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I don't know if any one or who can help me with this info ,I have a 05 3860 , and I want to drill a hole from the engine room up thru where the radar arch meets the decking, so I can run a sat tv cable up to the radar arch so I can hang a flat screen tv on it. I want to do this because the sat box is in the salon and I can get it into the engine room easy enough, then up thru the radar arch, is there any thing between the the decking and where the radar arch meets and Please no comments that I'm drilling thru the bottom of the boat I'm not, I want to be able to watch the JETS go to the Superbowl some day...
 
"I want to be able to watch the JETS go to the Superbowl some day..."

I don't know whether your plan is feasible, but at least you'll have plenty of time to figure it out ;)
 
There should be some access through there since the cables from the GPS, Radar, TV and anything else mounted to the top of the arch have to be fished down through. Try pulling out the speaker to see what is behind the wall. This worked on our 3060 when we fished all the cables down the arch, into the bilge and then up to the helm. Good luck and get good fish tape and a patient helper.
 
Kenny, If your 05 3860 is like my 04 3860 the cabling access to the radar arch is on the starboard side. Remove a speaker like Leviathan suggested to confirm.
 
if your arch was installed like mine was, there is a pull string left in the arch from the original wiring. if there is not one there, you can use one of the existing cables to pull and new pull string in and then pull in your new cables. a simpler solution will be a wireless flat screen TV. over short distance these are great and you can move it around on the boat where ever you need it. I bought one for my dad a couple years ago, he loves it in the morning he can watch the news where ever he likes in the house or patio.
 
Wireless tv??? I have a transmitter/receiver that makes a tv portable but it's not built in to the tv. What tv are you talking about?
 
Sharp Aquos has a wireless 15" LCD TV that has a base that hooks into the cable outlet/satellite box, etc. and the TV runs on WIFI or something like it. a Neighbor chapparrel 300 has one and it is very awesome; only wish i hadn't bought 2 15" regular flat screens already. :( I think it's like $1200 or so but very worth it. bring it up to the cockpit; put it on the dock; whatever you want to start a party!
 
I'm assuming you already have a KVS or the like on the arch?
 
All of the wiring in the arch travels down behind the trash container an thru to the nav switches by the helm. There is an opening that there goes down into the engine room. You may want to go on forward from the helm and push the wire into the aft airconditions compartment. The tv cable is there and maybe you could splice in a coax spliter at that point.
 
Thanks for all the replies, I do want to mount the TV on the port side on the radar arch,( HD box in salon) I snaked the cable thru the aft head then thru the port side of the firewall bulkhead up over the fuel tanks, then up thru the port side of the radar arch into the arch to a cable plug with a tv mount, that why I want to know if it's possible.Greendoc, does sound alot easier to go with the wifi .And to you SeaVet you just wait till they bring VINNY back. VINNY ,VINNY, VINNY
 
Kirsh;

if you want to mount the tv on the arch you will need a power supply. if you go with a 12 volt monitor its not a big deal to bring that up with the cable feed. if you are using a line voltage monitor you will have to run the power cord down to a receptacle on deck, in that case why not do the same with the cable feed as well and make your life a lot easier? I'm assuming that the monitor will be hung on a hook so you can stow it while underway. if this is the plan I still think the wireless monitor is the ticket as you will be able to use it anywhere on the boat.
 
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