satellite hook up

  • 03/15/2016 9:36 PM
    Message # 3883444
    Deleted user

    We have a 2016 Fleetwood Expedition 38K. I think I missed this on our walk thru. There is a satellite dome factory installed(Winegard). Where do I hook up the receiver(dish). There is a splitter behind the TV in the bedroom with a hdmi cable sitting there and over the driver a compartment with the blue ray and appears to be another hdmi cable. Help!! 

  • 03/16/2016 10:59 AM
    Reply # 3884583 on 3883444
    Deleted user

    Bill, our 2015 Expedition and all of the documentation is in Florida.  We are home in North Carolina, so I'm doing this from memory.  I'm also assuming that your Expedition is wired the same as our 2015 38K model. 

    In both the front electronics compartment (above the instrument panel), and the rear one (behind the bedroom TV), you should find an unconnected end of coaxial cable and an unconnected HDMI cable.  In each compartment, connect these cables to the corresponding input/output connector on the back of a Dish receiver.

    The Winegard antenna comes preset for DirecTV.  To program it for Dish, you will need to remove the dome, locate the "numbered" mini-switch and change the switches as follows:  move number 4 and 7 down, leave number 8 down.  The rest should be up.   See http://www.manualslib.com/manual/815165/Winegard-Roadtrip-Mission.html?page=3#manual for a picture of the switch positions.

    Fleetwood uses HDMI splitters to power any additional TVs.  In our 38K, the front TV and living area TV are both connected to the front satellite box, so  these TVs will always be on the same channel if you have selected the satellite TV input on both TVs.  The bedroom TV and the outdoor entertainment center TV work the same way.  Of course you can change the source from satellite to DVD or Over The Air (OTH) on any TV by selecting the appropriate TV input setting.

    Hope this helps.

    Steve

     

  • 03/16/2016 12:00 PM
    Reply # 3884744 on 3883444
    Deleted user

    Steve, many thanks! going out right now aned check. We have a tv over the fireplace and one in bedroom and one outside. May I assume you can watch one on sat. and turn on the ant. for others?

  • 03/17/2016 9:24 AM
    Reply # 3887158 on 3883444
    Deleted user

    Yes you can. 

  • 03/18/2016 11:57 AM
    Reply # 3889425 on 3883444
    Deleted user

    again, many thanks

  • 06/07/2016 9:14 AM
    Reply # 4061938 on 3883444
    Deleted user

    We have a 2016 Expedition.  Our living room and front TV's work fine on the Satellite, but the bedroom and out side TV's do not work on Satellite at all. How can I put them on Satellite too?  The they only capable of using Cable and Antenna?

  • 06/08/2016 9:10 AM
    Reply # 4063819 on 3883444
    Deleted user

    It sounds to me like you have a problem with the cabling, the HDMI splitter, or the bedroom satellite box.  Check the easy things first.  There should be an RG6 cable with the screw on connector attached to the satellite box's satellite input connector.  There should also be an HDMI cable connected to the satellite box's HDMI output connector.  The other end of the HDMI cable should be connected to an HDMI splitter, which has two outputs:  one to the bedroom TV, and one that disappears into the cabinetry and is run to the outside entertainment TV.  

    If those connections are all made, you can check the satellite box and HDMI splitter by substituting them into the front of the motor home where you know everything is working.  Substitute the satellite box first.  It is most likely to be the problem.  If everything is working with the boxes swapped out, substitute the HDMI switch.  If everything is still working, you must have a problem with the RG6 connection to the bedroom cabinet.  It could be a bad connector on either end of the cable.  It could be that the cable isn't connected at the antenna.  If you have checked all of those things without identifying the problem, it is time to seek help from your dealer.  You are still under the one year "wall-to-wall" warranty. 

    Hope this helps. 

  • 06/20/2016 2:45 PM
    Reply # 4087054 on 3883444
    Deleted user

    I don't have a satellite box in the bedroom, just the front.  Sounds like I need a second box.

  • 06/21/2016 8:08 AM
    Reply # 4088683 on 3883444
    Deleted user

    Yes you do.   

  • 06/23/2016 3:38 PM
    Reply # 4094910 on 4088683
    Deleted user
    Steve & Ann Shields wrote:

    Yes you do.   

    We have  directv genie system. The second box is controlled by wifi. Worked great on our fifth wheel. Haven't tried on our 2016 southwind yet. Plan on trying it with the winegard bome next week. 

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