How to set up portable satellite dish...
Ok so here is the story. Have a TT, 2014 Keystone passport. It has the crank up regular style winegard antenna with the small wall panel that has the booster, and the cable comes from this panel int...
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Not wanting to jump in here and step on anyone's toes, you may or may not be able to use the existing cable run to connect a satellite antenna/receiver.
IF (notice the big IF) the cable runs directly from the outside cable connection to the wall plate that is used as an A/B switch between OTA and Cable then it's as simple as removing the Cable coax connected to the back of that wall plate and making an extension to the satellite receiver. You could also add an A/B switch and run that disconnected cable to the single port on the A/B switch and the outputs could go right back to the port you disconnected and the 2nd to the satellite receiver. By doing this you would not lose anything and have the option to use Cable or Satellite by simply pushing a button.
Here's the problem. Not all RV's are wired from the outside connection directly to the wall plate with the on/off button. If your is not, and there is any splitter of any kind between the outside connection and that wall plate, you are done and you must run a new wire.
IF (notice the big IF) the cable runs directly from the outside cable connection to the wall plate that is used as an A/B switch between OTA and Cable then it's as simple as removing the Cable coax connected to the back of that wall plate and making an extension to the satellite receiver. You could also add an A/B switch and run that disconnected cable to the single port on the A/B switch and the outputs could go right back to the port you disconnected and the 2nd to the satellite receiver. By doing this you would not lose anything and have the option to use Cable or Satellite by simply pushing a button.
Here's the problem. Not all RV's are wired from the outside connection directly to the wall plate with the on/off button. If your is not, and there is any splitter of any kind between the outside connection and that wall plate, you are done and you must run a new wire.
