Truck camper is still in the shed but I did hookup and power up the tv and receiver. Connected the cable from sat. dish to receiver, connected HDMI cable from tv to receiver, set tv to channel 3, made sure the tv antenna antenna amplifier was off. Set tv source to HDMI. Did a receiver reset. And turned on the tv and receiver. Did not expect to receive a signal and I did not receive a signal. Went to Menu and it went straight to searching for a signal.
So I figured I needed a signal before anything else will happen. makes sense that a signal will be required so Directv can reactivate the card.
Tomorrow I will pull the rig out to the field and attempt to aquire a signal.
Keep the tips coming. Thanks guys.