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Post by garybushey on May 16, 2018 20:41:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the information. Now I just need to figure out if I want to A) do it like you describe with the associated signal loss B) just use the satellite connector next to the cable connector outside and only get satellite on the living room TV or C) connect the satellite to the jacks on the roof and get a (hopefully good but so far untested) signal in the bedroom and living room. In the meantime I purchased a splitter and have it hooked up so that it goes to both the cable and the satellite inputs near the water input. I get a bit worse signal in the loft but now the bedroom and the living room look decent  What kind of satellite dish do you have and how many receivers do you have?, and what signal loss are you talking about? do you have the wiring diagram that shows the correct wiring of the cable/satellite wires?
I don't have a dish yet. The signal loss I am was talking about was due to all the splitters being used to get the signal to the various outlets that I have in my RV (5 total). |
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Post by garybushey on May 16, 2018 20:42:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the information. Now I just need to figure out if I want to A) do it like you describe with the associated signal loss B) just use the satellite connector next to the cable connector outside and only get satellite on the living room TV or C) connect the satellite to the jacks on the roof and get a (hopefully good but so far untested) signal in the bedroom and living room. In the meantime I purchased a splitter and have it hooked up so that it goes to both the cable and the satellite inputs near the water input. I get a bit worse signal in the loft but now the bedroom and the living room look decent I have the 380FLF. I use a Dish Tailgater antenna which allows to receivers to be connected. The roof is pre-wired for satellite with one coax yo the living room and one to the bedroom. The living room is the primary receiver connection. The bedroom receiver must be on the same satellite as the living room. Assuming a good unobstructed view of the sky, I receive excellent reception on both TV's. Do you have this mounted on the RV or is it mobile? If it is on the RV how did you go about getting it installed? |
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Post by 101stairborne on May 16, 2018 21:40:40 GMT -5
I have the 380FLF. I use a Dish Tailgater antenna which allows to receivers to be connected. The roof is pre-wired for satellite with one coax yo the living room and one to the bedroom. The living room is the primary receiver connection. The bedroom receiver must be on the same satellite as the living room. Assuming a good unobstructed view of the sky, I receive excellent reception on both TV's. Do you have this mounted on the RV or is it mobile? If it is on the RV how did you go about getting it installed? The satellite antenna is mounted on the roof with a "quick release" that allows you to remove from the roof of you have an obstructed view of the sky. Once you mount to the roof, you will need to locate the two coax on the roof (Mine are toward the back of the roof.) to connect to the two receivers. |
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Post by Edd505 on May 16, 2018 22:31:48 GMT -5
Edd505 and garybushey
If you have only one satellite receiver and want to control both bedroom and living room TV's here is what you need to do;
1) connect the satellite dish lead to the outside on the convenience center hookup marked cable
2) go into the bedroom and behind the tv disconnect the jumper cable from both ends.
3) connect a cable from connector "b" to receiver satellite in connector
4) connect a cable from connector "c" to receiver out to tv connector
wiring this way will get you satellite at both tv with the antenna booster off.
to get ota tv you must turn the satellite receiver off and turn on the antenna booster
Hope this helps.
If you have 2 receivers and still want ota tv let me know and I can walk you thru that also. The connectors on the roof work the same as the connectors in the convenience center they are just in a different position.
Thanks for the info, never thought of running through the cable circuit. With the satellite I doubt I would use the cable or OTA. Using this I would need two receivers don't I? This should also power up the basement connection. |
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Post by jetzen on May 17, 2018 8:56:24 GMT -5
Edd505 and garybushey
If you have only one satellite receiver and want to control both bedroom and living room TV's here is what you need to do;
1) connect the satellite dish lead to the outside on the convenience center hookup marked cable
2) go into the bedroom and behind the tv disconnect the jumper cable from both ends.
3) connect a cable from connector "b" to receiver satellite in connector
4) connect a cable from connector "c" to receiver out to tv connector
wiring this way will get you satellite at both tv with the antenna booster off.
to get ota tv you must turn the satellite receiver off and turn on the antenna booster
Hope this helps.
If you have 2 receivers and still want ota tv let me know and I can walk you thru that also. The connectors on the roof work the same as the connectors in the convenience center they are just in a different position.
Thanks for the info, never thought of running through the cable circuit. With the satellite I doubt I would use the cable or OTA. Using this I would need two receivers don't I? This should also power up the basement connection. Depending on what service and what company you go with will be dependent on whether you will use the OTA TV. We are currently contemplating dumping the whole satellite thing. it is a complete PITA and it is not because of the set-up involved. We have had DIRECTV for 18 years, it was always a simple phone call of about 10 minutes to switch market areas (zip codes) to get service for the local channels. Our last 3 experiences have turned into 4 hour phone calls to some non American non English speaking service reps that just couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that we are mobile and needed to change our location to receive local broadcasting. And I have heard that DISH TV service is no better. We final quit calling then and go into it knowing that we will loose local channels and rely on OTA. so I have figured out a system of wiring so that you can leave the antenna booster on and just toggle between antenna and satellite. We are thing about going with streaming TV. It appears right now (for us anyway) to be a less expensive more reliable alternative. |
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Post by Edd505 on May 17, 2018 21:30:15 GMT -5
jetzen .. I bought the Dish pay as you go and so far it worked pretty well, $49 a month Flex pack with local channels. They have a MY Dish app that is supposed to let you change the zip for locals on the outdoor package (pay as you go) I have not tried it as I have not been out of state since I bought the sat system.
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Post by ronc on May 18, 2018 12:29:03 GMT -5
As full timers we have DirecTV and use their DNS services (Distant Network Services). This service is available for truckers, RVers and boaters ... things that move around and get out of the spot beam broadcast area of their home network channels. Using this service you will either get the LA or NY networks, depending on your billing zip code ... we get the NY network feeds for NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX. We can make the call to get local channels, but find we normally don't need them ... the only "local" news for us that is relevant is the weather and we get that on our iPhones. You do have to "certify" that you are actually an RV, but once that is done ... it becomes easy. We record a number of shows and watch them when we want to. When we change time zones ... no changes needed to any of our recordings as NY time is always EST. This particular solution wouldn't work for part timers, but for long timers or full timers it is a good solution ... at least it works for us.
If the satellite dish is ever blocked by trees or whatever, we just have to go old school and use the OTA. Lose the recording feature as all is "real time", but for us that is just for a week and we're off to our next location. We've had to use OTA twice in the last two years. I normally ask for a "satellite friendly" site and most RV parks are familiar enough with this request that they normally can accommodate us.<style></style>
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