Replacing coax in RV camper etc??

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I have a few questions about re-doing some things in my parents 1980's
Wenebego RV.....

I would like to make it satelite ready & someone said I needed to put
in a diferent grade of coax... is thee a easy way to rplace the cable
withour tearing apart the walls. There are 2 wall jacks. It has an
antenna on the roof.

How could I have it work on the antenna or the satelite? Is this a huge
project?

Also... I am replacing the old cassette/am/fm radio with a cd/mp3
reciver... do I need any special brackets... how hard would it be to
put speaker in the back & wire them to the new reciever?

Thanks in advance for any help here!

 

[Jumpster Jiver]

For the stereo, try buying from Crutchfield. They usually have adapters
to fit your new stereo and speakers into any vehicle.
For the coax - it all depends on where the wires run and how hard it
will be to remove the old and install the new wire.

 

[Travis Jordan]

I would like to make it satelite ready & someone said I needed to put
in a diferent grade of coax... is thee a easy way to rplace the cable
withour tearing apart the walls. There are 2 wall jacks. It has an
antenna on the roof.

I'd leave the existing antenna and coax for use with local reception,
and add the satellite receiver and antenna with a separate cable.
Should be easier than removing the old cable and you'll get additional
functionality.

 

[tlbs]

With such a short length of existing (lower grade) coax, the losses may
be acceptable to a satellite system. However, switching between a
Yagi-type antenna and the dish on the roof is more complicated than
switching inside the RV, therefore I would also recommend running a
separate coax cable to the roof for the dish.

Two separate feeds from the roof; a satellite receiver box; then use a
simple A-B RF switch with 'F' connectors at the input to the TV to
select between the satellite receiver and the Yagi-type TV antenna.

 

[Travis Jordan]

Two separate feeds from the roof; a satellite receiver box; then use a
simple A-B RF switch with 'F' connectors at the input to the TV to
select between the satellite receiver and the Yagi-type TV antenna.

I think most satellite receivers today have a separate antenna input for
OTA reception.

 

[Bill Jeffrey]

I would like to make it satelite ready & someone said I needed to put
in a diferent grade of coax... is thee a easy way to rplace the cable
withour tearing apart the walls. There are 2 wall jacks. It has an
antenna on the roof.

When you say there is an antenna on the roof, I presume you mean that
there is one of the old Winegard-type crank-up over-the-air VHF/UHF TV
antennas. You want to add a dish somewhere. If this is correct, the
next question is, where do you plan to put the satellite dish? Many
people have good luck using a portable ground-mount dish. Small, light,
easy to set up on a small tripod, easy to adjust the aiming. And you
can run the wire wherever it is convenient. Dish Network and (what's
the other one?) both offer easy setup ground mounts.

A hard-mounted roof dish is a PITA to add to an existing vehicle.

Bill