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09-24-2017, 02:16 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Oro Valley
Posts: 4,084
M.O.C. #20477
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Satellite TV Hookup
I have a Dish Tailgater with a 211 receiver. My rig has 3 TVs and 2 satellite connections in the convenience center. I initially could not get the satellite system to work on any TV. I used a coax continuity checker and determined that the satellite terminals near all 3 TVs were connected to a single input in the convenience center. I found the two cables from the convenience center and 3 cables going to each of the TVs all connected to a junction box fastened to the ceiling behind the convenience center. There were 2 other cables hooked to the junction box which I assume were part of the air antenna. I used the coax continuities checker to determine which cable went to which TV. I then bypassed the junction box and connected the cables from the convenience center terminals individually to my living room and BR TVs. The outside TV I can hook directly to if needed. My satellite TV now works but have lost my on air TV. Will need to continue troubleshooting.
Anyone else been down this road?
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Zack and Donna plus Millie and Ranger
2018 3160RL
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09-24-2017, 03:46 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 7,670
M.O.C. #2283
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Yes me. I don't bother with the air antenna.
Lynwood
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09-24-2017, 03:54 PM
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Site Team
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Location: Oro Valley
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Not a big issue not having it but the 2 systems should be independent.
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Zack and Donna plus Millie and Ranger
2018 3160RL
"Life is too short to stay indoors, enjoy the ride!"
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09-24-2017, 04:31 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 7,670
M.O.C. #2283
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Some of the places I go don't even have radio, forget cell service and over the air TV not a chance so it doesn't matter to me.
Lynwood
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10-24-2017, 09:31 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Coeur D Alene
Posts: 264
M.O.C. #19835
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Do the new Montanas come satellite ready or just satellite prep? My last fiver was satellite prep and I could never get it to work. Is rewiring needed or are the satellite connections in the convenience center plug and play?
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10-24-2017, 09:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mesa az
Posts: 3,038
M.O.C. #5651
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They are plug and play if the builders in Goshen do their job!! Sometimes connections are not done properly, etc.
My 2013 Mountaineer had inputs in the convenience panel for Satellite and Cable. Then behind the TV in the living room were 2 inputs: 1 for cable and 1 Satellite. I haven't explored in the bedroom, but assume there are also 2 connections there too.
Edit: Not sure, but I think there may be a third connection in convenience center for BR Sat.
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2013 Mountaineer 362
2012 Silverado 2500
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10-24-2017, 10:32 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Coeur D Alene
Posts: 264
M.O.C. #19835
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twindman
They are plug and play if the builders in Goshen do their job!! Sometimes connections are not done properly, etc.
My 2013 Mountaineer had inputs in the convenience panel for Satellite and Cable. Then behind the TV in the living room were 2 inputs: 1 for cable and 1 Satellite. I haven't explored in the bedroom, but assume there are also 2 connections there too.
Edit: Not sure, but I think there may be a third connection in convenience center for BR Sat.
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Thank you. So you would connect the satellite into the respective plug in the convenience center and then change the tv cable to the satellite plug behind it? If so, no brainer. My previous unit required some connection changes that were not clear and after trying everything I could think of I finally finally gave up and ran a flat cable out the window for a direct connection.
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10-25-2017, 05:23 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Willow Spring, NC
Posts: 996
M.O.C. #13909
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While my satellite connections were sometimes mislabeled, they were at least point to point from the convenience center to the living room and bedroom. The bedroom needed a jumper to loop in the outside TV in the basement. I just put in a direct wire from the convenience center to the basement wall. The only acceptable solution to me was to go with a satellite antenna that has the right number of connections. I first tried the Pathways X2 for 2 TVs. Next I just put up a dish on a tripod and with a splitter in the convenience center I could run 3 different TV just like at home. PM me if you need more details.
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