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Replacement of main TV

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Joel Ashley:
Hmmm.  Temperature sensor maybe, but the round white devices near our TVs are IR (infrared) pickups for the entertainment systems, so the remote controls can communicate with the components when the cabinet doors are closed.  You should see black wires inside the cabinets from the pickups routing to components.  When I added a digital-analog converter box for the recent nationwide DTV transition, I had to buy and splice into that pickup another IR unit, the other end of which just sticks to the front of the converter box over its remote receiver.  So the converter now works by remote even with the cabinet closed, just like the other components.

Randy Perry:
I replaced my TV recently after a 1300 mile trip back from Kerrville, Texas. Within 25 miles from home and not long after the sun went down, so did the TV.......on my head ??) My wife was just getting up for something in the back and saw it coming down and according to her story ;) was able to deflect it enough and kept it from killing me and of course, keeping her and the Beaver in one piece! When it hit me, it was like I got smacked with a bat with no warning. She asked if we should pull over, but we had left Tucson at 5am that morning and had (2) rear flats ( one in AZ with 4 hours on the side of the I-10 and the next was 90 miles latter and another 3 hours on the side) so all I wanted to do was get HOME!! Anyway, replaced with a flat screen and came out looking good!    

Jim Wasson:
First of all I want to thank Bill Schneider who sent me some great ideas with details of his replacement project. I should have put that on a reply thread instead of an e-mail. MLM Racer I fully understand your issue with this design, but at the time I guess that was the TV  available.  One benefit that has developed since we removed the TV is that we are able to clean up some of the wiring "rats nest". Apparently, when our coach was built the tech didn't have a set of wire cutters, we were astonished at how much excess wire there was. Some of that wire had migrated, I am assuming through vibration, under the TV and was beginning to chafe. With the original TV removed we have a 30" hole was able to find a Magnavox LCD that was 29-3/4" wide, consequently the redo is going well to this point.  Any other suggestions anyone has is welcomed, I only want to do this once.

Joe McNary:
The round thing is a temperature sensor for the front AC.  Gary Swain of Custom Coach Connection @619-300-3114 did a beautiful job on both front and back tv's.  We have the same year, engine, coach that you have.  Joe

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