Why no TV signal?
I have been using Dish HD for some time but switched recently to Directv. They sold me a Genie HR-44 and three C-41's and installed them on the house. I bought a SWM-3 Slimline dish to mount outsi...
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Hi all those following my post: I have been chased from the Directv trouble by storms in the area again. So I packed the dish up as the water in the lake rose.
@Bobbo: you are correct about the possibility of misalignment, BUT (big but) I have done this before on Dish Network. I did not say that I expected the system to see the signal based on the settings, I said I expected to be able to find it near those settings, so I suspected that I was doing something wrong. I have never had a situation where I could not find a satellite somewhere. Usually all I have to do is get the elevation right and then turn the azimuth through the circle in the approx direction and I would get signal from 'a' satellite perhaps not the right one. I could then find the right one and correct up or down/ side to side for the best signal.
Sometimes when I had difficulty finding it, I would pick up the dish and carry it around, changing the angles as I went, until I could find an 'open enough' spot. Then note the direction, set up the 'quad-pod' and aim it. Never had this much trouble finding a signal. On Dish Network anything over 50 would work so all I had to do was find the right hole in the trees.
In this case, the southern sky is wide open - we have stayed here before - super easy to get signal. But I cannot - so I suspect non-functioning parts or incorrect wiring - pretty sure I have the wiring right.
I am not familiar with Directv, so I asked for help in determining what was going wrong since I tried all my tricks and could get no indication that the dish system was ever receiving a signal or even working. I should have tried it at home first. New equipment, new system (to me) and so I am dropping the attempts until I can verify that the parts are working before wasting any more time on it, not to mention bad weather.
The last couple of days it has rained almost without ceasing. I have a lake-front site now that the lake has risen another 3' - and now the waterline is right where I had set the dish which used to be 150' from the waterline. And the lake was really up when we got here last Wednesday - we needed the rain though!
We are close enough to a big city that we can get regular tv on antenna. But I am paying $50 - 100 per mo for this service and I wanted to use it. If it were something that I just didn't know about, I hoped some of you could clue me in and you did - but it still don't work.
Thanks again - I'll follow-up when I get home and test things out (if I have a home left).
@Bobbo: you are correct about the possibility of misalignment, BUT (big but) I have done this before on Dish Network. I did not say that I expected the system to see the signal based on the settings, I said I expected to be able to find it near those settings, so I suspected that I was doing something wrong. I have never had a situation where I could not find a satellite somewhere. Usually all I have to do is get the elevation right and then turn the azimuth through the circle in the approx direction and I would get signal from 'a' satellite perhaps not the right one. I could then find the right one and correct up or down/ side to side for the best signal.
Sometimes when I had difficulty finding it, I would pick up the dish and carry it around, changing the angles as I went, until I could find an 'open enough' spot. Then note the direction, set up the 'quad-pod' and aim it. Never had this much trouble finding a signal. On Dish Network anything over 50 would work so all I had to do was find the right hole in the trees.
In this case, the southern sky is wide open - we have stayed here before - super easy to get signal. But I cannot - so I suspect non-functioning parts or incorrect wiring - pretty sure I have the wiring right.
I am not familiar with Directv, so I asked for help in determining what was going wrong since I tried all my tricks and could get no indication that the dish system was ever receiving a signal or even working. I should have tried it at home first. New equipment, new system (to me) and so I am dropping the attempts until I can verify that the parts are working before wasting any more time on it, not to mention bad weather.
The last couple of days it has rained almost without ceasing. I have a lake-front site now that the lake has risen another 3' - and now the waterline is right where I had set the dish which used to be 150' from the waterline. And the lake was really up when we got here last Wednesday - we needed the rain though!
We are close enough to a big city that we can get regular tv on antenna. But I am paying $50 - 100 per mo for this service and I wanted to use it. If it were something that I just didn't know about, I hoped some of you could clue me in and you did - but it still don't work.
Thanks again - I'll follow-up when I get home and test things out (if I have a home left).
