Satellite Adventures

Yesterday I hooked up the satellite that came with our RV. This is not something we would have bought, but was included by Winnebago for the Hershey RV show. When we finally opened the box last week, which had been already partially opened, we discovered that the cable was missing. I ordered one off Amazon, which was delivered over the weekend and yesterday finally decided to tackle it.

The Wally receiver was already installed and on. Now, the directions clearly say not to plug that in until after you hook up the satellite to the connection on your RV. It took me forever to figure out where the plug was without dismantling everything.

I followed the directions and got a no signal message. Sigh. I knew it wouldn't be easy. Went back up in the cabinet, unplugged Wally and tried to pull it off the velcro to see if there were other issues. I pulled up the velcro instead. First thing I noticed was the HDMI cable was not attached. Attached that, plugged in the Wally and the install process began and failed. Unplugged again, pulled up the receiver again and checked the connections. Oh, duh, the cable connection was loose. I know they advise you not to over tighten, but this was barely on. Plugged back in and finally success.

We're supposed to get three satellites. We got one. I'm sure that's because we are surrounded by trees. Eventually, another satellite connected because the channels doubled. It worked and the picture was great. So, finally, disconnected the dish from the RV and stowed it.

I'm sure if we are in a campground that is fairly bare of trees, we'll be glad we have it. Most of the campgrounds we stayed at had cable, but there were a couple that had nothing, and no local stations either.  Our trip to Perry, Georgia last year comes to mind as the TV reception was really bad. Also, it was very cold and rainy on that trip. Not that I expect the satellite to work in bad weather. But hopefully, we will get some use out of it.