30ripr Television Cable

[Nuke]

We've had problems for quite some time with our televisions in our 30ripr. They all work fine on the antenna, but when we connect the park cable to our outside connection, the picture is very poor (snowy). I can hook park cable direct to the TVs and all is well - for that TV. I know about the cable/antenna switch, and it is correctly positioned (not a newbie at this). I've traced the cable wires in the unit as best I can to try and find a loose connection/bad crimp but have yet to find one. One thing that has eluded me is the location of the cable splitter between the inside (main living area) and outside kitchen TVs. I've pulled anything I can find (they are basically back-to-back on the wall in the slide-out) but I cannot locate the splitter. I've pulled all wall plates, amp switch, and have pulled/tugged on the cable behind the walls until I thought I was going to pull a hole in the wall, but no luck thus far.

Any suggestions on where the splitter is located?

Thanks in advance to suggestions!!!

[chuckster57]

If all your TV's work fine on antenna then I doubt it's a bad coax or splitter. Since the signal for both roof antenna and park cable use the same coax.

Take the booster plate off and you will see the coax connections on the back. They are all labeled, so it should be easy to take the CABLE coax off and the TV 1 or 2 off, connect them with a barrel connector. If the TV works then you booster is probably bad.

[Quiroule]

There is a button on the buster plate with a led on it. You need to depress this button when switching to cable in order to transfer the input.

[RICamper]

Try turning OFF the antenna "booster" located in the ceiling of the bedroom. That booster is for the "over-the-air" TV antenna on your roof; not for external cable. The manual says that it should be powered OFF if using an external cable source. It might be causing interference...give it a shot.

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