Upgraded from 18" to 24". WOW!

blofgren wrote:
Are you using Shaw Direct? We currently have Bell at home but are considering the switch so that we can use it in the RV without any issues.

Here's the story in a nutshell:

We have Telus sat. service which uses a Bell 82 or 91 satellite. We only use 82 which is the high def. sat. and our dish only has one eye that will catch either sat signal depending on the elevation and azimuth angles I aim for. Standard def. doesn't have many stations/shows on Bell that we care about so we only want sat. 82 which is a few degrees lower and to the left of 91.

We had an extra PVR in the house and just moved it into the trailer (we're allowed 6 max. in the house). As I've now learned, an LNB doesn't care which sat. service you are using so you don't need a dish specific to Shaw, Telus or other provider. The new dish I got is Ariza and have never heard of them. One thing to know is the Bell sat. has a signal foot print that cuts off at around 200-300 miles south of the border. Don't know about other sat. providers.

Conceptually, the principle of installing sat. TV in an RV is pretty simple - run co-ax from a dish to a receiver and cable (HDMI or component) from a receiver to a TV. Interestingly, the various RV manufacturers brag about their units being wired for sat. but they do not provide a spot for a receiver or a 120 volt recept. to plug one into. Luckily we had a vacant unused location above the kitchen cabinets which is perfect. I wired power off the MW recept. and ran an HDMI cable from the receiver to TV via the ceiling space. I could not find out how and where they ran co-ax from the exterior jack to wherever it goes and abandoned it and ran a new (high quality) co-ax from the jack up to the receiver.

Hope this helps and you can always PM me if you have any other questions.