TV/cable connection

electromagn8 · 04-30-2011, 12:05 PM

If I am camping and have cable available, do I need to disconnect the antenna coax on the back of the television and connect a jumper from the wallplate for satellite or cable?

fivecodys · 04-30-2011, 02:34 PM

I'm a l little confused.
Is there now a coax cable connected from the back of the TV to the trailer cable output in the trailer?
If so you should be able to just connect one end of your coax to the rv parks supply and the other end into the connector on the outside of your trailer.

Bill

**Herk7769** · 04-30-2011, 02:54 PM

OK folks, here is THE most popular attachment on the site!

As you can see the roof antenna goes to one terminal on the wall plate and the cable connection outside goes to a different connection on the wall plate. The TV outputs go to the TV.

You select which input (cable or roof) you want by turning the amp on or off.

On; green light on; Roof Antenna
Off; Green light off; cable from outside.

fivecodys · 04-30-2011, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by herk7769

OK folks, here is THE most popular attachment on the site!

As you can see the roof antenna goes to one terminal on the wall plate and the cable connection outside goes to a different connection on the wall plate. The TV outputs go to the TV.

You select which input (cable or roof) you want by turning the amp on or off.

On; green light on; Roof Antenna
Off; Green light off; cable from outside.

That's nice to have Lou.
I just saved a copy.
Thanks for sharing.

Bill

Michigan-traveler · 04-30-2011, 06:35 PM

This helped us out as well Lou. Thanks for sharing so much information with us.

**Herk7769** · 04-30-2011, 09:28 PM

My pleasure.

wildwoodstock · 05-06-2011, 11:26 AM

hi there, new to the site.. hopefully, i'm not jacking the thread, if so.. sorry, not sure on the etiquette on here just yet..

quick question in regards to this connector. just purchased a 00 wildwood 5th wheel that has a similar connection.

I'm trying to set up a satellite dish...

is it ok to go into the coax connector on the outside that says 'park cable' .. and that will distribute the signal to the two coax jacks inside the trailer? I think it will, I'm also guessing if that is the case, that i need to have that switch set to off (light not lit)

lastly, possibly most important.... being that this is a satellite signal, i know that usually there are no differences unless HD (mine is not), this should work ok, correct .. no difference between an SD satellite signal and a cable signal..

thanks
Rob

**Herk7769** · 05-06-2011, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by wildwoodstock

I'm trying to set up a satellite dish...

is it ok to go into the coax connector on the outside that says 'park cable' .. and that will distribute the signal to the two coax jacks inside the trailer? I think it will, I'm also guessing if that is the case, that i need to have that switch set to off (light not lit)

lastly, possibly most important.... being that this is a satellite signal, i know that usually there are no differences unless HD (mine is not), this should work ok, correct .. no difference between an SD satellite signal and a cable signal..

thanks
Rob

I think routing the satellite connection through the Winegard amp cable connection is a "No"

My 5th wheel has a completely different cable direct wired from the outside to a different wall plate F-connector for use with a satellite dish. I am sure if the cable TV connector would have worked, Forest River would have saved the extra few bucks and not put it in.

I doubt you would do any damage to the amp itself if you tried it though, but you may cause damage to your receiver. Most likely it just won't work.

wildwoodstock · 05-06-2011, 01:23 PM

cool. good to know. i'm guessing it must have been a factory upgrade....

i'm going to try it in the off position tonight. the stb is under warranty

electromagn8 · 05-06-2011, 07:27 PM

I still don't get it, I have dish network. Set up at home, I took my garage feed (known to work) and connected it first to the cable connection, then to the sat connection, tuned the tv to channel 60 (which is the garage channel) and it still doesn't work. I also tried disconnecting the cable from the back of the tv and ran a jumper from the wallplate labed "aux/sat & tv" - no help. Any idea of what to do next?

wildwoodstock · 05-06-2011, 08:50 PM

electromagn8.. i know that for dishnet they utilize a particular sw44 (i think it is) for splitting or diverting the signal. if there are any basic splitters anywhere in your trailer, that may be the issue. i've been out of the sat game for a few years to say for sure.

with mine, it's bell .. i got here to the trailer tonight and changed a the cable, also went direct from the dish to the stb. only thing i stumbled across was 110, which is a dishnet bird. i was completely unable to get the 91 bird that i needed. i did do a scan on my tv with my antenna up .. managed 12 analog channels found. 3 - 4 are watchable with the booster on.

i'll try again sunday morning when i have time. if i can get it aimed, i can test the jacks.

caper · 05-06-2011, 09:20 PM

Is your tv set for air or cable? Have to use tv menu to change from air to cable for it to work.

**Herk7769** · 05-06-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by electromagn8

I still don't get it, I have dish network. Set up at home, I took my garage feed (known to work) and connected it first to the cable connection, then to the sat connection, tuned the tv to channel 60 (which is the garage channel) and it still doesn't work. I also tried disconnecting the cable from the back of the tv and ran a jumper from the wallplate labed "aux/sat & tv" - no help. Any idea of what to do next?

OK since you have an aux/sat F connector on your wall plate I assume you have a sat connection on the outside.

This is a straight shot coax. Nothing in between.

You hook the dish to the outside connector.
You hook the receiver to the aux/sat F-connector inside.
The you run cable from the receiver to the TV Aux input
You can use whatever both the receiver and the TV have in common.
(RCA - red, white, yellow) (Component Red, Blue, Green, Red and white Audio) or (HDMI)
You then select that aux input on the TV and change the channels with the dish network tuner.

You should never be changing channels on your TV.

wildwoodstock · 05-07-2011, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by herk7769

OK since you have an aux/sat F connector on your wall plate I assume you have a sat connection on the outside.

This is a straight shot coax. Nothing in between.

very good point Lou. if that's what it's designed for there shouldn't be a switch. sorry for the confusion. btw.. it was an sw21 switch (not sw44) that i was talking about earlier.

for me, looks like, according to my forest river manual, mine would be one step up from the 'basic video entertainment' setup. they call it 'video entertainment with VCP' .. only difference is mine has park cable in on the outside of the trailer and two f connectors inside. therefore, they have used a coaxial splitter on mine, i believe this would be the problem with me getting nothing using the park cable in for my bell sat. looks like i have to run direct from the dish to the stb .. somehow so it doesn't look too hillbillyish

thanks again for the help folks

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