Connecting Satellite Thru Outside Jack
Hi Guys. New to this forum but not a new RVer. We recently purchased a 2020 Thor ACE 33.1 motorhome. Have not camped in it, only had a chance to drive it from dealership to home, and had to go back to...
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Ok, First I highly recommend adding another coax. Specifically an RG-6 (Or RG-11) you may well be able to route it out via existing holes (Like beside a water line).. Or not.. To a ground block or bulkhead connector.
On my motor home they run to a ground block that's on the brake bell crank bracket under the hood..
WHY: well first the cable already in place is often CHEAP RG-59 At Sat Frequencies the loss is about 4 TIMES greater than decent RG-6 possibly more. So each 10 feet is the same as 40-50 feet of RG-6.
Second the cable runs not to the bay where you think (not to the TV) but to the Winegard (or King Controls) wall plate somewhere in the RV. There it encounters electronics that can NOT pass what's needed for the sat..
Now for my strongest recommendation
I spend $25.00/year on an electronic program guide. For that I have two vintage DVR's and a Windows Computer. The computer downloads the guide. Makes a few format changes and serves it up to the DVR's which then do all that expensive subscruption stuff
Record in one room watch in another.. Start on one finish on the other (or switch back and forth) Fast forward, pause, rewind, download to portable and more
Record based on Show title. Actors. And more
I spend but 25.year for the tv-guide.
Sadly they do not make the DVR I use any more.. but I have issues overflowing the hard drives (Only have about 300 hours of storage before I have to offload.. So far I've only run out of shows to watch once.. I have about 500 hours off loaded so that was no problem.
)
On my motor home they run to a ground block that's on the brake bell crank bracket under the hood..
WHY: well first the cable already in place is often CHEAP RG-59 At Sat Frequencies the loss is about 4 TIMES greater than decent RG-6 possibly more. So each 10 feet is the same as 40-50 feet of RG-6.
Second the cable runs not to the bay where you think (not to the TV) but to the Winegard (or King Controls) wall plate somewhere in the RV. There it encounters electronics that can NOT pass what's needed for the sat..
Now for my strongest recommendation
I spend $25.00/year on an electronic program guide. For that I have two vintage DVR's and a Windows Computer. The computer downloads the guide. Makes a few format changes and serves it up to the DVR's which then do all that expensive subscruption stuff
Record in one room watch in another.. Start on one finish on the other (or switch back and forth) Fast forward, pause, rewind, download to portable and more
Record based on Show title. Actors. And more
I spend but 25.year for the tv-guide.
Sadly they do not make the DVR I use any more.. but I have issues overflowing the hard drives (Only have about 300 hours of storage before I have to offload.. So far I've only run out of shows to watch once.. I have about 500 hours off loaded so that was no problem.
)
