Winegard Carryout Wiring

[Steve N Sal]

I was looking at the wiring diagram on Winegards site this morning and it has me totally confused. A/B switch? For what?. I thought you could run the coax from the Carryout to the port in the back of the moho for the cable tv hookup which in turn goes to the front of the coach to the transfer box. From there take the feed from TV#1 to the reciever and then from there to TV#1. For TV#2 leave the cable from the transfer box and then at the cable port at the rear TV loaction hook the RG cable to the receiver then to TV#2. Is that correct or not?
Then I also spoke with winegard and was told that if the port at the rear of the coach where you would normally connect Cable TV is not marked Satellite that it probably won't work at all. Now that one really confused me as RG6 is RG6 so what would be the problem? HELP!!!!!!!!!

[Pusherman]

It's a 'bandwidth' thing. Signals from satellite are digital. Signals from cable are generally analog.

Problem is A/B switches limit the digital bandwidth needed for the satellite signals.

So the best answer is to make a direct connection from your satellite dish directly to your satellite receiver. If you have a 'satellite in' connection at the rear of your coach, this should lead directly to a point where a satellite receiver should be located (like in my Winnie).

The cable TV will run thru your video switch box (if you have one) and doesn't have the bandwidth support for satellite signals.

[winegard]

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Then I also spoke with winegard and was told that if the port at the rear of the coach where you would normally connect Cable TV is not marked Satellite that it probably won't work at all. Now that one really confused me as RG6 is RG6 so what would be the problem? HELP!!!!!!!!!

This is correct. You need a direct connection from the Carryout to the receiver. If you add a port, splitter or any device in between that connection that is not power passive, the system cannot communicate to know when to switch satellites, etc.

[Wayne M]

I cannot remember how I configured mine, but my satellite dish receiver has a "distribution out" RG6 conmector. At the back of the box I fed it through a splitter (satellite splitter) and it feeds both the back BR and the main TV. I can only watch one channel at a time on both televisions, but with the Carryout, that is all you will be able to do anyhow, so I have been told. It may be a dual LNB, but it is only one "horn" for satellite reception. If you are watching a channel on satellite 110 and you want to watch another channel on 110, you will be alright, but if you want to watch different channels on 110 and 119, you will have a problem of the antenna trying to seek the satellite. (so I have been told) I have the Carryout. It is my primary satellite antenna. I have not tried the dual feed outputs yet since we watch the same shows and do not care if both tv's have the same program.

The worse that you can get for trying any configuration is that it will not work. Experiment.