No HD... Help me....

[lilmaniac2]

I am a complete n00b when it comes to buying equipment, and what goes with what and what works with what.

I know the terms, i know how to connect things mostly, but this one has me stumped.



I have the receiver and this dish with Directv SL3K4NR1-03 4 Outputs pictured below


I cannot dial in HD channels, From what I remember I can't find 103 or 99 ( i may be wrong here ) and if I attach the BBC I don't see anything.

I'm thinking at the very least I need to purchase new lnb that is able to tune in 5 sats, and I may have to purchase a new dish. Anybody able to help me out here?

I can provide any more info that I missed, but I just need some direction from somebody who knows alot more than me.

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[raoul5788]

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Let's start at the beginning! Is your mast plumb? This is very important! Go to
www.dishpointer.com

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and put in your address and change the satellite to multi-sat Directv 99,101, 103. This will give you the numbers for azimuth, elevation, and skew. Set your receiver/dvr to the 101 signal strength screen and see if you have any signal. Leave the bolts loose enough to move the dish without it flopping around. Move the dish a little at a time until you do. Give the box enough time to register any changes. Once you get numbers around 80-85, you are getting close. Push gently on the back of the dish on all four "corners" to see which way it needs to move and make the necessary changes. This should get you even better numbers. When they are mostly in the 90s you have 101 all set. Then check the 99c and 103ca and 103cb signals and repeat the previous procedure except when you adjust the dish use the little dithering knobs for the fine adjustments. Good luck and come on back if you need more help.

[lilmaniac2]

So are you saying that the setup I currently have is capable of picking up the HD channels? I worked about 6 hours on trying to dial in the dish initially before giving up on getting the hd channels to come in The 3 dishes that I do have dialed in are in the upper 90's for signal strength, I can get exact #'s when I get home from work. However, when I did the initial setup I did not have a BBC installed. Now when I add the BBC converter in I have nothing coming through. Should I attempt to get a new BBC and retry?

[Jimbo]

What three dishes are you refering to ?
The Slimline you have should work fine for you.
In your first post you said you couldn't get the 99 or 103 Sat's, do you have a solid signal on the 101 already ? 90's ?

[jdspencer]

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I suspect that by three dishes he means three satellites (99, 101, and 103).

As was stated it is very important that the mast be plumb. Then the skew and elevation set according to the location.
Then comes the azimuth.

Also, what DVR is being used? If it's the HR23 it doesn't need the BBCs.

[lilmaniac2]

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Just checked my settings and this is what I currently see:

Reciever H21/200

Signal Strength 101 96
Signal Strength 110 94
Signal Strength 119 96
99c Not acquired
99s Not Acquired
103s Not Acquired
103c not Acquired
103cb Not Acquired


From my research I thought I needed BBC's to tune in 99, is that true?
I can adjust my dish if need be, but before I do that I want to make sure my hardware is setup properly.

What kind of dish do I have? SL3?