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bdp711
06-13-2017, 01:04 PM
Anyone successfully connect satellite tv through the single outside coax outlet at the rear of the trailer? Trying to figure out if I can plug and play or if I'll need to make mods.
chuckster57
06-13-2017, 01:31 PM
If the outside connection is for "park cable" then satellite won't work. Satellite needs a straight run of RG6 to work properly. You could add a coax connection and route the RG6 to a coax out by the tv. Others have fed the sat feed through the seal of a slide. If you don't have a slide, then you may be able to find a different point of entry.
bdp711
06-13-2017, 03:22 PM
Yes, the coax outside for "park cable." I like the slide idea, I hadn't thought of that.
PARAPTOR
06-13-2017, 04:06 PM
If by chance that outside connection (cable) runs to a location where your booster switch is and your TV a simple mod will enable you to use that same run for both cable and satellite. If interested I could provide a sketch, would require another coaxial connector and a short coaxial jumper.
bdp711
06-13-2017, 04:14 PM
Yeah anything would be helpful. Thanks!
Olsen29
06-13-2017, 04:41 PM
I think my RIPR has a short jumper behind the TV for this purpose. Have not tried it. But I think it is direct to the jumper from the park Jack . If you remove the panels in the pantry next to the TV you will find a gray cable. I think that is used to tell the difference between antenna and sat.
I have a tester, I will test it tomorrow.

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bdp711
06-13-2017, 04:48 PM
I'll check that out as well. Thanks.
PARAPTOR
06-14-2017, 08:43 AM
Assuming the ant booster and your TV are all in the same area this is a simple fix. Hopefully you can see the picture. basically what you are doing is opening the existing cable from the outside to the ant booster and adding a two connection plate, a section of cable going to the ant booster, and a short jumper.
chuckster57
06-14-2017, 12:13 PM
As long as the coax is RG6 it should work. Common coax for non sat is RG56
Olsen29
07-04-2017, 05:02 AM
I recently dropped the belly pan and found some more coax connectors under the TV slide. When I was installing the camera and other things I found a lot of wires that were damaged by the rotozip during install.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170704/7ddf72d656eb8b9278ff500b58e3c66c.jpg
There were others also and I've made bad coax connections before.

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