Has anyone replaced an older style tv in a motor home? We have a "square screen" tv in our 04 Bounder. I'd like to get a flat-screen LCD TV. Just wondering what it will take to do this. Can we just go in to Best Buy or Sears and buy the right size and put it in ourselves, or is this something that will need to be purchased and installed at an RV Dealership?
Thanks for any hints.
Happy Travels
Happytrails said
06:24 PM Sep 16, 2007
We have not upgraded our TVs yet either. This is something on our "to do" list. If you go to www.irv2.com and look under the section for motorhomes. Go to Monaco as well as Newmar under the topic "quick tips and easy mods" and there is step by step as well as pics showing the transformation. They certainly make it look easy. Let us know how things go for you if you decide to do the project yourself. Maybe even include some pics on this forum. We have several things that we have purchased lately and the house is still on the market so we are putting spending on hold until the house sells. Good luck and keep us updated.
Gummy said
07:42 PM Sep 16, 2007
Hi Ellie and Jim. I didn't replace the TV, Added a 20" LCD flat screen to my motor home. I fabricated my own mounting bracket and mounted it on the balk head between the two over head doors. I have this TV hooked up to a Wineguard satellite dish and also I can switch between it and cable. You can by the brackets i just like to make my own stuff from time to time. It wasn't to bad of an install, the scary part was drilling the the hole through the roof of the RV. You want to take your time and plan it out good. I had to run wiring to the balk head also for power for the TV, Direct TV receiver box and a DVD. It's all plugged in to a surge protector also. You can check out a photo of my install on my web site at www. rv-mobile-vision-quest.com. Click on RV modifications. If you have anymore questions feel free to contact me from the site or reply on the forum. Gummy
-- Edited by Gummy at 20:44, 2007-09-16
emeacham said
05:50 PM Sep 18, 2007
Hey thanks for the ideas and links! I had fun browsing the other web sites, and, oh boy, another forum I didn't know about before!!
Now, after researching various solutions, and doing some online shopping, I called Directv to talk to them about a receiver. Found out we will need to replace not only the receiver, but our satellite dish as well, in order to receive all their updated HD programming.
So....I delved into that a little more and found out there are new satellites up there beaming different channels and so forth, and not all the dishes are compatible with these. Seems we need one that is a 5 NLB.
Bottom line here is that I think we're going wait a bit before laying out a bunch of cash only to find out we're behind the technology curve -- again.
Our good ole' tv should work well for another year or so....
Thanks for any hints.
Happy Travels
Let us know how things go for you if you decide to do the project yourself. Maybe even include some pics on this forum. We have several things that we have purchased lately and the house is still on the market so we are putting spending on hold until the house sells.
Good luck and keep us updated.
I didn't replace the TV, Added a 20" LCD flat screen to my motor home. I fabricated my own mounting bracket and mounted it on the balk head between the two over head doors. I have this TV hooked up to a Wineguard satellite dish and also I can switch between it and cable. You can by the brackets i just like to make my own stuff from time to time. It wasn't to bad of an install, the scary part was drilling the the hole through the roof of the RV. You want to take your time and plan it out good. I had to run wiring to the balk head also for power for the TV, Direct TV receiver box and a DVD. It's all plugged in to a surge protector also. You can check out a photo of my install on my web site at www. rv-mobile-vision-quest.com. Click on RV modifications. If you have anymore questions feel free to contact me from the site or reply on the forum. Gummy
-- Edited by Gummy at 20:44, 2007-09-16
Now, after researching various solutions, and doing some online shopping, I called Directv to talk to them about a receiver. Found out we will need to replace not only the receiver, but our satellite dish as well, in order to receive all their updated HD programming.
So....I delved into that a little more and found out there are new satellites up there beaming different channels and so forth, and not all the dishes are compatible with these. Seems we need one that is a 5 NLB.
Bottom line here is that I think we're going wait a bit before laying out a bunch of cash only to find out we're behind the technology curve -- again.
Our good ole' tv should work well for another year or so....
Happy Travels
Ellie