Directv Installation Training Videos and Manual

[ridy163]

well, this is crazy. I just dropped my cable company and went with D for that reason that my cable company ( mediacom ) was not able to provide HD boxes and to get one I would have to wait for another year or so... I got a great deal on HD package and equipment as I thought fist. Free equipment including H20 100 (no bugs), installation, dish, programming and blah, blah, blah.... Luckily for installer, I already had D installed at my house before I even moved in about 5years ago. It was a professionally installed single LNB system with the dish mounted on the side of the roof and cables nicely wired in 4 rooms. So the guy replaces the old dish with a triple set. OK!!! at that point i didn't know few things like that i was supposed to get 5 LNB but not triple set , neither that I wouldn't be able to get future MPEG 4 channels from new Kb sats nor that D does not install triple set for H20 customers. When I opened the first page of manual it sad right there that H20 requires 5 LNB dish. Fine, now I knew it all...!! He simply switched the dishes, hooked up receiver, activated my new HD account and was gone and I was happy to enjoy Discover in HD. Few days later I find out that my system is not really future proof and the dish I have is not what I was supposed to get. So, I get a hold of D, D gets o hold of the installer. Finally he calls me back and tells me that he could not mount 5LNB since its to heavy to be put on the old spot and he could possibly put it on the pole in my back yard but it would cost me extra. I made him to drag his butt back to my house and do the site survey with me this time. So he finds the spot and mounts the new dish on the bottom of the porch (I think some trees are on the way). Now i have a slimline hooked up to the old cables( 5 years old). I get a poor signal ( around 65-85%) from Ku sats 119, 110, 101; very poor signal of Ka sats 99 ( 62% max , transponder 18 only) and 0% signal from 103. I tried to fine tune the dish but I can't get signal any better. so now I have to rewire the whole house in my own expense!!!!!!???? and possible move the dish? Does anybody have any idea what to do and is that 103 sat broadcasting at all? Is 50% signal ok?

[ratter123]

so nice deal U have to done........................

[tom1178]

Originally Posted by fullcourt

you need a hand held sat meter

No, you don't

[leo45neo]

yup yup

[DodgerKing]

Originally Posted by leo45neo

yup yup

We know you are just piling up post so you can spam us. Guess what? We don't care. All it does is make us less likely to buy your product.

[Rhino64]

Originally Posted by sweeney821

can i hook up a 5 lbn dish by myself without a in-line meter. I seen the video they show the in-line meter but what about the meter that you can look up on your reciever.

thanks for your help

I did it and was successful. Moved my dish, D* wanted over $50 too come out and realign it. Figured what the "H" most that can happen is the cost me too realign it . Used the signal strength meter on my receiver. Looks as good as it ever did.

[JMHMDPC]

Been trying to get Direct TV " installers to my house to upgrade the satellite dish so I can get all the HD channels. After three visits and multiple excuses ( the last being they don't go onto cedar shake roofs) they have refused to do it. Thus I am looking for a "custom" installer in SE michigan that will go onto my roof and change the Satellite dish. Any help or clues would be appreciated.

PS: Have looked on line and called 3 different companies and they all said...... " call direct TV"

[Cadssdac]

Nice post
Thanks

[glennb1]

Please add a link to the PDF installation manual for a Slimline 3 dish.

I don't want a link for a video to watch.

Thanks.

[celica]

This is great thanks soo much

[greenmatter]

thanks for the thread