2014 Lincoln coax/sat wiring use
I just picked up a 2014 Lincoln, with the 2013 floor plan. This was a consignment, so any issues are mine now, so far only a few. Hoping a Lincoln owner won't mind helping out! Apologies in advance for this longish post.
One issue is how the heck do you hook up TV feeds? Mark Barker from CrossRoads sent me the cable wiring diagram, so that is a start. I run into questions immediately. The diagram show two hookups for "Doorside (basement)" and three hookups for "Off Doorside (Basement)." I have two unmarked hookups in the rear basement on the driver side. Am I missing something? And to make things even more interesting, I have the Wingard Trav'ler DirecTV dish on the roof, which I need working as well.
I know to leave the TV Booster off, else it will use the roof-mount antenna. In the basement, is the top or bottom connector for cable TV? The diagram suggests that I would need a cable box for each TV, no way to feed the signal from the cable box out that I see. And that's okay, I'm simply trying to confirm the correct hookup. Where do you put your cable box?
For satellite, I am using my external dish with coax snaked in through the LR slide seal. Tacky, but it works. Again, in the basement, is the top or bottom for the satellite feed? In the diagram it appears that there is a splitter to send the TV signal from the DVR to both TVs, but what gets connected to where in the LR?
And finally, the Trav'ler. The unit appears to have been professionally installed. The previous owner however, had it connected to a separate coax that he ran through the LR slide seal. He made an attempt to route it behind the drawers but frankly made a mess of it. I have two issues with this. First, once powered on, the controller says that it is locked onto all three satellites. The cable snaked through the slide seal is connected to the SWM power unit, and then to my DVR. The DVR gives an Error 751 saying that does not have a SWM signal. I've tried two different SWM power bricks, same result. I want to use however the original coax that is routed through the roof. I have no idea how to identify it. Anyone know?
Again, sorry for the long post. One of the Lincoln owners will likely answer that entire thing with about three lines.
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