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[dlbeck27]

1. Inside the antenna dome you have to set the DIP switch for Directv. It looks like all of the switches are up except for the far right one which is down.

2. Since you have an SWM DTV receiver and the G2 antenna can't connect directly to the DTV receiver you will need the Winegard SWM-840 SWM Kit that includes the power inverter to connect your receivers to the G2.

3. Because the G2 antenna (and other satellite antennas) and DTV receivers require a "straight through" coax cable connection you cannot use the OTA or Park coax cabling to connect with the G2 and DTV receivers. The OTA booster and splitter are not compatible with DTV. A few years ago I had a travel trailer that had two separate coax connectors on the outside. One was for the park cable hookup and the other was for satellite hookup. My Thor motorhome only has one connector for RV park cable hookups.

We hardly ever watch tv in the bedroom.
Our kitchen and TV are on the passenger side of the rig and the DVR sits on the kitchen counter. I used to run the satellite coax cable through the kitchen window directly to the DVR. That was ok because we could still close the window enough to keep out the cold air. But I always had to remove the screen and mosquitoes and other small bugs got in. So I installed an exterior cable TV connector on the passenger side just above the kitchen counter. Now I can connect the satellite coax to the external connection and don't have to run the coax through the window. Since this is a direct connection through the wall it doesn't impede the connectivity between the G2 and the DVR.

Dave