Well i am attempting to set up a satellite dish at my house on my own and as you read this you will know that i am quite the amateur at this stuff but on to my issues.
I have an older round 18 inch round DTV dish set up with two coax ports on it (i believe they are called LMDs but not sure). I have ran one RG6 cable to a connector that connects it to a seperate RG6 cable which runs directly into the back of my receiver, the only receiver i plan on using. I have not been able to find any evidence that the dish is communicating with my receiver nor have i gotten a sat signal. I have done dish pointing a couple of times before and i do not believe that is the issue.
I am using a standard def receiver not sure what you would call it but the model number is D10-300 and it was manufactured in 2005
My receiver is only a couple years old while my dish may be 10 years old so my questions are is there something I am missing here? Do i need something to make them compatible? I do not believe i need a multiswitch as i will only use 1 receiver.
Do i need a B-band converter?
is power not getting to the dish?
or will the coax not carry the signal if using two cables connected together through a simple 2 sided connector?
any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance
I have an older round 18 inch round DTV dish set up with two coax ports on it (i believe they are called LMDs but not sure). I have ran one RG6 cable to a connector that connects it to a seperate RG6 cable which runs directly into the back of my receiver, the only receiver i plan on using. I have not been able to find any evidence that the dish is communicating with my receiver nor have i gotten a sat signal. I have done dish pointing a couple of times before and i do not believe that is the issue.
I am using a standard def receiver not sure what you would call it but the model number is D10-300 and it was manufactured in 2005
My receiver is only a couple years old while my dish may be 10 years old so my questions are is there something I am missing here? Do i need something to make them compatible? I do not believe i need a multiswitch as i will only use 1 receiver.
Do i need a B-band converter?
is power not getting to the dish?
or will the coax not carry the signal if using two cables connected together through a simple 2 sided connector?
any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance