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Originally Posted by george85643
Bill & Rex, thanks for your responses. I have a tracvision antenna under a dome that is connected to a pinnacle positioner box in a cabinet. The Pinnacle box connects to the DTV receiver with a coax cable. I downloaded the Pinnacle instructions from the Winegard web site. When attempting to search for the satillite the antenna does not move. The Pinnacle instructions have a long trouble shooting section and I may be forced to follow them rather than dreaming about a simple solution.
I had hoped that someone would respond that "yes you can buy the low cost wall plate ,eliminate the Pinnacle position and use this model DTV receiver to position the antenna"
Another option is to call Tracvisions trouble shooting service but they want $85 to open a case.
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I cannot emphasis enough that there is NO RELATION of any kind between a KVH antenna and your Winegard Pinnacle. A Winegard controller can only work with a Winegard antenna (not all, just that really, really old Pinnacle antenna) and a KVH controller is the only thing that can make a KVH antenna work. There are no exceptions to this rule. If someone incorrectly wired the KVH into the Pinnacle you need to get the wiring straightened out and get the KVH connected to your receiver and the KVH on-off switch (a very small one or two toggle flush mounted device).
Do you currently (or was there previously) an open-face satellite TV antenna on your roof? If so, this is the Pinnacle. If not, you can throw away the Pinnacle controller and move forward with getting the KVH hooked up properly.