Satalite question

PastorCharlie wrote:
My system has a video switching box that will switch from satellite to antenna to cable to VCR to....

Also there is a separate switch to turn off the satellite

That switch is switching the output of the sat receiver.

The OP needs to switch the input to the sat receiver.

Ours has a little 2 way ground block screwed to the side of the cabinet where the receiver is. The dome and the external dish feeds come into the top, and there is a coax from the receiver input that I can physically attach to one or the other.

Different rigs will be wired different ways

OK. As you can see, there are various ways to wire and setup an RV. Therefore there are various answers to your question.

There is not a yes or nno answer to this.

1. Do you havew a "Sat/Tripod" in in the wet bay? If so, where does it terminate? Do you have an AB switch or two dangling cables?
- We have a Tripod (Sat.) in and a roof Sat to an A/B switch. This is all RG6. This allows me to use the roof (Winegard Mission Raod Trip) sat or an external (We have a Tailgater).

2. Can you use the Cable in?
- Maybe. You would need to add an A/B switch inside, before an AV switch, to bypass your cable connection or you can manually move the cable inside. Now that is just the physical connection. The Tailgater also relies on the coax for power, so you can throw it our wherever you want/need. With RG6 and I have heard of some running upto 150' of coax, with successful signal. I have only used 100'. If the coax is not RG6 and this includes coax you would use in the path, inside your RV, you may find signal loss or more likely not enough power to the Tailgater for it to properly run itself.

My system has a video switching box that will switch from satellite to antenna to cable to VCR to....

Also there is a separate switch to turn off the satellite

As already mentioned, the coax comes from the dish and to the Sat box first, and then to your multi-switch. So if you plug your portable dish directly into the external coax hookup you have bypassed the receiver box and won't get a signal. You have to do what msturtz said, or run the coax from the portable dish directly to the receiver box.

msturtz wrote:
Typically you will need to manually move the satellite input from the roof cable to the wet bay cable. This is the cable going to the back of the satellite receiver.

true, didn't think of that.

Typically you will need to manually move the satellite input from the roof cable to the wet bay cable. This is the cable going to the back of the satellite receiver.

You should have a switch already installed to switch from Sat, to ANT, to cable. So yes, you can leverage another input, in your example the cable input, and switch your box to cable.