DirecTV Question

Nekkid it is possible that you have not done the satellite rewire yet if you are trying to use factory coax wire.

take a look at this Link and see that you have done that?

Bobbo wrote:
This may be a dumb question, and I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but did you plug the PI into a 120v outlet and make sure it was getting power? If the outlet was dead, the PI won't work.

I once replaced a $2000 deep freeze only to find out the 89 cent outlet had gone bad.

DW was not happy.

That was the reason we stopped for the night. The PI wasn't getting power. After we brought everything in, I had hubby go out and check, and we found that the GFI in the bathroom was tripped. Now the plugs have power again.

Hubby is still in a meeting, so I doubt we will get to give it a go tonight. There is always tomorrow! :)

This may be a dumb question, and I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but did you plug the PI into a 120v outlet and make sure it was getting power? If the outlet was dead, the PI won't work.

I once replaced a $2000 deep freeze only to find out the 89 cent outlet had gone bad.

DW was not happy.

Bobbo wrote:
Did it find the satellite? If it is not connected to the antenna, it will search forever. The setup screen merely means the receiver is connected to the television.

Again, try with a direct coax to the antenna from the PI, merely as a test. It won't take long.

It found the satellite, but said the SWM could not be detected. When we try again, now that I think Ihave the setup right ... and if we aren't successful I will do a direct connect like you say to do!

Did it find the satellite? If it is not connected to the antenna, it will search forever. The setup screen merely means the receiver is connected to the television.

Again, try with a direct coax to the antenna from the PI, merely as a test. It won't take long.

Bobbo wrote:

NekkidFish wrote:
Okay, problem number one is that I had taken the modem thingee out there, thinking we needed that. Now I realize that we don't.

Then I brought the Power Inserter inside the rig, and plugged it in and it had no power. Tried three different outlets and still no power. Gave up and brought everything in the house, so I could make sure everything is running right in here for the night.

I won't use the right lingo, but if I can explain how I think the setup is supposed to be, and you tell me if I am right or wrong?

Coax comes out of the wall and into the slot on the power Inserter that says Power to SWM.

Coax goes from power Inserter (side that says Signal to IRD) to the back of the reciever.

HDMI goes from back of reciever to the back of the TV.

Does that sound about right?

This may be your problem. Not all coax run in RVs are compatible with satellite. As a test, don't hook up to the coax in the wall. Hook up to a 50' or 100' coax cable running out the door to the LNB. Does it work now? If so, the coax in your wall won't work.

The rest of your setup looks right.

The coax for satellite has to run relatively uninterrupted to the LNB so it can carry the voltage the LNB needs. Some RV coax has splitters inline that don't pass the voltage. My 2007 Winnebago's coax would not work with satellite, so I had to install another coax run, straight without splitters.

I'm not sure if this will shed any light ... but as we had it set up, as described above ... I did get to the DirecTV setup screen, and it went through the thing it does when searching for a satelite. Doesn't that mean that the cable running to it is good?

I still think the Power Inserter was our problem, and I'm hoping when hubby gets home tonight, we have time to try and give it a go again.

NekkidFish wrote:
Okay, problem number one is that I had taken the modem thingee out there, thinking we needed that. Now I realize that we don't.

Then I brought the Power Inserter inside the rig, and plugged it in and it had no power. Tried three different outlets and still no power. Gave up and brought everything in the house, so I could make sure everything is running right in here for the night.

I won't use the right lingo, but if I can explain how I think the setup is supposed to be, and you tell me if I am right or wrong?

Coax comes out of the wall and into the slot on the power Inserter that says Power to SWM.

Coax goes from power Inserter (side that says Signal to IRD) to the back of the reciever.

HDMI goes from back of reciever to the back of the TV.

Does that sound about right?

This may be your problem. Not all coax run in RVs are compatible with satellite. As a test, don't hook up to the coax in the wall. Hook up to a 50' or 100' coax cable running out the door to the LNB. Does it work now? If so, the coax in your wall won't work.

The rest of your setup looks right.

The coax for satellite has to run relatively uninterrupted to the LNB so it can carry the voltage the LNB needs. Some RV coax has splitters inline that don't pass the voltage. My 2007 Winnebago's coax would not work with satellite, so I had to install another coax run, straight without splitters.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
If that's not what you are using, we need to start there. There should only be 2 SWM setups. The SWM8 described there or an antenna with the SWM built into the LNB itself.

Bill, this is the setup I bought. If you scroll down, it shows what components are included. It is a 3 SWM setup I think.

If that's not what you are using, we need to start there. There should only be 2 SWM setups. The SWM8 described there or an antenna with the SWM built into the LNB itself.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Have you looked at this?
http://www.winegard.com/kbase/upload/2452242.pdf
The PI must go inside but there are a couple of ways it can be wired.

Bill, I have looked at that, but it all starts getting all jumbled up in my head, because it has stuff that we don't have. Every diagram is using the SWM8, which throws me off, because we aren't using that.