Directv with your home receiver.
This will be my first winter in Fla. I have Directv (Genie)at home and wanted to take my receiver along with a portable dish and use it. I just purchased a Directv slimline dish with the proper LNB. ...
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CATraveler wrote:
Somewhere I saw information on using a SD meter to align a SWM dish. The meter was connected to one of the SWM 8 multiswitch coaxes and I believe a power brick was also required.
I think you are correct. The SWM needs the PI. I personally found it simpler to use a legacy lnb for setup purposes and then, once aligned, replace it with the SWM. I have a self powered meter and found that this works easiest for me. I have been using the Slimline 5, and then 3 since they came out and changed over to the SWM once it bacame the technology.
As many times as I have set up I am almost ashamed to say that I still get fooled by the 110 sometimes.
