Mike,
Click here and find the post with the A/V Wiring Diagram, then print that diagram out.
An RF A/B switch can be used to switch 2 inputs or feeds to a single or common output (like your TV set) or to switch a single input (source) between 2 outputs. Heartland is using the A/B switch in the Bighorn to switch between two inputs (sources) - Satellite (the green labeled wire) and Cable (the red labled wire).
To add a satellite receiver in the entertainment cabinet, you would:
- Disconnect the green labled wire from the B port on the A/B switch and connect it to the satellite dish input on the satellite receiver.
- Use an RF (radio frequency) coaxial jumper with 2 male F-connectors to connect the satellite receiver to the B port on the A/B switch. Since the switch is an RF switch, you would be using the RF output of the satellite receiver.
Optionally, if your TV set has audio/video inputs, you can skip step 2 above and using an RCA male to RCA male video and stereo audio jumper set, connnect the audio/video outputs of the satellite receiver to the audio/video inputs of the TV set.
Finally, if the stereo system that comes with the Bighorn has an additional unused audio input, you can use it to run the audio output of the satellite receiver into that additional audio input of the stereo system to get satellite audio to play out through the stereo system's speakers. I've done this in my Landmark.
Best of luck to you.
Jim