I have a new Jayco FW and my Winegard Satellite dish doesn't work when I hook it up to the outside cable connection. If I run the cable through the door and hook it up to the Direct TV box, it searches for a signal, locks in and works fine. Presto...300+ stations. Hook it up the right way and nothing...dead.I have it back to the dealer and they can't seem to find the problem. They've had it several weeks doing several warranty repairs but haven't fixed the TV problem and seem lost about solving the problem. I'm sure it's a bad connection somewhere or a bad spot in the cable....but where? There's been talk about maybe being forced to run a new cable, but I'm not very keen about tearing this trailer apart to run a new cable. I'm thinking it might be better to run new cable on the bottom side of the trailer along the framework then up through the floor somewhere then to rip apart interior paneling. Any one have any thoughts about this?

IBcarguy wrote:I have a new Jayco FW and my Winegard Satellite dish doesn't work when I hook it up to the outside cable connection. If I run the cable through the door and hook it up to the Direct TV box, it searches for a signal, locks in and works fine. Presto...300+ stations. Hook it up the right way and nothing...dead.I have it back to the dealer and they can't seem to find the problem. They've had it several weeks doing several warranty repairs but haven't fixed the TV problem and seem lost about solving the problem. I'm sure it's a bad connection somewhere or a bad spot in the cable....but where? There's been talk about maybe being forced to run a new cable, but I'm not very keen about tearing this trailer apart to run a new cable. I'm thinking it might be better to run new cable on the bottom side of the trailer along the framework then up through the floor somewhere then to rip apart interior paneling. Any one have any thoughts about this?r u sure the outside connection is for satellite and not a park's cable tv system?

You probably have the wrong end of a wire. If the outside connection is for cable, then it is set up for park cable, not a dedicated satellite connection. If you connect your satellite, and do not get a signal at you receiver, either it is the wrong wire, or the connectors are bad. a little continuity checking will find your problem.

Check the connections outside my last Jayco had two connections, satellite & cable, next to each other, make sure your on the right connector.

Most RVs have a outside park cable connection only. If your is wired for satellite you will have two outside connections. One for park cable and the other for satellite. Check and make sure you have two if not you are not wired for satellite. And the only way is to run a separate cable for satellite use. Also if you have a single cable connection it most likely has some splitters in it so satellite will not work.

Ditch your Current Directv box and get the Genie system with wireless mini-Genies. I have that system and it doesn't use the trailer wiring. All the mini-Genies plug into the HDMI port of the TV. And each TV can watch a different channel. We love ours.

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Edd505
Explorer
Oct 08, 2017
Check the connections outside my last Jayco had two connections, satellite & cable, next to each other, make sure your on the right connector.
Johno02
Explorer
Oct 08, 2017
You probably have the wrong end of a wire. If the outside connection is for cable, then it is set up for park cable, not a dedicated satellite connection. If you connect your satellite, and do not get a signal at you receiver, either it is the wrong wire, or the connectors are bad. a little continuity checking will find your problem.
rk911
Explorer
Oct 08, 2017
IBcarguy wrote:
I have a new Jayco FW and my Winegard Satellite dish doesn't work when I hook it up to the outside cable connection. If I run the cable through the door and hook it up to the Direct TV box, it searches for a signal, locks in and works fine. Presto...300+ stations. Hook it up the right way and nothing...dead.
I have it back to the dealer and they can't seem to find the problem. They've had it several weeks doing several warranty repairs but haven't fixed the TV problem and seem lost about solving the problem. I'm sure it's a bad connection somewhere or a bad spot in the cable....but where? There's been talk about maybe being forced to run a new cable, but I'm not very keen about tearing this trailer apart to run a new cable. I'm thinking it might be better to run new cable on the bottom side of the trailer along the framework then up through the floor somewhere then to rip apart interior paneling. Any one have any thoughts about this?

r u sure the outside connection is for satellite and not a park's cable tv system?

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