Re: [A/S] External Antenae Connection

["Maurice Riggins <maurice.riggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <maurice.riggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

See page 3 of the 
Winegard external dish manual

http://www.winegard.com/images/pdf/2451148.pdf

which shows how to hook a satellite 
receiver into the cable input of 
their receptacle for the batwing antenna.

In my '01, Airstream has already done this.  
The cable from the rear of the trailer comes
forward to a plate that is hidden in the 
rear of the credenza.  That plate has two 
coax connectors.  One is the cable from
the rear of the trailer, and one goes up the
wall to the center connection on the batwing 
plate.  

Airstream ships the trailer with a short coax
cable jumper between these two connections in
the credenza, so the connector at the rear of
the coach can be used for cable TV.  

To insert a satellite receiver, you remove the
jumper and connect the Sat In input on the
sat receiver to one of the two connectors in the
credenza, and the TV Out output on the sat 
receiver to the other of the two connectors in
the credenza.  It is possible to get them 
connected backwards, and I forget which is which.

Once it is hooked up correctly, when the amp
switch on the batwing plate is out (OFF) the
TV out from the sat receiver will be fed to both
the coax connector on the batwing plate, and the
coax connector in the bedroom.  When the amp
switch on the batwing plate is in (ON) both its
connector and the bedroom connector will get the
signal from the over-the-air batwing antenna.

Hope this helps.
--
Maurice
WBCCI 5446