Recent content by Faithannj

Ok here's what I'm going to do - tomorrow I'm heading to Home Depot and grab a crimping tool and the "better" connectors and redo the cabling. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for all your great help and time.

I am pretty close to giving up. This is getting crazier and crazier... I thought maybe I had a bad set of cable, but I don't think that is the case. I cut a cable 12 ft long and put connectors on it - and it didn't work - fuzzy picture. So I cut 10 ft of cable (same cable) and put...

Alright, here's what I did with the results noted: 1. I went straight out of the back of the receiver to the TV in the master bedroom and no change in the picture. We can play DVDs on it perfectly but the satellite picture will not come through clearly. 2. We brought another TV into the...

Still having problems! This is how I have configured my set-up after your suggestions: Straight run from the satellite dish to the receiver (DVR510). Leaving the receiver from the TV Out to a 2 way splitter. Side 1 from the 2 way splitter to my VCR back into my main TV set. Side 2 from the...

Just so I am clear - I need to get a barrel connector for the attic and a 2 way splitter for output on the receiver? This will lead me to my final question before I head to Radio Shack - do I need a special satellite signal splitter like 5-2400mhz or is the 5-900mhz fine for what I'm doing? The...

First of all, I have a Dish Network System. I have two boxes in my house - off the dish is a dual LnB - one cable runs to a receiver in my rec room the other runs to a receiver in my great room. I'm trying to split the signal from the one in my great room to my master bedroom. I have...