Direct TV dish setup?
When setting up a DT TV dish, I want to check the OEM degree settings. Do you set up using the face of the dish, meaning taking a 6' level and setting it across the the dish face at the 12/6 Oclock...
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nvreloader wrote:
Thank you all for the info,
Bill that was the info I was looking for,
My reciever is a D12-100 model, we have had it for 8-9+ years.
I know we only get SD reception which is fine, I am setting up a Direct TV dish to go with the RV.
A neighbor gave me a Slimline SWM Sl5S4NR2-01 LNB/dish with complete roof/wall mounting setup.
Can this new Slimline dish/LNB be used with my D12-100 reciever to recieve SD programing? (Thinking about upgradeing down the road).
Which line port do you attach the cable to, as there were 4 cables attached, (that have been cut off), as viewed looking at the dish from the LNB to dish?
On the original Multi-satellite dish (one I am working with now), there were 4 cables attached to the LNB (which 3 were cutoff), the remaining cable is the one I have been using, it has coupler to attach the main reciever cable to going to the house.
Does it make a difference which LNB port this cable is attached too?
Tia,
Don
While that antenna is over-kill, it will work just fine with your D12. To use that receiver with a SWM antenna you will need to reset the receiver in the "repeat satellite setup" page to 01-SWM and not 02-multi-switch. From a SWM antenna you only need to run one single cable to any receiver. With the other antenna you describe, you can use any one port to any one receiver input. If you have a dual tuner DVR you would run 2 coax cables.
SWM is cool and easy to use.
