Direct TV Won’t Work on my 2018 Montana?

[Only_True_Mosno]

So something is not working for me. I am getting a Signal 775 trouble communicating with dish. I have 3 connections in the outside command center. 1 for cable..2 different ones that both say satellite.

First question is which satellite connection to use? Bottom one or the one in the middle? ( I have tried all 3 with no results)

Second I am only trying to get it to work in living room. The wall socket says cable for one connection and satellite for the second. ( I have tried both with no results)

So I ran the cable directly from dish into a window and connected to reciever. Works fine.

So I have a wiring problem somewhere and have no idea what to do next???
I am experienced dealing with satellites tailgating and RVing and know it is something in the new RV. There is no green light button in the living room outlet and I turned the green light off in the bedroom with no results. Thoughts?

[JJChomp]

We had the same issue. Go to the rear tv and turn off the antenna booster. Problem solved.

[NC_Hauler]

GHop wrote:
Don't use Direct TV you will regret it.

Have had DIRECTV for close to 25 yrs, never had an issue that wasn’t easily fixed. Full timing got over a year with auto satellite on roof and a Genie in the living room and slave in bedroom. Never had a problem. Have never regretted it and enjoy it everyday.. as stated zero issues.. works every time.

Jim

[ChuckSteed]

Wonder if the iss7e was resolved ??

[garyp4951]

I've had DTV with the last two 5er's, and always had to run directly to the DTV box. I don't know what satellite they wired for but it did not work .

[ChuckSteed]

Well I wonder if he got a meter and homed out the connections or got a cable tester to verify which goes where?

With the proper test equipment it would easy to find what goes where

Also.. I’ve been using GTV for many years and have zero regrets. And in this case the provider service has absolutely nothing to do with the guys isues..

[jsrore]

We had the exact same problem with our Montana a 2017 when we hooked up directly to the TV it worked fine when I went through the RV wiring it wouldn't work

[GHop]

Don't use Direct TV you will regret it.

[golf_bears]

You need to do a continuity test on each cable connection to determine which cable goes to which TV and to determine if the cables are actually connected properly at each connection plate.

Not a difficult task and you need a multi meter to do so.

[Learjet]

Don't know if this helps or not, but in my signature rig the sat. wires are orange and the cable/OTA wires are black, if you remove the plate and look at wires.

Both are direct run from the outside connector to the respective tv.

I have run two Directv receivers at the same time... Genie in living area and H25 in bedroom using the SWiM system with no issues.

Spliter is in the outside bay and power inserter in the Main TV location:

[john_bet]

In my '05 Montana and this '18 Grand Design I must switch a cable connection behind the TV. There is an outlet that has two connector on it with one cable. That cable leads to the TV and that is the one you need to switch to the other connector for sat. input to TV. Not sure where it might be located on your exact unit. You may just have to explore around as I know the books are not good on this subject. Good luck.

[stickdog]

I had a problem with the wiring in our new Mobile Suites the wires were miss numbered 1 outside was 2 inside and 2outside was 1 inside. At least they were different color. Then I had to run the HDMI cable to the sony sound system which is in turn is connected to the TV. Also make sure you antenna booster is turned off.

[DutchmenSport]

Probably the actual wire inside the walls of the camper. Like stated above, cheap wire. Not necessarily "cheap", just not designed for Satellite service.

We (use to have) DishTV and had a Tailgater antenna. The DishTV service technician that set us up in the house, sold us a second dish for the roof, only we use it on a tripod for the camper and just brought the receiver with us when camping. He also provided about 50 feet of coax wire. He also informed me that not every kind of coax wire will work.

Sure enough, I tried his wire and later I tried some stuff I had at home. Mine never worked. I always had to be careful to use the correct coax. When attaching to the outside jack on the camper, and then attaching the inside jack to the receiver, it would not work either. Although that distance was only the thickness of the wall, the difference in coax wire, connecting the outside jack to the inside jack, was enough to cause failure. When I stuck the wire through the window and attached directly to the receiver, it worked great!

Later, we purchased a Tailgater. It came with the wire too. We continued to stick the wire through the window and never had a problem again ... well .. until we finally canceled DishTV because their prices kept jacking up and we finally said, enough is enough!

[one_strange_tex]

You have a wiring problem, but others might want to note that we found that some of the newer DirecTV receiver boxes, especially the Genie, are incompatible with our 2-year old roof mounted Winegard dish.

[Me_Again]

Only True Mosnowman wrote:
So something is not working for me. I am getting a Signal 775 trouble communicating with dish. I have 3 connections in the outside command center. 1 for cable..2 different ones that both say satellite.

First question is which satellite connection to use? Bottom one or the one in the middle? ( I have tried all 3 with no results)

Second I am only trying to get it to work in living room. The wall socket says cable for one connection and satellite for the second. ( I have tried both with no results)

So I ran the cable directly from dish into a window and connected to reciever. Works fine.

So I have a wiring problem somewhere and have no idea what to do next???
I am experienced dealing with satellites tailgating and RVing and know it is something in the new RV. There is no green light button in the living room outlet and I turned the green light off in the bedroom with no results. Thoughts?

Like others have posted, we need more information to help you. To fix this yourself you might have to buy a coax cable tester.

RV manufacturers tend to be coax challenged on connectors, installations, labeling and proper tighten of connections.

Chris

https://www.amazon.com/Klein-Tools-VDV512-058-Explorer-Tester/dp/B004CHVOBG/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1...