Installation Question

[tduffney]

Forgive my ignorance on this issue and my elementary languge used:

My neighbours and I are doinga self install of his directv: we got the dish installed and pointing the right way, got a good signal etc..

He has an HD dual tuner DVR in the living, and a SD reciever (i am not sure it has 2 tuners? - its a litlle mini looking silver one) in the bedroom.

The dish has 2 coax cables into the house from the dish.

We split both those with regualar splitters and ran one line from each to the living room DVR and it works fine.

That leave 2 lines left from the 2 splitters, and one (1) line tot he bedroom.

How do we get the upstairs reciever to work? Is a switch of some sort needed? I read a little about multi or LNB switches.

I assume we can't just "merge" the 2 remaining lines together and send them to the bedroom, we tried and didnt seem to work.

Thanks in advance for your help/advice.

[David MacLeod]

if dish has 4 outputs each output needs to go direct to a unit, you cannot use splitters.

[miketorse]

if dish has 4 outputs each output needs to go direct to a unit, you cannot use splitters.

And since you are expected to get HD Stations with this dish, it needs to have four outputs. Specifically it needs to be a Slimline5 or Slimline3 dish.

[bixler]

I'm thinking a Direct TV tech could've set this up and got it to work correctly on the first try.

[boba]

I'm thinking a Direct TV tech could've set this up and got it to work correctly on the first try.In other words if you don't know what you are doing why are you doing it? For new customers installation is free.:):):)

[bixler]

In other words if you don't know what you are doing why are you doing it? For new customers installation is free.:):):)

;)

[joe diamond]

I'm thinking a Direct TV tech could've set this up and got it to work correctly on the first try.

That would be a fair expectation,

However some areas have long (3 week) backlogs for service. With the turnover of techs as it is you can't assume they would have hit this one first time. For example if this turns out to be a Phase III dish they would have to write a whole new WO and reschedule. If they didn't find the splitters that would shoot some time and maybe another truck roll. Add the chances of missed appointments and it gets murkey.

Should be a simple job.

Joe

[Shades228]

2 lines coming from the dish is an 18" ODU which will not get HD. The silver receiver is a D11 so you cannot use it with a SWM dish you would need a slimline 3 or 5 dish which will have 4 outputs. This is a very basic installation. You cannot use splitters without a SWM dish.