Recent content by dave29

you said you have a 3 prong lnb are you talking about a triple sat or a kaku lnb? You should not lose your scheduler any of your old programs. What kind of HD/Dvr is it? It isn't a Tivo is it? If you are running an HR10-250 of a tripple sat dish then swm will not work on it. I just ask...

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:)For those of you seeing the messages that state your reciever has not recieved guide info for blah blah blah. Make sure the reciever is set up on the right settings! If you have a 5 lnb make sure it isn't set up on a slim 3 and vice versa. If you have a 5 and you tell it it is a 3 or the...

maybe that is the picture of a system grounded to a gas main they show everyone in training. I saw it years ago and thought they had to of set it up or something. Well they don't give IQ tests to installers LOL. fifty bucks don't sound too bad. From their point of view they figure if u can...

it is not slimline or nothing, you can get a signal on all sats with a trip sat dish and a ka lnb, but you have to do a little grinding here and there to make it work. Don't recomend you try it but just letting you all know that it can be made to work at least in my area maybe not further...

White wire is not approved because it isnt uv resistant, staples are not approved at all. There is new flat wire that is approved but it is expensive about 16 bucks each and you have to pay for it. as far as not getting it to pass verification first time the extra line thing is only for swm...

cascade them, you will need 3 6x8's or just let them bring you a 6x16 and there is no way anyone grounded your system to the gas main, just stop it! Did they kick your dog and slap your wife around too? Riddiculous!

You got a chimney stickin out of the roof doesn't that count as a penetration? Just put the thing on the roof and move on. It's not going to leak.

Directv states that block walls or chimneys are not suitable mounting surfaces. Now that that is out of the way reality is that if you are going to do it you better go out and get the wall anchors or tapcons yourself because like the last guy said they are not provided to installers and...

I work for skylink too. We are not all inbred morons. It will work from 200 feet. You may need the bigger power supply but it will work. As far as getting a swm install it is a total crapshoot as far as what diretv sets you up with. As far as a slimline working at that distance it will...

amen. I don't like to use 59, but if it is already in the wall..........

Shhhhhh.... this is a secret, don't tell anyone. I am an installer and I can rebuild a work order for anything. Even if it means cancelling the old one and creating a new one over the phone. But that takes forever and I don't have that kind of time and nobody pays us to stand there and talk...

Here is a completely biased opinion. If they do a good job, tip them, like the other guy said not a lot maybe ten bucks. If you don't feel comfortable with that you can always call direct and tell them they did a good job. Just tell them you want to leave a positive escalation. It usually...

I rolled out on an HDDVR upgrade the other day, when i got there the homeowner started in about having waivers for hd nationals from direct and that they didn't want it if they couldn't get them. I told them to call d* and confirm on that because we have locals off the 72.5 in this area and...

R-15's will do that. They will search and get to around 50 then start all over. Other than reformatting the drive, which i have done to mine several times. I don't know. There isn't really enough info in your post to know for sure though. I don't know what kind of meter you are using, what...