[kcgriffin70]

I've been having problems with signals on 99c - they go in and out (more out than in) on all 3 HD receivers. The dish is hooked up to a SWM-8 with port 1 going to the PI and an H20-600. Port 2 is split and goes to an HR20 & HR21. This signals on 103 are gennerally in the uper 70s low 80s (goes up a few points on very clear days). The signals on 99c will vary - sometimes they are in the 70s, sometimes in the 50s, and a lot of the time at 0 (doesn't seem to be related to weather either). The signals on the other sattelites are in the low 90s. Is this likely an alignment issue? Or a problem with the SWM-8, a LNB or something else?

I've got a service call for next week Thursday but I'm not sure how that will go - when I called DirecTV they insisted that 99c was only for locals (I've been having problems on the MPEG4 versions of ESPN, TNT, NFL Sunday Ticket, etc) and I don't have HD locals. They want to replace the H20-600 (it didn't have a sticker on the bottom of it that they wanted me to check for) and will have the person look at aligning for signals on the other sattelites.

I was thinking of disconnecting the SWM-8 and seeing if that was the problem.

Any help would be appreciated - thanks!

 

[harsh]

The dish is hooked up to a SWM-8 with port 1 going to the PI and an H20-600.

Sounds like your dish isn't very well aimed.

I would go direct to the dish with the H20 and see what your reading are. If they don't improve, you need to peak the dish. If they do, you need to see about testing/replacing the SWM.

 

[K4SMX]

.....The signals on 99c will vary - sometimes they are in the 70s, sometimes in the 50s, and a lot of the time at 0 (doesn't seem to be related to weather either)......when I called DirecTV they insisted that 99c was only for locals (I've been having problems on the MPEG4 versions of ESPN, TNT, NFL Sunday Ticket, etc) and I don't have HD locals......

All of those are on 99(c); it's not just for locals. You need re-alignment to get 99C) and 103(c) mostly all in the 90's, and you may have an LNB or receiver problem, if the 99(c) signals jump back and forth from the 70's to 0 when the H20 is connected straight to the dish. The replacement receiver should eliminate the H20 as a possible issue.

 

[kcgriffin70]

I was finally able to mess around with it last night. When I hooked the H20 directly up to the sattelite it worked. It also worked (signal around 80) when it was the only receiver hooked up to the SWM (thru port 1) - if I hooked up a HR2X to port 2 then the signals dropped (< 50).

Is the signal that borderline (only for 99c) that adding the two tuners causes a problem or is it more likely to be a SWM problem. I thought about hooking up all 3 receivers directly to the sattelite (HR2X's would only have 1 tuner connected) and see if that works or getting a different splitter and putting all the receivers on port 1 (could port 2 be flaky?).

Any thoughts? Thanks!

 

[K4SMX]

Sounds like you have a SWM problem.....