Satalite question
Im sure alot of you fine folks have run into this. I have the winegard dome type satalite reciever which works fine but is sometimes blocked by trees or whatever. Can you plug like say a tailgater typ...
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msmith1199 wrote:Dale.Traveling wrote:
The dish antenna must be directly connected to the receiver. If there is anything device between the two such as a RF splitter or AV switch matrix the set up probably will not work. The coax provides two way data. Pointing commands and such from the receiver and the down link TV signal and such from the antenna. You might get lucky with an A/B switch but I was never sucessful.
I was going to say this same thing but then I deleted it because I never actually tried it. I do know that the instructions that come with the Winegard travelor do say the coax has to run straight from the dish to the receiver for the very same reasons you listed here. Sounds like you've tried it and the instructions are correct.
This is different then the satellite wiring in my stick house. I have one HD dish with one coax that goes to a splitter in my attic. The spilitter then sends the signal to my main entertainment room and 4 bedrooms. The signal is crystal clear.
