I'm about to throw my satellite

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Through the window. I can't seem to get it to connect to the reciever.  I have the vue cube flex and direct tv reciever.  I've had nothing but trouble since I got this.  I connected and scanned and the light indicating connection to sat 101 lit but the receiver gives error 775 that it's not communicating with  the dish.  In settings it is set to dish type 1 18 inch round and multiswitch 02.  Anyone have any ideas?  Before I hurl this thing?

enblethen · Answer

Verify that the coaxial cable is going directly from the dish to the receiver. It should not go through any devices.
Is the cable connection from dish to the receiver from the rig's manufactuer? It could be routed through the antenna power supply. It should not be!
Try running a temporary cable from the dish to the receiver.

texasredneck · Answer

Good step to eliminate all possible errors.  I've had it working a few months ago through the same connection.  I'm going to try to move the dish to make sure there are no obstructions.

bumpyroad · Answer

I'll give you $25 bucks for it if you want to junk it.  and you can keep the receiver.bumpy

schneid · Answer

Newer DirecTV receivers are SWM only and some require BBC's.  What receiver are using?

bobbo · Answer

I have seen coax cables go bad too. Try a different cable.

TexasRedNeck wrote:
I've had it working a few months ago through the same connection. I'm going to try to move the dish to make sure there are no obstructions

With this same antenna? If it was a different antenna, the question about which receiver you have still needs to be answered.

e.g. if you have a SWM only receiver, and the other antenna had an SWM LNB, it would have worked then, but not now.

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