Satellite dish hookup

[Trixie47]

Just bought the Pathway X2 portable satellite and the Wally receiver. Have a 2012 Keystone Avalanche with the Satellite prep. Running coax from tv outlet in wall to back of receiver, and then a HDMI cable from the receiver to the back of tv. Keep getting error message saying error in switch installation....anyone have any idea what this means ? Just can't figure it out...Thanks so much :h

[Bill_Satellite]

Again, if the coach is pre-wired for satellite as the OP states, that dedicated coax cable already exists.

[wa8yxm]

The above graphic is one way.. I prefer to run a nice NEW quality RG-6 line from some handy access point (You can route the cable into the utility channel where you other wires and plumbing run, then down through an existing hole in the floor to the wet bay on both Trailers and Motor homes, or on a motor home down the "A" pillar under the dash then out via an existing foam filled hole in the firewall to under the "hood") and provide an external connection point.

Mine is on the Brake Bell Crank Bracket under the hood.

[Bill_Satellite]

If there is a separate outside coax connection labeled "satellite prep" then it "should not" be going through any kind of TV setup. There should be a similar coax connection inside labeled "satellite". Even if that's the case, it does not mean that it is wired correctly. That's why a direct connection to the receiver is for setup and verification is a good idea and then moving it to the labeled connection to see if it works.

[Clay_L]

The Pathway gets its power via the coax. Your wall coax may be going through a splitter that will not pass dc voltage. If so there is a simple way to connect it.
There are several ways to do it. Winegard recommends the diagram below.

Making the connections the way Winegard recommends does not require adding any coax connectors to the wallplate.

Note that this assumes your front TV is connected to the coax connector on the front of the wall plate. If yours isn't, there should be a splitter in the line labeled "To second TV" that will send the signal to both the front and rear TVs (if you have two TVs).

What Winegard calls a "power supply" below is the wall plate with the antenna booster switch and LED showing when the amplifier is on.

If you still want to be able to use the external cable in for both cable TV and the external dish just add an A/B switch to switch the incoming coax from the sat receiver "sat input" to the sat receiver "TV input".

If your receiver doesn't have a coax output (and many new ones don't) and you still want to use the batwing antenna you will need to use an A/B switch to switch the signal between the receiver and the antenna out connection on the wall plate.

One thing not shown in the diagram is using the RCA type connections or the better quality "component" type output or the HDMI (best) output between the sat receiver and the TV.
That will yield a much better picture with no interference from any local channels. You have to select a "video in" with your TV menu instead of using channel 3 (for example).
Some newer satellite receivers don't have a coax output so you may have to use HDMI or component connections.

If you have a video distribution box that will have to be taken into account.

[Bill_Satellite]

The answer about the Check Switch routine is the one you want to pursue. Follow the Winegard instructions that came with the Pathway to get the receiver setup for that particular antenna. Once you have the receiver properly setup to work with that antenna then things will work. I highly recommend that you do this by running a coax directly from the antenna to the receiver. There is no way to know if you have coax cabling issues but they are quite common. Once you have the receiver working and you are watching TV you can go back and connect the cabling the way the coach is setup to discover whether that is also part of the problem.

[Us_out_West]

richheck wrote:
I was told that the 211K, 211Z, and the Wally each need to be connected by a conventional dish, not the portables to allow the necessary software to be downloaded to allow either of these receivers to instruct the portable dishes. I connected both my wallys to my home dish to allow this download to take place, after the download everything worked correctly. Usually the selling dealer will do the necessary download for the customer when knowingly selling such a setup.

You were told wrong.

Our 211K and 211Z worked fine when we had the Tailgater and now with the Pathway X2. Never preloaded software....hooked things up in the rig the first time and everything worked right away.

[richheck]

I was told that the 211K, 211Z, and the Wally each need to be connected by a conventional dish, not the portables to allow the necessary software to be downloaded to allow either of these receivers to instruct the portable dishes. I connected both my wallys to my home dish to allow this download to take place, after the download everything worked correctly. Usually the selling dealer will do the necessary download for the customer when knowingly selling such a setup.

[A1B00902]

If its not the coax
You will need to reset the switches
on menu go to 6 -1-1 this will give you a signal strength
to the right you will see check switches
click check switches
if you don,t your SAT.in the boxes
press TEST and let it do it,s thing

[BB_TX]

The TV coax outlet probably comes thru the antenna/amp switch box. You need a direct connection from the outside sat connection to the inside sat box connection. It can go thru the trailer coax wiring as long as that wiring is direct from the outside to the inside.

[donn0128]

It usually indicates that toe factory coax will not work. Open a window and run your coax from receiver direct to dish and see what happens.