Question about satalite hookups
Got a friend who is going to get a satellite dish for the camper. can he use the external cable connection on the camper to run the signal to his TV assuming the amplifier is turned off? if not what i...
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Most newer RV's have RG6.
Any splitters between the Dish/LNBF and receiver need to be "power pass" splitters.
Depending on the receiver, some do not like being run through the antenna amplifier plate, even the cable-in part of it. It screws with the built in switch on a 3 LNB head such as a Dish 1000.2 or 1000.4
Some manufacturers get it almost right, such as Rockwood/Flagstaff, but most do not. Rockwood runs a dedicated run, from a dedicated outside jack to a dedicated inside jack. Even then the coaxial connectors were installed sloppily and left loose in buried locations.
Any splitters between the Dish/LNBF and receiver need to be "power pass" splitters.
Depending on the receiver, some do not like being run through the antenna amplifier plate, even the cable-in part of it. It screws with the built in switch on a 3 LNB head such as a Dish 1000.2 or 1000.4
Some manufacturers get it almost right, such as Rockwood/Flagstaff, but most do not. Rockwood runs a dedicated run, from a dedicated outside jack to a dedicated inside jack. Even then the coaxial connectors were installed sloppily and left loose in buried locations.
