[Fuzzybear]

I am frustrated, have been with D** since 98' etc.....I have had zero issues wih my HD service until last week when I moved the multiswitch, added a new receiver and terminated several cables.

Now I get pixelated channels mainly on Showtime and all the 3D channels. I have never had this problem before and according to my satellite numbers, the alignment is off or something is screwed up.

Now I have to resort to calling D** who will send a contractor who will want to change a bunch of settings etc....ugh!

 

[west99999]

Well why did you go moving stuff around? The only you should be frustrated with is yourself.

 

[Shades228]

Probably better in the installation thread. Chances are you damaged a cable or connection during the move. If you want to fix it on your own we could go down that path.

 

[MysteryMan]

I am frustrated, have been with D** since 98' etc.....I have had zero issues wih my HD service until last week when I moved the multiswitch, added a new receiver and terminated several cables.

Now I get pixelated channels mainly on Showtime and all the 3D channels. I have never had this problem before and according to my satellite numbers, the alignment is off or something is screwed up.

Now I have to resort to calling D** who will send a contractor who will want to change a bunch of settings etc....ugh!

Obviously your not the "do it yourself" type. :sure:

 

[Fuzzybear]

Well why did you go moving stuff around? The only you should be frustrated with is yourself.

it's not rocket science........I'm an Electrical Engineer.

 

[Alebob911]

I bet you left too little on your terminations. Check all of them and if they are not sticking out of the connector by 1/8 of an inch you might have a connection that isn't sufficient. I had to go to a friends house a few weeks ago after the tech said they needed a 2nd dish because there wasn't enough signal. They had the same issue your describing. (12K SQF house with 10 receivers on SWM16.) I checked all the lines and connections and discovered 1 of the 4 from the dish to the SWM16 too short in the connector. I redid the connection and problem solved. Check every connection you did and make sure there is enough of the center conductor of the coax sticking pass the end of the fitting and hopefully you'll be good to go!

 

[Fuzzybear]

Probably better in the installation thread. Chances are you damaged a cable or connection during the move. If you want to fix it on your own we could go down that path.

I will take the multiswitch out of the equation and run the cables from the LNB straight to the receivers and see if that works.

 

[Fuzzybear]

I bet you left too little on your terminations. Check all of them and if they are not sticking out of the connector by 1/8 of an inch you might have a connection that isn't sufficient. I had to go to a friends house a few weeks ago after the tech said they needed a 2nd dish because there wasn't enough signal. They had the same issue your describing. (12K SQF house with 10 receivers on SWM16.) I checked all the lines and connections and discovered 1 of the 4 from the dish to the SWM16 too short in the connector. I redid the connection and problem solved. Check every connection you did and make sure there is enough of the center conductor of the coax sticking pass the end of the fitting and hopefully you'll be good to go!

yep will do! I terminated about 26 cables with compression fittings. There were a couple that were really tough, I had to put gloves on to finish.

 

[richall01]

And this is DirecTV's fault??

 

[Fuzzybear]

And this is DirecTV's fault??

Huh? Who said it was Directv's fault?

 

[west99999]

it's not rocket science........I'm an Electrical Engineer.

Man if I had a dollar everytime I heard that! You are right it's not rocket science and it's also not electrical engineering.......:nono2:

 

[Fuzzybear]

Man if I had a dollar everytime I heard that! You are right it's not rocket science and it's also not electrical engineering.......:nono2:

Which is why I would rather do it myself, if I want it done right!

 

[ndole]

If you don't know what's what, how do you know what's done right?

 

[west99999]

He don't.

"Now I have to resort to calling D** who will send a contractor who will want to change a bunch of settings etc....ugh! "

 

[Davenlr]

Man you guys are hard on DIY'ers.

 

[Fuzzybear]

I simply moved the Zinwell multiswitch 65' to the middle of the house. I added two sets of grounding plugs where the switch had been. This was to facilitate the coax coming from the dish.

I added an HR24 to an HT rack and terminated the coax. I understand that I may have short ended some terminations and I will look into those.

I do not understand how the signal numbers could have changed by simply adding a receiver and moving the switch.

I posted my satellite readings last night and apparently I have issues, but I haven't had issues for the last 5ish years of having HD.

5 channels come in pixelated and say searching for sat 2 etc......everything else works fine.

 

[Davenlr]

When you say you added an HR24 and terminated the coax, what do you mean by that? Terminators should only go on unused outputs on a splitter.

 

[Davenlr]

Try this: Go to channel 9501, and step through each channel from there to 9514. See if you get any errors. If not, then start doubleplay to switch tuners and repeat. It should show you which satellite your issue is with. From that, the stack plan should be able to point to where in the chain you are having issues.

 

[Fuzzybear]

When you say you added an HR24 and terminated the coax, what do you mean by that? Terminators should only go on unused outputs on a splitter.

Compression fittings on the coax.

 

[Fuzzybear]

Try this: Go to channel 9501, and step through each channel from there to 9514. See if you get any errors. If not, then start doubleplay to switch tuners and repeat. It should show you which satellite your issue is with. From that, the stack plan should be able to point to where in the chain you are having issues.

Will try....Thanks