Wally Dish box installation

**Franksheets** · 12-04-2020, 08:44 AM

New here with a new Solitude 310 GK(?). Downsizing (ha) from a 40ft pusher and are making the move this week. I had installed a rooftop Wineguard travel (DISH) and going to swap out the older 211K recovers to new Wally's (smaller). Setting up the living room receiver was fairly straight forward (except for running the HDMI cable from the overhead compartment to the TV compartment, need some help someone with a fish), but now exploring options of mounting the 2nd Wally in the bedroom. Any suggestions.

**boyscout** · 12-04-2020, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Franksheets

New here with a new Solitude 310 GK(?). Downsizing (ha) from a 40ft pusher and are making the move this week. I had installed a rooftop Wineguard travel (DISH) and going to swap out the older 211K recovers to new Wally's (smaller). Setting up the living room receiver was fairly straight forward (except for running the HDMI cable from the overhead compartment to the TV compartment, need some help someone with a fish), but now exploring options of mounting the 2nd Wally in the bedroom. Any suggestions.

There are people who have fished down the small channel in the corner of the slide, or dismantled the channel and reassembled it, but there aren't many of them.

The rest of us lesser mortals have employed an HDMI switch up in the cabinet instead. Connect various inputs (satellite, Blu-ray, etc.) to the multiple inputs on the HDMI switch, and use the already-factory-installed single HDMI cable on the output of the switch to feed the TV. If you plan to use the junk factory DVD player to which that single HDMI cable is currently attached, simply get another short HDMI cable and connect the factory junk player to one of the inputs on the HDMI switch.

There are many different switches around, some with remotes.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdmi+switch&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Good luck.

**traveldawg** · 12-04-2020, 10:43 AM

As far as fishing the HDMI cable from the cabinet to the back of the TV, you'll have to delicately fish it through. Most of the times it can be done; it take patience and a lot of luck. Or just start removing panels and run it. There are other posts on this board about folks who have done it.

As for a second wally in the bedroom.... Where do your Winegard cables come into the RV? I think once we know that we can help a bit more......

**Franksheets** · 12-04-2020, 06:39 PM

I already have the living room installation taken care of. Had a bud with a fish run the hdmi cable down the corner channel. Now want to mount the dish Walley in the bedroom and would prefer not to have the Wally on the credenza but alternatively have it mounted directly on the wall where the tv is, or install some sort of shelve. Looking for suggestions on how others have installed their receiver. According to the dealer who sold it to us, the Wineguard coax to both TVs is hooked up properly to the outlets in the living room and bedroom. Appreciate your responses.