rverstappen
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Thanks to those involved in an earlier thread pointing to the online prewire diagrams for the new RVs: https://heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/33786-Prewire-schematic-for-the-Winegard-Traveler
I have a more technical question. I have not yet installed my Winegard SK-3005 DIRECTV Slimline system, but it looks easy enough to do myself except for the problem of having enough RG6 lines to support DVRs at each of two locations (two lines required end-to-end or one from a multiswitch). I can see three ways of doing but I'm not sure which is easier, so I'm interested in other people's opinions:
1. Fish 2 extra RG6 wires all the way from the Winegard prewire location to each of the DVR locations (either directly or via the UDC).
2. Fish 2 extra RG6 wires from the Winegard prewire location to the UDC and use a Multi-Switch (e.g., Zinwell MS6X8WB-Z) so that no other fishing (to living room and bedroom) is necessary. How difficult would such fishing be?
3. Install the MS6X8WB-Z multiswitch on the roof (it's waterproof) alongside the Winegard and do the switch up there. No fishing required but one more item on the roof. Seems feasable.
Method 1 seems like the most amount of work effort, but probably what many professional installers would do. I think 2 or 3 would be better. One more trade-off trying to get a third or fourth DVR installed (e.g. external). Some fishing would be required so I'd be curious if such fishing would be easier from the UDC (method 2) or from the roof (method 3). Directly from the roof might be easiest for my Big Horm 3370RK since the existing exterior cable outlet is not that far away, in a storage compartment.
Suggestion and opinions, anyone?
Cheers!
Ron
I have a more technical question. I have not yet installed my Winegard SK-3005 DIRECTV Slimline system, but it looks easy enough to do myself except for the problem of having enough RG6 lines to support DVRs at each of two locations (two lines required end-to-end or one from a multiswitch). I can see three ways of doing but I'm not sure which is easier, so I'm interested in other people's opinions:
1. Fish 2 extra RG6 wires all the way from the Winegard prewire location to each of the DVR locations (either directly or via the UDC).
2. Fish 2 extra RG6 wires from the Winegard prewire location to the UDC and use a Multi-Switch (e.g., Zinwell MS6X8WB-Z) so that no other fishing (to living room and bedroom) is necessary. How difficult would such fishing be?
3. Install the MS6X8WB-Z multiswitch on the roof (it's waterproof) alongside the Winegard and do the switch up there. No fishing required but one more item on the roof. Seems feasable.
Method 1 seems like the most amount of work effort, but probably what many professional installers would do. I think 2 or 3 would be better. One more trade-off trying to get a third or fourth DVR installed (e.g. external). Some fishing would be required so I'd be curious if such fishing would be easier from the UDC (method 2) or from the roof (method 3). Directly from the roof might be easiest for my Big Horm 3370RK since the existing exterior cable outlet is not that far away, in a storage compartment.
Suggestion and opinions, anyone?
Cheers!
Ron
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