where is the end of the winegard cable

sjandbj

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I have a new Winegard Direct tv dish to install on my 2015 Big Country. I have asked the factory 3 times for the location of the end of the winegard cable inside of the trailer. i have found the end that goes to the roof and out to the dish but I cannot find the opposite end. Does anyone know where this end might be?

Steve
 

avvidclif

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Go to HUG (Heartland Users Guides) at the top of the page and click on it, then, electronics, then coax layouts, then ALL. There are 2 layouts I saw, probably more.
 

danemayer

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Get a flashlight and look around your bedroom closet. On many floor plans, the coax cables are in the closet, often on the off-door-side, and the control cable is nearby.
 

mrrocko

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i just installed a dish winegard. the cables to the dish where in the celling with a elect plate covering. i then drilled a pilot hole inside the trailer threw the roof and a bigger hole on the roof. these cables ran to the box in my back closet i had two plate witha jumper. once i installed the dish i got signal to the living room from the box in closet after i jumped the the bottom outlet to the other outlet
 

sjandbj

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Get a flashlight and look around your bedroom closet. On many floor plans, the coax cables are in the closet, often on the off-door-side, and the control cable is nearby.

Thanks everyone for the help.
The lost has been found. I had to remove the rack in the back of the closet to look for the cable it was nowhere to be found. I ended up hooking up a toner to trace the cable through the roof. I was surprised to hear the signal was the strongest at the top of the roof behind the washer /Dryer cabinet. BTW there is no access behind this cabinet. I went back to the closet opening and took a long broom handle to push back the insulation and there it was wrapped in a plastic bag with tape to keep it coiled up. There was no possible way to reach the cable to unwrap the tape. I was more than a little bit annoyed. I had no choice but to cut a access hole in the back of the cabinet to undo the cable then fish it to the other side. What should have taken 10 mins turned into a 4 hour job. I have attached a photo of the cable and cut out. Seems it would be a lot easier the next time i do this but hopefully there will not be a next time. Just a QC from the factory would have saved me many hours of work.

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