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riven1950
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Sep 08, 2018

pics and questions on tv /satellite hookup









Ok, I have this tv outlet to work with. I am trying to hook up Satellite. The outlet states on the front tv1 and satellite. There is no coax running to the satellite connection so I will need to run a coax to it somehow.

Question is: When it pulled the outlet there are three coax cables running to the tv1 side. I figure one is from the campground cable box hookup outside and one is from the antenna. I am trying to figure why there is a 3rd coax and where it would be coming from or going.

I do have a 2nd tv outlet on the outside in front of the camper. Thing is it has a white coax and runs toward the campground cable box hookup in back and does not appear to run to this outlet.

Just dawned on me as I was writing this that maybe the third cable is for stereo antenna?
  • You should see that imprinted in the plastic is also TV 2, Cable, Ant. The satellite line is just a pass-through barrel connection. You need to connect the coax from your OTA TV antenna to the Ant input connection, your outside Cable coax connection to the Cable input connection and the coax output from TV1 should go to a splitter has coax cables running to each TV. This will provide the 12V power to the OTA TV when you push the button on the front and you will be able to view that OTA TV signal on all TV's. When you turn off that button you will be able to view campground cable. It WILL NOT let you view satellite TV on all TV's as the only satellite connection setup in that wall plate is the pass through that will allow the satellite antenna signal to input to a satellite TV receiver located near that wall plate.
  • The third coax normally runs to the primary TV, and may run to a splitter that feeds both the primary and bedroom TV's, and possibly an outside TV if equipped with one.
  • I seem to remember having to put in a jumper coax to the satellite connector to make that darn thing work. I eventually abandoned it and drilled a hole and switch plate in the wall behind the TV.
  • We had a cheap splitter (power pass one way). Cable on one side and satellite on the other. It worked till it didn't. I replaced the splitter with a better one and it worked till it didn't. I ran a coax just for the satellite, it has been working a long time now.
  • Very likely from past experiences the cheap coax that is existing will not work. Run a dedicated correct coax with no cheap splitters and be done with it. Which sat provider are you going with?