Does anyone self-install their own dishes, or do you all let the tech do it since it's usually free?
Self-install??
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I've installed all my dishes myself, even though I have had to pay more for the privilege. Main reasons are: I like doing it, and I perform very non-standard installs that no tech would ever contemplate. My current Slimline dish is way out in the backyard, mounted on a three-foot pole sunk into a planter full of 150 lbs of concrete. 
That keeps is very accessible, as well as making it invisible. I don't want anything mounted to my house.
Of course, this is just me. I wouldn't recommend this procedure to anyone unless they had similar interests.
That keeps is very accessible, as well as making it invisible. I don't want anything mounted to my house.Of course, this is just me. I wouldn't recommend this procedure to anyone unless they had similar interests.
I do all my own installs, a lot of us out here do.
My Slimline is on a 16' pole and supported to the house.
sitting about 3 foot above the roof line on a flat roof.
videojanitor,
quite the over kill on the concrete there.
I used 80lbs and put a rod thru the bottom.
My Slimline is on a 16' pole and supported to the house.
sitting about 3 foot above the roof line on a flat roof.
videojanitor,
quite the over kill on the concrete there.
I used 80lbs and put a rod thru the bottom.
Yeah, I went a little nuts! I also put a rod through the bottom of the pole ... this thing ain't movin' ...
You should put some kind of bolt or at least flatten the end of the pole to keep it from spinning.
That's what I did. There's a 3-inch bolt sticking out on two sides of pole -- it doesn't spin.
That's what I did. There's a 3-inch bolt sticking out on two sides of pole -- it doesn't spin.
YUP .... some forget to do that type of thing, till it's too late !
i prefer to do my own, but DTV won't allow you to install the slimline dishs yourself. or at least they would not a couple years ago. i was faced with allow them to supply the dish and labor for free, or buy a dish from one of the vendor sites and install it myself. i DID go back and tweak the dish after the installer left, he had it close to dead on but not perfect. but then again, i have been installing 1.8 meter dishes for a decade at work and i am a perfectionist when it comes to sat signal. after spending hours tweaking one of those bad boys, 30 mins on a little dish is nothing.
I let the tech do it yesterday and I couldn't be happier with the result. He even took down my Dish Network dish. I am very pleased with all of the hardware and the wiring job. Having two HR24s is a wonderful thing. No networking cable mess is even better.
They probably won't let you install it if THEY supply it, but if you buy one somewhere, they would have no idea you have it or installed it yourself. That's what I meant in my original post when I said it cost me MORE to install it myself!
Sorry to hijack the thread, but it's related...
I have a 7 year old system (DirecTV) that I installed myself. It looks like I have a similar pole setup like videojanitor, large pole way back in the south 40
It's time to upgrade, but I've never upgraded any of my equipment before. What's involved from a procedural standpoint?
I want to install the dish myself (slimline). I've see posts that say I'm not allowed, etc. What's the status of this? Can I order a slimline dish and install it myself?
I assume I can order a receiver from a (solidsignal for example) dealer and hook it up myself too. How do I make it "work"? What I mean is do I just take the access card out of my old receiver and put it in the new one? Or do I need to call somebody or what?
I have a 7 year old system (DirecTV) that I installed myself. It looks like I have a similar pole setup like videojanitor, large pole way back in the south 40
It's time to upgrade, but I've never upgraded any of my equipment before. What's involved from a procedural standpoint?
I want to install the dish myself (slimline). I've see posts that say I'm not allowed, etc. What's the status of this? Can I order a slimline dish and install it myself? I assume I can order a receiver from a (solidsignal for example) dealer and hook it up myself too. How do I make it "work"? What I mean is do I just take the access card out of my old receiver and put it in the new one? Or do I need to call somebody or what?
Another good idea as long as it's thick enough.
I use sch. 80 I think maybe it was 40, don't remember, it's been up since '06
Sorry to hijack the thread, but it's related...
I have a 7 year old system (DirecTV) that I installed myself. It looks like I have a similar pole setup like videojanitor, large pole way back in the south 40
It's time to upgrade, but I've never upgraded any of my equipment before. What's involved from a procedural standpoint?
You Can do your own install if you buy it yourself.
Personally, let, D* set up the dish and you install the recvrs, D* mainly wants the dish pointed correctly so they don't have to come back out on a subs dish install.
That way they KNOW the signal is there.
I have had times where I let them install the dish and set all the recvrs while they are out doing the dish ... saves them time.
If your getting a new recvr you Should use the card that came with it, makes things WAY easier and some newer recvrs won't work with old cards anyways, wrong generation.
Normally once I dial in the dish and set everything up, have a picture on 100 then call D* to activate.
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