Satellite reception...... Help !!
Today I tried to set up my satellite tv in my new travel trailer and could not get it to work.... Here is my problem When I run the satellite cable from the dish and hook it up to the cable outlet ...
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The external coax connection most likely goes thru your antenna amplifier/switch box. You need to have a direct connection to the receiver, not going thru the amp/switch box.
I only had a single external coax on mine. But that coax came into a coax wall plate with two coax connectors and a short coax cable jumpering the two together. The jumper routed the signal from the outside connection to the amp/switch box. I had to remove the jumper and connect a coax cable from the wall plate to the receiver, effectively bypassing the amp/switch box. And it worked fine.
But I would have to put the jumper back in place if I wanted to use park cable. So I added a second external coax connected to a new and separate wall plate specifically for the sat connection.
Look to see if you have a dual coax wall plate with a jumper across the two somewhere near the receiver. If so remove the short jumper coax and connect another coax cable from the wall plate to the receiver. If it does not work with the first connection, try the second one.
I only had a single external coax on mine. But that coax came into a coax wall plate with two coax connectors and a short coax cable jumpering the two together. The jumper routed the signal from the outside connection to the amp/switch box. I had to remove the jumper and connect a coax cable from the wall plate to the receiver, effectively bypassing the amp/switch box. And it worked fine.
But I would have to put the jumper back in place if I wanted to use park cable. So I added a second external coax connected to a new and separate wall plate specifically for the sat connection.
Look to see if you have a dual coax wall plate with a jumper across the two somewhere near the receiver. If so remove the short jumper coax and connect another coax cable from the wall plate to the receiver. If it does not work with the first connection, try the second one.
