Anyone else have DirecTV in their POD?

I bought a portable dish and the small receiver to use in the pod.  I don't know why but I have to hook up the cord from the dish directly into the receiver in order for it to work.  I tried using the outlet on the outside of the camper and changing the cables around to bring the power from the dish in through the Winguard outlet inside the camper.  Is this not supposed to work that way?  I don't see how this wouldn't work if you are able to hook up cable through it.

Hi.  I think the winegard antenna power switch connects the TV outlet to the external connector when the Winegard antenna power is switched off.  If your dish antenna requires power passthrough from the dish receiver this still might not work if the outside connection does not pass through DC power as well as signal.   Be careful that the outside link does not act as a DC short or it might damage the dish power supply.   It would be a good idea to have an experienced technician check it out.  Good luck! 

Some Pods come set up for cable and a different connector on the outside for satellite. Mine did not, so my husband had to add a cable for the satelllite. That meant drilling a hole in the pod on the outside and running a cable up the wall to the box where the tv is.  Yeah, I know, wire up the wall. Didn't have a choice. But we did get white cable so it doesn't show up too bad. When i want satellite, I unhook the cable  for the CATV on the inside that goes to the tv and put it into the receiver to "out to tv". And the sat cable goes to "in from atenna". From there I just wing it. Is the green light on or off? I never can remember. i just keep playing with it. From the menu, you have to choose "air".  And them do your channel search.  I hope I haven't confused you terribly. Most of the places I go have cable or sometimes even the satellite doesn't work if it's too wooded. I simply experiment. Good Luck!

I have a 2010 172, and my trailer has two cable tv outlets on the outside.   One was labeled satellite and the other was labeled cable.   If you have the powered antenna, the one labeled cable is "supposed" to come up into the cabinet and the powered antenna booster plate.  Switch the booster on connects you to the antenna, turning the booster off connects tv to the "cable" connection.   This connection has a DC block which keeps the receiver from supplying power to the outside antenna. 

I specifically asked for RG6 cable in my POD when I ordered it but apparently I did not get it - my sat has to be run in directly to the sat receiver. I tried it using the outside TV connection without success.