Offer him a coke and offer to help him with installing the second line to the DVRs if needed.
Your gonna love DirecTV HD
Your gonna love DirecTV HD
PicaKing is right....pray the show up, and show up on time....i just had service installed today.pray the installer shows up
Rac,RACJ2 said:Be sure you ask the installer where he plans to run the cable and where he will install the outlets in the wall, before he gets started. For example you may want him to hide the cable under your overhang neatly. And if they run them down an exterior wall, be sure to show him where you want them run, so they aren't as noticeable. Also, you may want the outlets behind your home theater stand, not next to it where you can see the cable and outlet. If you don't make suggestions based on your expectations, you may end up with lazy installer that does a sloppy job.
Since you have DVR's, be sure he calls in and activates each DVR. You can test this by trying to record the program you are watching. If he hasn't completed this, it won't let you record and will give you an error message.
Make sure he gives you the remote you are supposed to get and that he programs the remote for your specific TV. It should be a model RC64R or RC64RB (backlit keys) if you're lucky (model # is upper right hand corner above TV output button). Any other model may be older and only IR, with no RF capabilities. Check to see if you can turn your TV on and off and control the volume.
If you have an HDTV with HDMI inputs, be sure he gives you an HDMI cable N/C. If not, be sure he supplies the composite or component cables for free. I have read that sometimes they try to sell them to you.
Hope this helps!
oh thats just precious....aukevin said:Well the tech didn't come out with the right equipment and said he couldn't get it either. So I have to wait on DTV to mail me the equipment and then have a new install date.![]()
What? Doesn't it say on your order what equipment you'll be needing. Sounds like a lazy tech to me in that either he didn't look at the work order, or just doesn't want to install it.aukevin said:Well the tech didn't come out with the right equipment and said he couldn't get it either. So I have to wait on DTV to mail me the equipment and then have a new install date.![]()
Typical of a Directv installation, or maybe we should start calling it Directv non-installation.aukevin said:Well the tech didn't come out with the right equipment and said he couldn't get it either. So I have to wait on DTV to mail me the equipment and then have a new install date.![]()
So he drove to your house to tell you all this?aukevin said:Well the tech didn't come out with the right equipment and said he couldn't get it either. So I have to wait on DTV to mail me the equipment and then have a new install date.![]()