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Plugging or unplugging various cords into the back of my trailer TV set has always been nothing short of a fight. Face it, there isn"t a lot of "wiggle room" back there, and forget about seeing anything behind it because you can't see diddly without removing the TV set, and I'm not going down that rabbit hole. I found that having one of those telescoping inspection mirrors has helped me to find hook-ups behind the TV set that I couldn't see without it. Otherwise, trying to find a particular connection by feel hasn't worked at all. I don't read Braille either. I do have a DishTV portable satellite antenna, (aka "Tailgater,") that I travel with, and since I already have a DishTV satellite subscription with them at my home. I just added, and activated, an extra DishTV receiver box, and it permanently lives in the trailer on the shelf under the TV set in the rear corner, It is also hooked up with an HDMI cable. (Note: the picture below of the reciever box shows my older one. It has since been upgraded to a "Wally" receiver box.)
My TV set, like most, is mounted to an overhead bracket, and to keep the bottom of the TV set from swinging like a clapper in a bell going down the road, I fabricated a bottom stiffening bracket out of a piece of scrap 1" X 1/8" flat bar that I had laying around. It is mounted to the TV set in the screw holes for the base bracket on the TV set itself, (where the table stand base would normally connect to it,) and it sits tight against the trailer wall in the corner. The lower part of the bracket is not mounted through the trailer hull, but is just screwed to the wooden radiused corner table under the TV set. Solid as a rock and no swinging around all over while going down the road. Hope it helps, and good luck with your installation.
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2008 Casita Spirit Deluxe
Linear Mode
