Recent content by Rappy

I have a an H21 receiver which suddenly stopped recognizing satellites 99 and 103. All transponders show zeroes. My two other receivers work fine so it is not a dish problem. I reset the receiver several times and ran the initial satellite setup again, no results. I also swapped out the...

I sent an email to Directv complaining about the charge for SuperFan and three hours later received what has to be a canned response email. Here it is: 07/20/2007 01:54 PM Dear Mr. McMillen, Thanks for writing about your issue on the NFL SuperFan. I understand your concerns over programming...

Thanks for the info. As a matter of fact, I am leasing the H20. Darn, I hate losing that Channel Master dish, though.

Double Wow! Almost totally correct, but when I took the Sammy out of the closet when I got the second HD set, it would not work. It was sent to Dtv in exchange for the H20-100. I have three receivers. The Sony tivo sends a signal to four analog sets via a splitter and Terk Leap Frogs. I doubt...

Wow! You really research a problem. Thanks for your efforts. Actually, I live in Sullivan, about 25 miles from the closest channel and 45 mi from the one most distant, all between 303 and 330 degrees. My ota pulls all the channels in without being rotated. They come in very well on the HD...

The receiver that feeds the analog tvs is a Sony Tivo from about 1998. All the locals come in fine on those sets. However, the HDTVs , one connected to a DirectvHR10-250 and the other to a Directv H20-100, show a blank screen when tuned to an ota channel when the amplifier is hooked up. All...

I am located near Bangor, Maine. I am using the biggest antenna that Radio Shack makes. IJ have thr4ee receivers, one analog to feed the analog sets, and two HD receivers. With the amplifier hooked up I cannot get ota channels on my digital receivers. Could there possibly be a voltage imbalance...

I recently hooked up an an ota amplifier to see if it would improve my ota reception.I installed it near the ota connection to a 5/8 multiswitch. On the sets which were served by an analog receiver and which were analog tv sets, the ota signal was good. However, none of the ota local channels...

Thanks for the info. I will check it out next week when it gets a little warmer here in Maine. The multiswitch is under the house in an enclosed crawl space. In the meantime I will check out my dish connections. Rappy

I checked signal strength on my receiver the other night and found that on the 101 satellite the odd numbered transponders had high signal strength and the even numbered transponders had low(30s) signal strength. Satellites 110 and 119 are not affected. Even with the problem, I get good...

Barnebad: I have a 5x8 multiswitch, with four coaxes coming from the dish and one from the ota antenna. And there is also a coax connection to the power supply from the multiswitch.

Since ota signals were also affected, I would assume the problem would have to be in the multiswitch. One thing I will check is the coax between the multiswitch and the power supply. Maybe the connectors have to loosened and then tightened again to remove any corrosion, etc. I won't check...

Thanks for the tips My antenna is the largest that Radio Shack sells. The coax has a long run, about 80 ft. to get to the multiswitch, a 5x8 which services a 3lnb dish. I get good reception by routing the ota coax through the 5x8 and only get the pixellation on one local channel(Signal strength...

On the HD reception from two local channels, I get some pixellation and picture freeze. I am considering an amplifier to be installed before the OTA coax enters the 5x8 multiswitch. Do amplifiers really make a difference? Your input would be appreciated.

The other day I suddenly lost all satellite channels and my ota signals were degraded. I have a 5x8 Eagle Aspen multiswitch in the enclosed crawl space under my house. Just as I was preparing to go under the house in zero degree weather the next day all channels suddenly came back on line. Then...