hole in the padded strip will stay the same, so the appearance will not change except for fewer exposed wires.

I am not reconnecting all of the wires. I have no interest in connecting other than the antenna, the Blu-Ray player, 14v power, and the earphones. The other connectors will live above the ceiling if someone ever wants to use them them in the future. This makes for a cleaner installation.

[Pahaska]

I consider the project finished at this point. All the cables are connected and covered with shrink tubing as needed. 1/2" shrink tubing is great for preventing the pin plugs for the front headphone jacks from pulling apart.

I cut off the three wires coming from the in-dash Kenwood and pushed them back up above the ceiling. I will never use this connection and it is not even present on the 2015 or later models.

Most wires are hidden in the white cable ways. The HDMI cable is too large to fit in the cable way, so it is exposed. The "mess" of cables at the top is hidden when the TV is raised, so I saw no need to dress up that area.

The top, single, arm of the mount is permanently screwed in place and serves only as an anchor for the lower arms. This makes the TV easier to raise and lower since it swivels in just two places rather than three. The TV naturally hangs at just the right angle for viewing from the second row seats.

I also put in a more flexible HDMI cable from the Blu-Ray player to the switch. That allowed me to position the Blu-Ray Player and switch for easier access.

[c21]

Nice looking work John.

[cynth42]

I have a dumb TV question. We have hardly ever tried to use the TV, but are at a place with cable hook up so we are trying. I can get 6 air channels but no cable tv. When we have tried before, we had even less success. What are we doing wrong?

[73shark]

Did you change the input/source on the TV? Also you will have to rescan for channels.

[c21]

Originally Posted by cynth42

I have a dumb TV question. We have hardly ever tried to use the TV, but are at a place with cable hook up so we are trying. I can get 6 air channels but no cable tv. When we have tried before, we had even less success. What are we doing wrong?

Also, be sure your antenna booster is turned off for cable and on for antenna use.

[cynth42]

Originally Posted by c21bill

Also, be sure your antenna booster is turned off for cable and on for antenna use.

How do I turn antenna booster off?

[c21]

Originally Posted by cynth42

How do I turn antenna booster off?

Should be a push button with green light inside the overhead cabinet to the left of the front tv. On 14 & 15 models it is on the left bulkhead inside and toward the front of the cabinet. Don't know about the 16's. If the light is on, you have booster power to the antenna. If using park cable, push the button so the light goes out.

[Pahaska]

The booster should be just inside the left-hand sliding glass, on the road-side wall. On mine, it is hard to see unless I get right up to the cabinet. The light in mine is white when on antenna and off for cable.

[cynth42]

Thanks c21bill and Pahaska. The light for mine is green. I would have never found it without your help.