No Sound on TV

[Bobby Kirk]

I Have a 2006 Beaver Marqis  I am using a Playmaker portable dish.  getting good picture but no sound. Dish has gone all thru
everything and told me i needed to reboot the tv  I have done that and no help.  I think it has something to do with the DVD
player..any way i can bypass this unit and get sound.  All of this equipment including the TV is original equipment. I baught the
coach new in 06.  We are in Okeechobee Fl for couple months,  any help will be greatly appreciated


Bobby Kirk

[Carl Boger]

Bobby,

What type/brand of tv do you have.  Is it a stand alone tv or does it have a built in vcr/blue ray?  What type of connections are on the back HDMI, Coax, anything else?   Was it wired up with a BOMB, box of many buttons?  Is it a box or flat screen?   I don't know what was originally put in your coach, not that any two are the same.

Congrats on hanging onto your coach since 2006.   Hopefully with more info someone can provide more accurate info.

[Gene Obie]

Are you using Dish Wally receiver with HDMI output? If so, I have had problems getting sound out of HDMI on the Wally and using my original Sharp AQUOS TV and original HDMI cables. I would get video fine but no audio (and audio should just be automatic on HDMI). I've tried every setting I could find on the TV and just decided to use HDMI for video and the L/R RCA outputs for audio through Bose Lifestyle. 

If you have Wally - try using your RCA L/R output of the Wally for audio and HDMI for Video.

Since then my original Aquos TV went belly-up and I replaced that with Samsung. I pulled new high quality HDMI cables thru when I replaced the TV.  Wally HDMI audio works fine with new TV and sometimes i just use that with TV internal speakers selected. My Wally RCA outputs still go to my Bose Lifestyle system which of course needs to be ON and tuned to "TV" to get the Bose surround sound speakers. I also salvaged the side speakers on the original Sharp Aquos TV and wired those up with an audio amp with the AUX output of the Bose giving 12speakers + subwoofer.

A suggestion would be to label everything as you pull things apart as wiring can be really confusing with all the components in the entertainment system.

[Fred Brooks]

Greetings Bobby,
   On page 179 of the owner's manual it states that you have a Bose Lifestyle home theatre unit. Is that true? If so, it is not uncommon for the display on the front of the unit to go dim. It is also easy to accidently chose another input from the Bose remote. Did you change the batteries in the Bose remote recently? If the Dish receiver and sound system were operational and then you lost the sound only I would look there. Hope this helps. Blessings, Fred

[Bobby Kirk]

Thanks Fred.  in the process of checking those items. Thanks again  Forum is Great

[Joel Ashley]

Original equipment TV means you’d need a converter box to receive modern digital broadcasts.  You may then be dealing with multiple volume controls, as I do on several of my old home TVs where conflict between the converter and TV causes a slight audio buzz.  This week, finally, we are getting rid of the home bedroom TV that was the side speaker Sharp originally out of the coach, and its cantankerous converter box, in favor of a Sony smart TV.  No more buzzing audio. The audio carrier is broadcast on a separate carrier wave from the video.  If you are tossing in a satellite system and a DVD receiver/Bose unit for audio to transect, I’m not surprised there’s an issue. 

It may be time to upgrade the TV to a digital smart one, ditching the converter as we did in our coach (both TVs) 10 years ago.  As I recall it provided previously unavailable hookup options (HDMI?) as well as a far better picture, but we also upgraded the DVD changer as well for the same reasons.  A professional may cost some bucks, but from our experience it was worth it, and they did a great job modifying cabinetry to the larger screen formats in the process.

Joel

[Joel Ashley]

RV Outfitters in Bend.  40” Sony.

[Scott Shearer]

Just an FYI, the original Sharp Aquos in our 06 PT is dual tuner. The tuners are separate and require separate or Y’d connections to the antenna. Originally, only the analogue tuner was connected.

-Scott

[Gene Obie]

So one thing you didn't mention in your original post was what Dish receiver is connected to your Dish antenna, which outputs are you using on your Dish receiver and where do they go? I'm sure you know this as you're getting video, but keep in mind your Playmaker Dish is only the antenna and it needs a compatible Dish receiver to give either HDMI or composite video output. Also, the Sony Aquos does not have built in Dish receiver and its coax is over the air antenna input. You mentioned your system is all original - does that include the Dish portion?

I installed Winegard Dish roof antenna and Wally receiver with new RG-6 coax on my 2005. Dish recommends RG-6 coax and some older installs use RG-59. Also, you have to bypass the TV/Cable coax splitter/amp in the coach and run RG-6 from dish antenna to dish receiver as it's not compatible with Dish system. 

[Fred Brooks]

     Bobby,
  You stated that everything is original equipment other than the portable Playmaker Satellite dish. Are you controlling the sound with the Bose Lifestyle DVD-home theater remote? Did it work in the past and recently stopped working? Everything with an audio output originally from the factory went thru the Bose system. This includes the dash radio, front tv, vcr, XM radio and satellite. Enclosed is a pix of my remote control and the dedicated buttons that activated the inputs. It was that way when I bought it 12 years ago. Please advise, Thanks Fred