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In-motion TracVision Front TV

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From: Shirley J. O'Brien sobrien@...> > Date: February 27, 2006 4:42:33 PM MST > To: Country Coach Chat Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.com> > Cc: Jim O'Brien jobrien@...>

Subject: In-motion TracVision Front TV >

Hi Group:
> In our '02 Allure, we could "listen" to TV while traveling. Our most > memorable experience was on a drive from Las Vegas to Reno (eight > hours of not the most scenic of America's highways!) on the day of > President Ronald Reagan's funeral and the flight to his burial site > at his library in California. As we drove West we knew his plane was > somewhere above us. We could follow along by listening to CNN's > coverage of this memorable event.

We would like to be able to "listen" to the front RV while on long > drives. We have heard a rumor that there is a wire (yellow?) that > must be severed to allow this to happen. Anyone willing to share > where it is and how to do it? Is it a delicate operation? >>

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We would like to know also if this can be done. At times we'd like to listen to the Sirius radio stations we can get on Dish.
We could do this on our SOB and we too listened to Reagan's funeral going through Wisconsin/Michigan.

Sue

'05, 42' Allure 31254
 

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I have not tried it, and I would not. I suspect if they catch you driving down the road with the TV going, it might be an expensive fine. If you happen to get into an accident and they can prove the TV was going at the time, I suspect that would be really, really expensive lawsuit.

By law, any TV which is visible to the driver must have a cutout which shuts it down when the ignition is on. The law itself pretty much tells you how to defeat it :-) Either the TV has been modified with a wire to tell it when the ignition is on, or it is plugged into a switched outlet controlled by the ignition switch.

There are safer options to listen to TV (or Sirius over the satallite). In the older units, which run a VCR into the sound system, I suspect that it either will, or could be made to, run the VCR and sound system while driving without any danger of being cited. If you don't have a VCR, you can pick up a small receiver which includes the TV bands and plug that in instead.

Newer systems may or may not have inputs to the sound system. It's tacky, but you can easily find a short range FM transmitter, run your TV band into it, and listen to the TV over the radio. Or if you have an auto-style sound system, it may have an input (for CD changer), or a cassette deck (they have adapters to insert sound via this) or use the FM transmitter mentioned above.

John 04 Inspire 51078

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> From: Shirley J. O'Brien

> Date: February 27, 2006 4:42:33 PM MST > > To: Country Coach Chat Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.com> > > Cc: Jim O'Brien

> Subject: In-motion TracVision Front TV > >

>> Hi Group:
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> In our '02 Allure, we could "listen" to TV while traveling. Our

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memorable experience was on a drive from Las Vegas to Reno (eight > > hours of not the most scenic of America's highways!) on the day

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President Ronald Reagan's funeral and the flight to his burial

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at his library in California. As we drove West we knew his

plane was

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somewhere above us. We could follow along by listening to CNN's > > coverage of this memorable event.
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> We would like to be able to "listen" to the front RV while on

long

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drives. We have heard a rumor that there is a wire (yellow?)

that