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Topic: TV Mount
Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 10:34pm

Here are some pictures for you to look at. Smile

Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys.

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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 at 8:14am

I'll stop at the storage shed this afternoon on my home from work and snap a picture of it.

Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys.

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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 11:53am

Do you have a picture of it? Part of the problem is that the entertainment center where the TV goes doesn't have any solid framing to attach the TV too...it's just veneer in the back, which can't hold the TV up. At least, it felt like nothing was there from a gentle press..the entire backing moved. I have a stud finder, so I'll check with that prior to installing my work around, but I"m wondering why they didn't put some framing there to mount the TV to start with.

Not sure what kind of mount the 182 came with, but I just ordered a very simple flat mount from some online RV site for 20 bucks that should work fine.

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Posted: 27 Jun 2011 at 10:11am

That's weird that the 176 did not come with a mount. The mount that came with the 182G works very well--just slide it in, and it locks into place. You might try contacting Forest River and see if that mount will work with your 176.

Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys.

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Posted: 26 Jun 2011 at 10:18pm

If I had to add something to my Rpod wish list, it would be a TV mount. We have a 176, and got the 19" HDTV with it. Unfortunately, the TV not only didn't come with a mount (which I can excuse), but there is nowhere to mount it. In order to mount the TV in it's intended location in the entertainment center, I have to attach some 1x4's to the back of the entertainment center, secure them to the shelves above and below, stain it (and hope it matches close enough) so I can mount the TV where it belongs.

You could argue they just want you to secure it with the included stand, but that stand doesn't even fit flat on the given shelf. It's a small gripe, and it should be easy for them to give you some wood to screw a TV mount on there. They could even put it in the framing behind the veneer, and just mark it somehow for you.

As an aside, it'd be nice if they included a qt of matching stain with every camper purchase for touch ups and mods.

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