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    Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 5:56pm
So I feel like a total dink, the tv out looked like a cable hook up so I never even tried that
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I'll take a pic when I get home tonight, but.....  (Unless yours is not like mine......)
The TV out is the RCA jack. All by itself, above everything else, right side of inside of TV hole. Put one end of the yellow RCA cable into that and the other end into the back of the TV. The red and white cables (attached to the yellow) are not used....
 
Not intuitive, I know...... But think about how I figured it out.... First night ever in a camper, in the dealers lot (planning on signing papers in the morning), with my 5 year old wanting to watch Ice Age before going to bed, and I am an engineer (I have 'the knack' and should know how to hook this up)....LOL
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Im pretty sure that mine doesnt have a RCA outlet on the wall, just cable hook up's that say SAT ANT, TV OUT
is it possible to take a picture of yours and post it on here
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Originally posted by Brigs

im assuming that the DVD player has hook up's on the back but i cant figure out how to get it out, which means that i will also have to drill some holes to run the cables to the TV
The DVD player is part of the unit, open the drawer and put DVD in, unless you have something different?
From the factory it came with a combo TV,DVD,Radio. Confused
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I have the 176T.... It was not intuitive, but here is how it works.
 
The main thing to know is that the sound comes through the wall speakers (not the TV)
The yellow RCA cable plugs into the back of the TV (video 1, yellow) from the single wall RCA outlet.
The red and white RCA cables are not used.
Then select source of Video 1 on the TV.
 
Let me know if that is not clear.
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this is what the seperate dvd system looks like
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Mine came with a 19" tv but i cant get the dvd player out to get video from the dvd player to the tv
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i tried switching through all the sources, eg tv, av1 av2 hdmi, etc and nothing. only time it worked was when i pulled my son's portable dvd player out of the truck and hooked it up to the tv
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Originally posted by Brigs

im assuming that the DVD player has hook up's on the back but i cant figure out how to get it out, which means that i will also have to drill some holes to run the cables to the TV

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I've got a one-piece unit too so can't help there. But if I understand this last post correctly, it sounds like you want to hook the OUTPUT of the built-in DVD player into a separate TV ? Is that correct ?. Not sure if that is possible with the unit that comes with the Pods.

That being said    ...I do have a 22" flat panel TV hooked up in our 177. I split the incoming cable signal to the rear of the entertainment center box and fed separate leads to the built-in TV/DVD/FM unit AND to my 22" flat panel. That way if I am at a campground that offers cable TV I can mount the 22" TV and watch is from the dinnette area instead of squinting at the little 9" drop-down on the built-in unit.

Make sense ??

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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 12:03pm
Are you sure that the player isn't hooked up when you get it, and you change inputs on the tv to get it to work?
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