Do I need to re-wire for satellite?
I read somewhere(not sure where) that I may need to re-wire my motor home for satellite because of a splitter. What I have is a standard 2006 class C with a cable outlet to the tv in the front and...
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I never had much luck trying to use the so called SAT connection on my 2004 and 2008 models. It was much easier for me to just run two RG cables in from my dual head pickup to the TV areas.
The SAT-CABLE connections most often goes through TV splitters and this kills your generation of DC power going back to the SAT DISH from your SAT RCVR... Doesn't work without this control voltage.
What I did on mine was use the video outputs from the SAT RCVRs and run those to the VID-1 inputs on the HDTV sets. Then I could change TV Views from CABLE-SAT-OTA with the TV remote. This is only good for viewing Standard TV signals from the SAT TV. Getting HDTV signals is much harder to do as you have to view two SAT channels at same time I think is the way it works for high definition mode SAT TV...
Maybe the newer trailers have it better figured out...
I brought along my SAT TV stuff from my DIRECTV Home Account for a few years but when the NATL BROADCAST system changed over to DIGITAL mode we just stopped bringing along the SAT TV items. The full blown High Def Digital TV signals from the local towns was the best TV yet...
I use my BATWING antenna that has the dipoles on it to point to the local towns transmitting HDTV signals... TV signals are even better than what you get from the cable TV connections at the camp grounds...
Of course I do miss some of the SAT TV channels but we get our TV FILL just fine using the OTA antenna and the CABLE TV connections from the camp grounds... If you got a good data account with your Cell Phone or Verizon etc you can downstream SAT TV stations on-line and watch SAT TV Channels through your on-line internet connection.
The OTA BATWING Antenna for me usually picks up a 24hr live radar view at all of the places we go to and that is really important for us POPUP campers to always be aware of what the weather is going to do... Rock and Roll in a POPUP camper not all that much fun haha...
Roy Ken
The SAT-CABLE connections most often goes through TV splitters and this kills your generation of DC power going back to the SAT DISH from your SAT RCVR... Doesn't work without this control voltage.
What I did on mine was use the video outputs from the SAT RCVRs and run those to the VID-1 inputs on the HDTV sets. Then I could change TV Views from CABLE-SAT-OTA with the TV remote. This is only good for viewing Standard TV signals from the SAT TV. Getting HDTV signals is much harder to do as you have to view two SAT channels at same time I think is the way it works for high definition mode SAT TV...
Maybe the newer trailers have it better figured out...
I brought along my SAT TV stuff from my DIRECTV Home Account for a few years but when the NATL BROADCAST system changed over to DIGITAL mode we just stopped bringing along the SAT TV items. The full blown High Def Digital TV signals from the local towns was the best TV yet...
I use my BATWING antenna that has the dipoles on it to point to the local towns transmitting HDTV signals... TV signals are even better than what you get from the cable TV connections at the camp grounds...
Of course I do miss some of the SAT TV channels but we get our TV FILL just fine using the OTA antenna and the CABLE TV connections from the camp grounds... If you got a good data account with your Cell Phone or Verizon etc you can downstream SAT TV stations on-line and watch SAT TV Channels through your on-line internet connection.
The OTA BATWING Antenna for me usually picks up a 24hr live radar view at all of the places we go to and that is really important for us POPUP campers to always be aware of what the weather is going to do... Rock and Roll in a POPUP camper not all that much fun haha...
Roy Ken
