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04-24-2016, 03:50 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Yuma, Az.
Posts: 6
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Dish Tailgater
Just ordered a Dish Tailgater. My friend told me that I will have to run the cable through the window and hook it up directly with the receiver as it gets it power through the cable. He said the cable in my motorhome will not power the Tailgater. We have a 2005 Sunova. Is this true?
Thanks for any help Kraig
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04-24-2016, 03:57 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Autumn Woods RV Park, Rochester, MN
Posts: 53
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Kraig:
I don't have your rig, but I do connect my carryout dishses (X1 pathway and a tailgater) directly to my 211Z receivers. I have found that connecting them into the area where the manufacturer has labeled the feeds for Sat 1/Sat 2/etc... don't seem to provide the power from the receiver back to the dish. I don't know, maybe its been split too many times inside the rig. I do know that connecting them directly from one to another, works! If you have to use a piece of flat coax to go through the window, then so be it. Good luck. So long as it works, that's what is important.
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04-24-2016, 04:29 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SoCal
Posts: 227
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Maybe. Some work, some don't. Depends if there is amplifier that interferes with the power transfer done the cable. Try it. Mine works ok.
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04-24-2016, 04:54 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 245
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While our coach is a bit newer, I hook our Tailgater cabledirecly to the Satellite wiring connector in the power bay of the coach, and if works fine, no need to run the cable directly to our 211K receiver. All you can do is try and see how yours acts.
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04-24-2016, 06:03 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 153
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What he said.
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04-24-2016, 06:26 PM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 1
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I have "cable in" and "tripod in"connections in the wet bay. They are controlled by an A/B switch. The Tailgater works great going through the wet bay connection.
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04-24-2016, 06:33 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Orlando
Posts: 20
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I think your friend is correct unless your coach has both a cable in and satellite in line. The cable in usually goes thru the tv antenna amplifier and does not allow the power from the Satilite receiver to get to your tailgater.
I've had this in my last 2 coaches and it's not too difficult to run a coax the one of your utility bays into your coach. If that's too much trouble, you can probably squeeze a coax line thru the gasket of a slide out if you have one.
I know it's probably too,late, but I had a Tailgater and got rid of it to get a Pathway X2. It looks like a big ball with a flat spot on it. It has a bigger antenna, can power 2 separate receivers and can receive both western and eastern arc Dish satilites.
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Originally Posted by Kraig K
Just ordered a Dish Tailgater. My friend told me that I will have to run the cable through the window and hook it up directly with the receiver as it gets it power through the cable. He said the cable in my motorhome will not power the Tailgater. We have a 2005 Sunova. Is this true?
Thanks for any help Kraig
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04-24-2016, 09:55 PM
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Winnebago Master
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Skiatook, OK
Posts: 1,460
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Kraig K, looking at the drawings for your coach if you have a satellite prep plate you should have two cables in the bay behind the left rear tire one for cable and one for portable satellite. The portable satellite cable goes to a plate in the cabinet over the drivers seat. This may depend on what options are on the coach.
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04-24-2016, 10:43 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Yuma, Az.
Posts: 6
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Quote:
Originally Posted by grtharris
Kraig K, looking at the drawings for your coach if you have a satellite prep plate you should have two cables in the bay behind the left rear tire one for cable and one for portable satellite. The portable satellite cable goes to a plate in the cabinet over the drivers seat. This may depend on what options are on the coach.
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I have seen the satellite in plug but, wasn't sure if the Tailgater cable was special to carry the power to run it? Will regular Tv cable run it? Thanks for the help.
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04-25-2016, 03:39 AM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Orlando
Posts: 20
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If you have a Satilite in plug you're good to go. It will work fine.
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Originally Posted by Kraig K
I have seen the satellite in plug but, wasn't sure if the Tailgater cable was special to carry the power to run it? Will regular Tv cable run it? Thanks for the help.
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04-25-2016, 06:31 AM
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Winnie-Wise
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Murphy, NC, USA
Posts: 296
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05-14-2016, 02:43 PM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Yuma, Az.
Posts: 6
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Tailgater install
I hooked up the cable to the satellite in but was unable to get HDTV. So I ran it through the window directly to the receiver seems to work great. Apparently I lose a little of the Signal runing it through the motorhome. My motorhomes is a 2005 maybe it's a little too old. My wife is happy anyhow so life is good
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05-15-2016, 01:45 AM
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Winnie-Wise
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oregon
Posts: 477
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraig K
I hooked up the cable to the satellite in but was unable to get HDTV. So I ran it through the window directly to the receiver seems to work great. Apparently I lose a little of the Signal runing it through the motorhome. My motorhomes is a 2005 maybe it's a little too old. My wife is happy anyhow so life is good
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Well you know what they say "Happy Wife, Happy Life"
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