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tenspeedret360
Explorer
Mar 30, 2015

satellite and 2 tv repair-DP shop recommedations

Hello, all, and thanks ahead of time for the excellent advice I'm sure to receive.

I live in the Hudson valley area of NY, about an hour from NYC. I have a 2006 Monaco LaPalma DP, and a satellite on the roof and 2 TV's.
I changed out the original TV up front for a flat screen, and in the process, decided to do some wire control, and clean up the spaghetti bowl of wires behind the TV. BIG MISTAKE! I disconnected the wires, and labeled them, but of course, now I have no satellite TV anymore. I lost use of the TV in the bedroom long ago, and never fixed it because I rarely used it.

Here's my question....can anybody recommend an option as far as anywhere in the northeast, or east coast, where there is a top notch RV electronics guy to take a look. I've reached out to a bunch of very good RV repair folks, but when I say electronics and TV's, its like Sgt. Schultz, "I know nuthink"

Any and all advice is welcome, I just know this is way out of my league. Thanks.




P.S. I need recommendations for a service location. I am not equipped or knowledgeable to do this myself, just as I was Ill equipped and not qualified to take it apart in the first place.
  • CA_Traveler's avatar
    CA_Traveler
    Explorer III
    Mar 31, 2015
    Does the dish make any noise that indicates it is searching for the bird? If no noise can you remove the cover or otherwise verify that it searches and stops pointing at about the right direction?

    Does the receiver have AC power? Some require a power brick and does it have AC power? And the brick should have a coax to the dish and one to the receiver.

    Does the TV have AC power? Is the receiver connected to the TV via coax, hdmi, composite or componet cables including any sound cables?

    Then there is configuration of the receiver for the type of dish and TV setup.

    And a automatic seeking dish will have some type of controller that needs AC power. Make sure all cables are connected.

    Do a search for an independent satellite guy that installs and understands RVs as related to satellite. Home installers may not have much RV knowledge.
  • Thunder_Mountai's avatar
    Thunder_Mountai
    Explorer II
    Mar 31, 2015
    jplante4 wrote:
    Gooding. R wrote:
    Call the Geek Squad, they will go anywhere any time. They have a lot of young people that understand the electronics.


    Maybe in South Carolina, but up here in the northeast, if you didn't buy it at Best Buy, they won't talk to you.

    OP - any car audio installer should be able to help.


    IMHO opinion Geek Squad is useless. Bought their coverage on wife's new Lenovo which covered two additional computers. They told me my Dell was on its last leg and needed replacement. That was over a year ago. Easy software fix using the Internet and a forum. Had issue with her computer virus protection that they sold us. Geeks were totally useless again. Just don't go there.
  • jplante4's avatar
    jplante4
    Explorer II
    Mar 30, 2015
    Gooding. R wrote:
    Call the Geek Squad, they will go anywhere any time. They have a lot of young people that understand the electronics.


    Maybe in South Carolina, but up here in the northeast, if you didn't buy it at Best Buy, they won't talk to you.

    OP - any car audio installer should be able to help.
  • lanerd's avatar
    lanerd
    Explorer II
    Mar 30, 2015
    You have a satellite on your roof???:E

    Sorry, sometimes I just can't help my self.

    Ok, maybe this will help. I had Safari Simba, much like (if not almost identical) to your La Palma and it was equipped with a switching unit located in the electronics cabinet above the driver. I assume you also have one. It's been a while and I hope I can remember the connections and labels, but yes, to make your flat screen work off of the sat antenna, look on the front of the switch box under/over the label for Front TV, for the rg6 cable that is attached to the SAT 1 output. It should run through the cabinet wall over to your front tv. That cable should be connected to your flat screen's SAT In connector. Of course you will need 120v power too!

    The switch box will allow switching between several inputs (OTA antenna, DVR, SAT Antenna) and will provide outputs to each of the two tv's.

    It can be confusing. Just make sure the button on the switch unit is labeled SAT for the front tv.

    Hope this helps..

    Ron=
  • Gooding__R's avatar
    Gooding__R
    Explorer
    Mar 30, 2015
    Call the Geek Squad, they will go anywhere any time. They have a lot of young people that understand the electronics.

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