The external cable input is connected directly to the voltage injector. Even with the voltage injector switched off and the green LED off the F-connector connection on the front of the voltage injector will not work for an external satellite. Notice in the photo below that we have pulled the voltage injector out from the cabinet wall and disconnected the RG-6 cable coming from the external cable connection just above the 30 amp power input. We have a cable tracer and verified that this is the correct cable. In the photo below you can see that we have the Wally satellite receiver connected directly to that cable and we have the Dish Over the Air adapter connected to the output of the voltage injector. Using these two connections we were able to receive both satellite and over the air stations on our Wally.
Obviously this is not a desirable setup so we made a F-connector patch panel that would give us the option of connecting the Wally to the external input when we had the portable satellite antenna on the ground or a RG-6 cable running to the roof when we had the satellite antenna mounted on the roof. We also routed the cable input connection on the voltage injector to the patch panel so if we wanted to use the external input for cable television we could patch it back in. We purchased some panel mountable F-connector couplers and used a piece of ABS to make the panel.
The next step is touchy because a rectangular opening must be cut in the cabinet wall near the voltage injector. There are wires and cables inside that wall so getting happy with a saw is out of the question. We used a pocket knife with a sharp point to cut sections and then broke them out with pliers. A short section of RG-6 with connectors must be fabricated and connected to the coupler labeled CABLE and fished thru the rectangular opening and connected to the voltage injector. The cable that was disconnected from the voltage injector is connected to the EXT coupler and the cable we routed from the satellite antenna on the roof is connected to SAT. We found it difficult to get all the cables back into the wall without rotating the voltage injector 90 degrees. A second short section of RG-6 with connectors was fabricated for patching the EXT input to the CABLE input in the event we wanted to use the campground cable.
The satellite and television equipment looks ratty and is not something we are proud of but with the HDMI cable mess Thor gave us it was difficult to do a neat job. On the plus side the Wally remote is wireless and we can keep the cabinet door closed.
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