mtm
10-22-07, 11:33 AM
Hello all, I just had the slimline dish and HR20 installed at my house on Friday. My house was built 3 years ago and had all the wiring done at the time. I have 6 RG6 coax cables running from my attic down to the basement into 1 single box and then a bunch more running to different locations in the house. I currently have 2 TVs hooked up (2 DVRs so each has 2 tuners for a total of 4) so here is my question:
I had the old DirecTV (non HD) dish and my multiswitch was a 3X4 so he had to use a different switch. Before the install I had read on here that I needed either the WB68 or WB616. When he showed up he said he had neither switch but that I didn't need it and he gave me some different 4X4 switch. Anyways, he went and installed the new dish, hooked up the box, hooked up the B-band deals and the new HD channels didn't work. He went and dinked around with the wires and said the switch he gave me was hot so he disconnected it. He took the 4 feeds from the dish and connected each one directly to my 4 feeds going out to the two TVs and everything worked great after that. When he was ready to go and had me sign the paperwork, I told him I wouldn't sign until I had the proper switch. He said he would go check in his truck again to make sure he didn't have one and surprise, surprise, he did and he gave it to me.
My question to you guys is if I need or should hook up the switch because right now it is working great. Again, the 4 coax wires from the dish are hooked up directly to the 4 wires going out to my 2 TVs without any switch at all. Should I install the switch myself?
This guy didn't have to run a single wire in my house (I even went in the attic and shoved out the two extra wires he needed through a roof vent) and only had to install the dish and the one HR20 and he was at my house for 5 hours. It was very windy that day so he came back on Satruday morning to make sure the dish was tight (it wasn't) so I guess that was nice.
I had the old DirecTV (non HD) dish and my multiswitch was a 3X4 so he had to use a different switch. Before the install I had read on here that I needed either the WB68 or WB616. When he showed up he said he had neither switch but that I didn't need it and he gave me some different 4X4 switch. Anyways, he went and installed the new dish, hooked up the box, hooked up the B-band deals and the new HD channels didn't work. He went and dinked around with the wires and said the switch he gave me was hot so he disconnected it. He took the 4 feeds from the dish and connected each one directly to my 4 feeds going out to the two TVs and everything worked great after that. When he was ready to go and had me sign the paperwork, I told him I wouldn't sign until I had the proper switch. He said he would go check in his truck again to make sure he didn't have one and surprise, surprise, he did and he gave it to me.
My question to you guys is if I need or should hook up the switch because right now it is working great. Again, the 4 coax wires from the dish are hooked up directly to the 4 wires going out to my 2 TVs without any switch at all. Should I install the switch myself?
This guy didn't have to run a single wire in my house (I even went in the attic and shoved out the two extra wires he needed through a roof vent) and only had to install the dish and the one HR20 and he was at my house for 5 hours. It was very windy that day so he came back on Satruday morning to make sure the dish was tight (it wasn't) so I guess that was nice.