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ssgwsmith
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Oct 05, 2014

Cable from factory installed winegard dish

Trying to instal a Dish receiver and have no idea which cable is coming from the dish itself. Have a 2015 fleetwood bounder 34T

There are 3 cables not connect to anything in the overhead. 2 are mark RF1 and one is marked RF2

Can anyone assit?

6 Replies

  • Run a continuity check. Hook an extension coax to one cable, take the other end of the extension through a window up to the dish, unhook the coax from the dish, use a multimeter on "ohms" setting and put a lead on the center wire at each open end of the coax. Do this until you get one that has zero resistance - that's the one you want. Then label it down below.
  • Its very simple,....chop the end w/ plug (4") off an old coax cable. Bare the end 1" back and twist the center lead and braid together. Its then called a "shorted coax cable":) Then connect it to either end of one of your 3 cables using a barrel connector. Go to the other end and check for continuity.
    Note, all 3 cables must be unplugged on both ends, (show no continuity) before you can do this.
    Or I'd guess you could eliminate the 2 cables that aren't connected to the dish.
  • Well, there's always the trial and error method. Plug one in and see if it works...if not go to another....and then the third. I mean really... you're right...how hard can it be?

    Ron
  • Dealer is 2 hrs away.... Thought "gee how ared could this be?" There goes tha
  • if you have a new rv I'd go to the dealer and have them deal with this issue. you have a 2015.

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