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SUKISHORT's avatar
SUKISHORT
Explorer
Nov 11, 2014

Satellite Hook up

I have a new Sprinter TT. Ithas two connection points outside for a satellite and one for cable. I hooked up my satellite to the correct pulg outside and hooked up my main lounge tv. Everything wooks perfectly. I try to hook up my bedroom tv, with a seperate receiver and it doesn't work. I play with it over the weekend and find that if I have only the lounge tv hooked up, everything is fine, if I connect the bedroom receiver up, the bedroom works fine, but I lose the lounge signal. If I unhook the bedroom the lounge works again. Any help would be welcome. Thank you.

9 Replies

  • Tennessee_Nomad's avatar
    Tennessee_Nomad
    Explorer
    Nov 12, 2014
    Ours only had satellite run to the living/dining/kitchen area. Cable tv worked both places but satellite only in the front. Had to run another cable back to the bedroom for satellite there.
  • Bobbo's avatar
    Bobbo
    Explorer III
    Nov 11, 2014
    SUKISHORT wrote:
    Ithas two connection points outside for a satellite and one for cable.


    nomad297 wrote:
    Bobbo wrote:
    You say you have 2 connections outside for satellite. If you want to run 2 receivers, you have to use BOTH of the satellite connections outside.


    He said he has two connections -- one for satellite and one for cable.

    Bruce


    His original post is unclear. It says 2 for satellite AND 1 for cable.
  • nomad297's avatar
    nomad297
    Explorer
    Nov 11, 2014
    Bobbo wrote:
    You say you have 2 connections outside for satellite. If you want to run 2 receivers, you have to use BOTH of the satellite connections outside.


    He said he has two connections -- one for satellite and one for cable.

    Bruce
  • Bobbo's avatar
    Bobbo
    Explorer III
    Nov 11, 2014
    You say you have 2 connections outside for satellite. If you want to run 2 receivers, you have to use BOTH of the satellite connections outside.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Nov 11, 2014
    You do not have to add any cables if you watch the same channel on the second TV. In my set up, I have a multi video switch. The satellite comes into one port, antenna to another, cable to another and DVD/VCR to another. There is three outputs.
    I push the selected input and the correct TV.
    You can watch an over the air off the antenna at the same time as satellite.
    Mine is similar to this one.
    Winegard Video switch
  • Bill_Satellite's avatar
    Bill_Satellite
    Explorer II
    Nov 11, 2014
    One cable from the MP1 will power one receiver. If you want to connect 2 receivers you will need to run a new separate coax to the 2nd receiver location.
  • nomad297's avatar
    nomad297
    Explorer
    Nov 11, 2014
    The outside connection is only going to run to one location for your receiver. You I'll Ned to add cabling and receivers to other locations you want to view satellite.

    Bruce

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