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jdubya
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May 07, 2015

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 outside on my 'quad-pod' and hooked the cable to the cable-in on the RV. I hooked up the Pwr inserter and a splitter that came with the dish as well as a single LNB which appears to be the same as the one on the house (all of the stuff looks the same as on the house).

So off camping I go and try to hook it up. Set up in north TX only a little ways away from home (50 miles). Bought DishPointer for phone and it says 99/101/102 at 184 az, 51 and +5 (85 degrees) tilt. Problem - no signal nada What am I doing wrong? I thought this thing would work.

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  • Yes, it sure does have RG6 and HDMI; and I have been enjoying HD for a couple of years now using a 211 receiver from Dish Network. However, I decided to upgrade with Directv Genie (HR-44?). Anyway I hooked it up like I thought the home system is hooked up. The cables should be good enough. It is a new dish Slimline w/SWM 3 just like at the house, but no signal. I hooked up the cable-in to the power inserter's power side and the other side (IFR) goes to the splitter where I connected to the PVR and to a C-41 - I'm thinking perhaps I am wrong about how to hook it up. I read through a bunch of other threads, but couldn't find what I need. (I am not positive that my new dish and LNB are the same as on the house but they sure look the same. The LNB is a single tri-LNB in one knob-looking thingy and it too looks like the one on the house. The dish and mount are definitely the same. I used the LNB, SWM-3, power inserter and splitter that came with the dish. Sure looks nice, but won't peep.
  • We have 2 hookups on the outside cable and aux. The cable doesn't work for dish because there is stuff in the wire. It only works hooked to the aux because it goes straight to the dish box.
  • Did you install the power supply? Without it, no power to LNB, no signal. The coax in the RV could be RG6 or RG59. The Genie systems needs RG6 and no splitters. Try running a coax directly from the antenna to the power supply, then to the splitter and from there to the receiver.
  • RG6 cable goes to DirectTV receiver and HDMI from cable box to TV.

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