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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Many RV's are wired as follows
A jack on the outside leads to a wall plate inside with a switch, a light, a 12 volt outlet, and an antenna connection (TV-1)
ON the back of that wall plate are connections for ANT, CABLE and TV-2 as well as 12 volts Usually the connecting cables are RG-59.. NOt recommended for Sat TV
Other RV's have a matrix switch (Box of many buttons) some of these may have a 2nd jack marked "SAT IN" this may be RG-6 (or not) if it is you are golden.
Recommendations.. If you have only one jack outside for input.
Install a nice new length of RG-6, high quality, low loss Believe it or not this may be possible without drilling by useing existing holes for water lines and such.. Get it to any handy spot for mounting a GROUND BLOCK which is attached to the Frame (In my Class A that is the Brake Bell Crank Bracket under the hood) This is your Sat cable link.
Now the wall plate (This does not apply to the matrix switch)
Disconnect the CABLE cable and extend it to the TV ANTENNA jack on the Sat receiver (This will pass cable if the Sat receiver is OFF) then connect the TV-OUT (or To TV) back to the cable Port on the wall plate.
Box of many buttons should have a SAT in port... Simply connect TV-OUT from receiver to that port.
Truth table for wall plate as I just designed:
Wall plate switch ON: OTA Antenna
Wall palte off: Sat Receiver off: Park cable
Wall plate off Sat Receiver ON: Sat Receiver
NOTE: connect to the nearest TV via HDMI if you can.. If you do this even with the Wall plate ON (The remote Tv gets ANTENNA) the "main" tv can then choose Sat (HDMI 1) or ANT "TV") (Or Computer, Or USB or .. Well I have a host of options here).
A jack on the outside leads to a wall plate inside with a switch, a light, a 12 volt outlet, and an antenna connection (TV-1)
ON the back of that wall plate are connections for ANT, CABLE and TV-2 as well as 12 volts Usually the connecting cables are RG-59.. NOt recommended for Sat TV
Other RV's have a matrix switch (Box of many buttons) some of these may have a 2nd jack marked "SAT IN" this may be RG-6 (or not) if it is you are golden.
Recommendations.. If you have only one jack outside for input.
Install a nice new length of RG-6, high quality, low loss Believe it or not this may be possible without drilling by useing existing holes for water lines and such.. Get it to any handy spot for mounting a GROUND BLOCK which is attached to the Frame (In my Class A that is the Brake Bell Crank Bracket under the hood) This is your Sat cable link.
Now the wall plate (This does not apply to the matrix switch)
Disconnect the CABLE cable and extend it to the TV ANTENNA jack on the Sat receiver (This will pass cable if the Sat receiver is OFF) then connect the TV-OUT (or To TV) back to the cable Port on the wall plate.
Box of many buttons should have a SAT in port... Simply connect TV-OUT from receiver to that port.
Truth table for wall plate as I just designed:
Wall plate switch ON: OTA Antenna
Wall palte off: Sat Receiver off: Park cable
Wall plate off Sat Receiver ON: Sat Receiver
NOTE: connect to the nearest TV via HDMI if you can.. If you do this even with the Wall plate ON (The remote Tv gets ANTENNA) the "main" tv can then choose Sat (HDMI 1) or ANT "TV") (Or Computer, Or USB or .. Well I have a host of options here).
