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tfolks206
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Oct 25, 2014

DirecTV Troubles

Hello all,

So i finally got back to my TT after a couple weeks away and the plan was to get the Directv dish installed and setup. Well i got the dish aimed and pointed where it supposed to but every time i turn on the receiver i get the 771 error message.

i have the dish on the top of the roof, with a new quad shield RG6 running from the dish to the coax in on the back of the trailer, I took off all the winegard plates and using a coax tester figured out which wire runs to the coax in on the back of the trailer.

I connected the power supply to the wire running to the back and then connected a cable from the power supply out to the back of the receiver.


I turn on the receiver and it goes into looking for satellite mode and then eventually gives me the 771 signal loss error.

any tips? what could i be doing wrong?

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  • I see now after going to signal strength test that i am getting all 0's meaning there is probably no power to the dish.

    i just used the coax tester at the end where it would connect to the swm thing and that tested ok but then when i connect it back to the power supply i still get 0's.

    Is it the cable in the trailer does not support power or something else?

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