ice2fire
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Can I use the cable inlet connection on the exterior side of the trailer as an input from our satellite dish ?
I've tried, but it doesn't seem to work. Is it because there is a broken or bad connection in the internal trailer wiring or an electrical reason ? if the latter, I guess I'll have to make my own inlet ?
Thanks.
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cwit
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No it won't work need seperate cable.
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hwybnb
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Maybe, but it depends on how it is wired. If it goes directly to the sat receiver you probably can but many go through other devices like signal boosters or splitters that will not pass the sat signal.
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rvten
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I have used the cable conn on my past MH.,s.
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dougrainer
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It will work but you must remove the Winegard inside wall booster plate and on the back of that plate you will see 2 or 3 coax cables. embossed in that plastic plate it will say Ant 2nd tv and CABLE.
You must remove the coax labeled CABLE and THAT cable must be connected directly to your SatIN on your Sat box. The reason you must remove from the booster is since the Cable feed goes THRU the booster, it also goes thru the booster electronics and that disrupts the LNB signal to your outside Dish. Doug
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Most of the TTs built in the last 10 years use RG6 coax and you can go straight into the satellite receiver. The signal can not go through amplifiers or splitters before it is connected to the satellite receiver. What type of coax are you using from the external TT connection to the satellite dish antenna?
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gitane59
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ice2fire wrote:Can I use the cable inlet connection on the exterior side of the trailer as an input from our satellite dish ?
I've tried, but it doesn't seem to work. Is it because there is a broken or bad connection in the internal trailer wiring or an electrical reason ? if the latter, I guess I'll have to make my own inlet ?
Thanks.
ice2fire you must have a direct connection to your sat receiver from the dish. Your satellite signal cannot go through the the Winegard amplifier even with power tuned off.
You must bypass the circuitry completely.
I just build a modified Winegard antenna amplifier bypass system for my trailer to allow both cable and satellite connection through the single outside cable connector.
Mod for using Satellite feed with Winegard RV Amplifier
While this does prevent watching both cable and sat feeds simultaneously it does eliminate the need for feeding a cable through a window. The chances of wanting to watch cable and sat together I decided was slim.
My modified system allows me to connect the sat receiver directly to the dish when I wish to use the sat source and using loop jumper to connect the amplifier back in quickly when I want to use a cable source. That is the top jumper on the front of the modified amplifier.
The bottom jumper allows me to feed the sat signal coming from the sat receiver RG6 output to my secondary (bedroom) TV since I use the HDMI sat receiver output to feed my primary TV
While this limits the bedroom TV to watch the same channel as the primary TV it's better than running all new cabling to support a second sat receiver.
I have attached a web album showing the rear view and the front view of the modified assembly which I mounted in a box over the original hole for the amplifier in the wall behind the TV.
Don't hesitate to ask questions if you want more info.
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edited 01/15/12 08:22am by gitane59 *
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peaches&cream
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Here is a very good explaination of how to use the existing coax for cable and sat. http://www.satelliteinstaller.com/satellite_diplexers.htm
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The duplexer is the simple answer. Works fine and is simple to hookup.
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ice2fire wrote:Can I use the cable inlet connection on the exterior side of the trailer as an input from our satellite dish ?
I've tried, but it doesn't seem to work. Is it because there is a broken or bad connection in the internal trailer wiring or an electrical reason ? if the latter, I guess I'll have to make my own inlet ?
Thanks.
I was able to do this on an older MH I had (1994 Damon). but I had to
change a "splitter" in the coach from 900KHz (analog) to a 1GHz (digital)
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