Satellite Hookup

Badwin wrote: Since the new Sunset Trail does not have a satellite hookup, has anyone unhooked the cable line from the back of the booster and joined another piece of coax to it so that it could be ran directly to the satellite reciever.  Thought I could add a coax wall plate right beside the booster to hook into for a nice clean look.  We never camp in areas with cable hookup anyways.  Thoughts. Thanks Brian

Edited by Hamops - 18 Mar 2012 at 9:46pm

We added the male/male jack to our coverplate and hooked up the cable TV wire to it. Works fine after hooking cable from dish to outside CATV jack. I considered running a cable, but didn't know which way to fish it and didn't want another hole in the wall. Ours doesn't split to the bedroom, though...so that may complicate things.

O yeah. Most if not all, new tv's come with the DTV converter built in. (digital tuners) My 6-8 year old or more 36" 200lbs tuber type tv has Digital TV tuner capability.





Edited by danskool - 29 Mar 2012 at 9:09pm

Well finished the job yesterday.  Just unhooked the cable line from the back of the booster, installed a male/male cable plate and ran the line to the reciever.  Everything worked fine including the HD.  Our tv swivels on a turntable in the wall between the kitchen and the bedroom.  Managed to tuck all the new coax wires up and out of site, and the satellite reciever  is good to go.  Since over the air channels are no longer being broadcast, not sure why all new trailers don't have satellite ready hookups.  Oh well, kind of a fun projects.

You definitely need RG6 cable from the dish to the satellite receiver, at any length over 15 feet the signal just will not get thorough without RG6 cable. ( You can use RG59 from the receiver to the TV). This is the reason that the newer trailers have a separate Sat hookup and a different cable hookup - different cable in the walls.

In my old trailer I just ran an RG6 cable from the dish, under a corner of the slide, to the receiver, and closed the slide - I used this for over 5 years on and off with no problems. ( Just my wife complaining about the look of a black cable up above the shades and the door trim going around the back of my living room inside the trailer.)