Using external dish hookup

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On my Winnebago vista 30t I have a traveler. I want to run a coax from cottage to the motorhome as the sat is blocked by trees. I have a dish on cottage roof and extra port on multi switch. Do I jus t connect to the external sat input in wet bay and change the coax to receiver to external in receiver compartment?

bullydogs1 · Answer

Depends on the cable/switch set up....hopefully it is rg6 cable and then it will do it.  Note that you need the sat box to generally provide back power on the cable to the dish....that's why you need the rg6 cable..that does it.

dale_traveling · Answer

The trick is the cable from the antenna/switch can not run thru anything such as the TV Switch Matrix or a signal amplifier. I use the 'Park Cable' connection on the side of my coach but have disconnected it from the TV Switch Matrix and connected the end directly to the sat receiver.

tderonne · Answer

If your Winnebago is new enough, you have two coax connections, one for cable, one for satellite. If that's the case, what you described is right.

rich_d_ · Answer

Goldencrazy wrote:On my Winnebago vista 30t I have a traveler. I want to run a coax from cottage to the motorhome as the sat is blocked by trees. I have a dish on cottage roof and extra port on multi switch. Do I jus t connect to the external sat input in wet bay and change the coax to receiver to external in receiver compartment?If I understand your post correctly, the simple answer is "Yes".

tom_n · Answer

Yes, Winnebago installs both a cable in and a satellite in outlet in your wet bay. My set up is the same.The sat in goes directly to the receiver compartment with no splitter in that coax line. -Tom

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