Recent content by empoweredh22

Not to beat a dead cow but just to confirm I understand.... I can go from dish to splitter, then in the red port of the splitter plug in his existing setup with the PI and from another port in the splitter go straight to my receiver. Correct? You guys are amazingly awesome! I'll report back...

I got the 8 because they were the same price, but this one was Green Label and Prime eligible. Also, his PI is indoors so I was thinking I'd get a second PI for my setup to avoid that drilling situation. Do I only need one PI even if it's between the splitter and the receiver? In that case, I...

OK, I will definitely have to try that. I'd rather avoid drilling just because my neighbor's already been nice enough to let me invade his living room and I don't really want to start making holes in the middle of the wall, abusing that privilege. I've never talked to the guy before so it's not...

Question! I never changed the dish type from Slimline 5 (which I've gathered is what I have based on the 3 "eyeballs") to Slimline 3 when I switched the dish over! Could that be why I didn't detect a signal with the BBC method?

Forgive my ignorance, is RG6 different from standard coax cable? I'm using the same cable I've used in the past when just going simply from dish to BBC to receiver. Does a SWM require a different cable though? The receiver is definitely set to non-SWM. By power inserter what do you mean? I don't...

Thanks! That was along the lines of my thinking. So in that case my equipment includes a 5 LNB 4 port multiswitch and the existing installed equipment would be a 3 LNB 1 port module. There's no DVR's involved. So that seemed like the simplest solution to me as well. I have my receiver set to...

Thanks for the fast and helpful reply! The SWM is inside of his house, and I need to run a cable outside across our decks. Can I split before the SWM, like between the dish and the SWM or would that not work? We're both working with single receiver setups.

I am trying to get my satellite system set up at my apartment. When I first toured the place, I thought it seemed like it would be relatively easy, but the angles are just too awkward due to an overhang that come off my deck just a little too far. I spoke with an installer and he noticed that...